KCOH

For the Houston, Texas radio station that held the call sign KCOH at 1430 AM until 2013, see KSHJ.

KCOH

Broadcast area	Houston, Texas
Branding	Radio Aleluya
Frequency	1230 kHz
First air date	February 18, 1948
Power	1,000 watts 410 watts (experimental synchronous operation)
Class	C
Transmitter coordinates	(experimental synchronous operation)
Callsign meaning	K-Call Of Houston or Kilo Cycles Over Houston
Former callsigns	KNUZ (1948-1997) KQUE (1997-2013)
Owner	Pueblo de Galilea, LLC.
Sister stations	KMIC, KRCM, KBRZ, KQUE, KQUE-FM, KFTG, KJOZ, KUZN, KAMA-FM, KTYR
Webcast	broadcast Listen Live WMP broadcast Listen Live Link
Website	http://radioaleluya.org/

KCOH (1230 AM) is a radio station in Houston, Texas. The station's branding is Radio Aleluya and broadcasts a Spanish language Christian format. The station formerly aired a Regional Mexican format, simulcasting KEYH as "La Ranchera" prior to the sale of the facility to Pueblo de Galilea, LLC. Prior to the Regional Mexican format, it operated as an Urban Oldies format, continued from its long history at 1430kHz under a LMA from Liberman Broadcasting to the Dunn organization that provided the programming for 1230. Under Liberman's programming control, it was imaged as "Radio Ranchito", "La Raza" (simulcast with KTJM), and "La Ranchera", all utilizing a Regional Mexican music format.

An assignment of license was submitted to the Federal Communications Commission to transfer KCOH from Liberman Broadcasting to Pueblo de Galilea, LLC in April 2016. It was granted and consummated in May of the same year. The purchase price for the facility was $1.8 million.

History

The radio station began in 1948 when KTHT (now KBME) vacated this frequency for a stronger signal at 790 kHz. Under the KNUZ callsign, it was a Top40 formatted station through the 1960s, competing with KILT (AM) but eventually Houston outgrew 1230's signal coverage and KILT won the battle in the early 70s. KNUZ then switched to a country format until owner Dave Morris sold the station along with its sister FM, KQUE on 102.9.

In 1998, the callsign KQUE was moved to 1230 and the KNUZ callsign was assigned to AM 1090 in Bellville, Texas.

After the longtime Standards and Big Band format was folded, KQUE became part of a quadcast with KTJM 98.5 "Houston's Jammin Hits" from May 2001 to July 2001 along with 880 AM, and 103.3 FM. "Jammin Hit's up and down the dial" was its moniker. 1230 KQUE then dropped from the quadcast and began 1230 a simulcast of classic rock KKRW 93.7 "The Arrow". During a short period, after the FM/AM pair were sold by original owner Dave Morris to Clear Channel, 1230 was used to continue the MOR standards format previously on their 102.9 counterpart during the ownership days of SFX Broadcasting Corporation which took over ABC radio affiliate KNUZ "K-News" News/Opinion. This resulted in 1230 abandoning the KNUZ calls it had used since its inception, and took the calls out of the City that had long been associated with them. The KNUZ callsign had also been used on Channel 39 (Channel 39 frequency now occupied by KIAH).

External links

• FCC History Cards for KCOH
• Query the FCC's AM station database for KCOH
• Radio-Locator Information on KCOH
• Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KCOH
• Chancellor targets KQUE faithful with 'Unforgettable' new format