KLTN
MHz (HD Radio) | |
Branding | Que Buena 102.9 |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish |
Format | Regional Mexican |
Subchannels | HD2: TUDN Radio (KLAT) HD3: Tejano (KXTN) |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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Radio: KAMA-FM, KOVE-FM, KQBU-FM TV: KXLN-DT, KFTH-DT | |
History | |
First air date | October 1, 1960 | (as KQUE)
Former call signs | KQUE-FM (October 1, 1960 – May 23, 1997) KKPN (May 23, 1997 – June 25, 1998) |
Call sign meaning | Estereo LaTiNo (former branding) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 65310 |
Class | C0 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 300 m (984 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°45′26″N 95°20′18″W / 29.75722°N 95.33833°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | Que Buena Online |
KLTN (102.9
History
Allocation Beginnings as KPRC-FM, KHGM
102.9 originally signed on the air as KPRC-FM at 3 pm, December 24, 1946, when the station moved from the 99.7 frequency. Calls changed to KHGM (meaning "Home of Good Music) in November 1958. By April 1959 the station had moved again, back to the middle of the FM dial at 99.1 MHz, where it is now known as KODA.
KQUE 103
Broadcasting returned to 102.9 FM when KQUE signed on the air with an adult standards format on October 1, 1960, co-owned by Dave Morris who also owned 1230 AM, KNUZ.
The station had a ERP of 280,000 watts, making KQUE a "superpower FM" (running more than the 100KW ERP now allowed for top end FM stations) but was lowered to normal power after the tower was extended in the 1970s, was also known as "KQUE 103" until 1997, when the station was purchased from its local owner, Dave Morris, by Robert F. X. Sillerman and his company, SFX Broadcasting.
The Planet
At 4 p.m. on March 19, 1997, the KQUE callsign and standards format were moved to 1230 AM, with 102.9 then flipping to KKPN, a
Estereo Latino
KKPN, at that time, had the smallest overall coverage area of all the stations in the Clear Channel cluster (due to its 1,000-foot tower location east of downtown Houston) and it could not move to the 2,000 foot Missouri City antenna farm.
KKPN was then sold to Heftel Communications, a company specializing in Spanish language broadcasting. Heftel changed the station to its current format, which moved from the two rimshot facilities 93.3
Que Buena
After nearly 20 years as either "Estereo Latino" or simply the dial position of "102.9", KLTN has been renamed "Que Buena 102.9" as of April 6, 2018, taking the name formerly used by its sister station KQBU-FM, which itself dropped the brand and format recently to simulcast its other sister KAMA-FM "Latino Mix 104.9". It has not been verified whether or not KLTN will swap calls with KQBU-FM to go with the newly christened 102.9 facility, as KLTN would also fit the newly formatted 93.3 facility, given the current name LaTiNo Mix.[6]
Former callsigns
- KPRC – 10/1947 (Sign on, station moved from 99.7)
- KHGM – September 11, 1958 (moved to 99.1 on April 26, 1959)
- KQUE – January 10, 1960
- KKPN – May 23, 1997
- KLTN – June 25, 1998
References
- ^ Louis B. Parks, "Radio stations make changes", The Houston Chronicle, March 20, 1997.
- ^ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1997/RR-1997-03-28.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Bruce Westbrook, "'The Planet,' KQUE changing their formats", The Houston Chronicle, May 27, 1998.
- ^ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1998/RR-1998-06-05.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ “Que Buena Returns To Houston” from Radio Insight (April 11, 2018)
External links
- Que Buena Website
- KLTN in the FCC FM station database
- KLTN in Nielsen Audio's FM station database