KIKK
CBS Sports Radio | |
Ownership | |
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Owner |
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History | |
First air date | October 2, 1947 | (as KRCT)
Former call signs | KRCT (1947–1961) |
Call sign meaning | "Kick" (former country format branding) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 25450 |
Class | D |
Power | 250 watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°41′18″N 95°10′29″W / 29.68833°N 95.17472°W |
Repeater(s) | 95.7 KKHH-HD3 (Houston) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live (via Audacy) |
Website | www |
KIKK (650
History
KIKK commenced operations as
On May 1, 1961, KRCT changed call letters to the current KIKK.
KIKK only operates from local sunrise to local sunset in order to protect clear-channel
Throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, 650
By this point, KILT (AM) dropped the country format programming it has been utilizing since 1981, becoming
KIKK changed formats in July 2004 to
KIKK dropped its talk format on January 2, 2013, and became a
On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with
On June 21, 2021, KIKK flipped to sports gambling, branded as "The Bet Houston", with programming from the co-owned BetQL Network. CBS Sports Radio programming remains in certain timeslots.[9]
Programming
KIKK begins daily broadcasts at local sunrise (typical of daytime only AMs) but usually is on the air by 6 a.m. Central in most cases. The station carries the entire daytime lineup of the BetQL Network. It signs off at sunset to protect WSM.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KIKK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Pugh, Clifford (July 1, 2004). "Stern radio show hits Houston airwaves". Houston Chronicle. Archived from the original on January 15, 2021.
Radio listeners expecting their regular dose of business news on KIKK-AM (650) Wednesday morning got a jolt when shock jock Howard Stern temporarily took over the airwaves. The controversial disc jockey, whose sexually explicit talk show was yanked from several stations for indecency, announced that he soon will be heard in Houston and eight other new markets. Beginning July 19, Stern's polarizing show will be carried from sunup until 11 a.m. weekdays on the Houston station, which is switching to a "hot talk" format.
- ^ Larry McShane; Associated Press, "Assorted radio-network hosts replacing Stern", The Houston Chronicle, October 26, 2005.
- ^ "Talk 650 KIKK announces new programming lineup", mikemcguff.com, July 1, 2011
- ^ Barron, David (June 21, 2012). "KIKK (650 AM) to become city's fifth all-sports station as part of new CBS network". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
- ^ CBS Radio to Merge with Entercom
- ^ "Entercom Receives FCC Approval for Merger with CBS Radio". Entercom. November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ Venta, Lance (November 17, 2017). "Entercom Completes CBS Radio Merger". Radio Insight. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
- ^ Audacy Flips Seven Stations To BetQL Network Radioinsight - June 21, 2021
External links
- KIKK in the FCC AM station database
- KIKK in Nielsen Audio's AM station database