KODA
Adult Contemporary | |
| Subchannels | HD2: Talk (KTRH) |
|---|---|
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KBME, KPRC, KQBT, KTBZ-FM, KTRH, KXYZ | |
| History | |
First air date | December 24, 1946 (75 years ago) |
Former call signs | KPRC-FM (1946–58) KHGM-FM (1958–61) KODA-FM (1967–80) |
Former frequencies | 99.7 MHz (1946–47) 102.9 MHz (1947–59) |
Call sign meaning | Coda (musical term) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 35337 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 585 meters (1,919 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°34′34″N 95°30′36″W / 29.57611°N 95.51000°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | sunny99 |
KODA (99.1
KODA has an
History
On Christmas Eve, 1946, the station signed on as KPRC-FM. It was owned by the Houston Post daily newspaper, which also owned KPRC and would put KPRC-TV on the air in 1949. (When KPRC-AM signed on in May, 1925, the call letters stood for Kotton Port Rail Center, a slogan promoting Houston commerce.)[2] In its early years, KPRC-FM mostly simulcast its AM sister station.
KPRC-FM began broadcasting on 99.7
In 1961, it changed call letters again, this time to KODA-FM, and aired a
KODA-AM-FM were sold to Group W Westinghouse Broadcasting in 1978, and were shortly broken up when the AM station was quickly re-sold. The easy listening format continued on KODA-FM, which was renamed KODA when the AM station took new call letters. The station was the flagship radio station for the Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans) of the National Football League during the 1986 season.
The station was sold to SFX Broadcasting in 1989. SFX was amalgamated into AM/FM Inc. and acquired by Clear Channel Communications (now
The station, which had long been identified as K-O-D-A or "Coda", relabeled itself as "The All-New Sunny 99.1" in February 1991. The new moniker reflected the evolution from a Soft AC to Mainstream
References
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/KODA
- ^ Houston Post, May 10, 1925
External links
- KODA in the FCC FM station database
- KODA in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- DFW Radio Archives - First FMs
- K296HJ in the FCC FM station database