KHJK
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Broadcast area | Greater Houston Golden Triangle |
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Frequency | 103.7MHz |
Branding | Air1 |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Format | Christian worship music |
Affiliations | Air1 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
KLTW,KLVH | |
History | |
First air date | September 15, 1992KVSTHuntsville) October 27, 2005 (current tower; as KUST La Porte) | (license; as 103.5
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies | 103.5 MHz |
Call signmeaning | "Houston's Jack" (former format) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 48676 |
Class | C |
ERP | 100,000watts |
HAAT | 590 m (1,936 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 29°56′9″N94°30′39″W/ 29.93583°N 94.51083°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | air1 |
KHJK(103.7FM) is a non-commercialradio station,licensedtoLaPorte, Texasand serving bothGreater Houstonand theGolden Triangle(Beaumont-Port Arthur-Orange). It is owned by theEducational Media Foundation(EMF). KHJK relays EMF's nationallysyndicated"Air1"radio formatfeaturingChristian worship music.Air1 holds periodicfundraiserson the air to support the broadcasts.
KHJK has aneffective radiated power(ERP) of 100,000watts,the highest permitted for non-grandfatheredFM stations. Thetransmitteris off Route 1410 inDevers, Texas,about halfway between Houston and Beaumont.[2]KHJK also rebroadcasts its programming onFM translatorstation 95.3 K237FS inConroe, Texas.[3]
Translator
[edit]Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP(W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info | Notes |
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K237FS | 95.3 FM | Conroe, Texas | 148663 | 75 | 127m(417ft) | D | LMS | First air date: June 6, 2016 |
History
[edit]Beginnings in Huntsville
[edit]KHJK-FM previously operated as KVST, "K-Star Country 103.7", which was licensed to serviceMontgomery County, Texas,prior to being purchased byCumulus Mediain 2005.
Originally owned by Ben Amato of Conroe (who sold his chain of grocery stores around that area to finance the radio station), it signed on as KVST inHuntsvilleon 103.5; however, interference from KEYI (nowKBPA) inAustincaused the station not to reach down to the intended audience of Conroe and a look at a move-in frequency was done. Amato moved the station's frequency up one channel to 103.7, and also physically moved the tower site south toWillis.
This resulted in an excellent signal in Conroe, Willis, and the exploding community ofThe Woodlands.However, the signal was all but lost in Huntsville, which was solved by Amato bringing a new station to life, licensed to Huntsville, in order to simulcast KVST. That station became KUST at 99.7 MHz.
Sale to Cumulus; Move to La Porte
[edit]Ironically, in 2005, Cumulus Media purchased the license for 103.7, and once KVST relocated to La Porte, 99.7 made the same journey downInterstate 45that 103.7 had made in the years before it ultimately moved to the Devers tower, east of Houston.
Since then, 99.7 KVST has reversed the move and returned to Huntsville, transmitting from the original 103.5 tower.
As a part of the move of 103.7, KUST switched call letters with KVST, resulting in the new 99.7 in Willis becoming KVST, while the KUST calls were shipped to this facility. These calls were short lived as they were only used for the "TV 103" stunt format utilized while Cumulus prepared for the move of 97.5 KIOL's rock format and call letters to the debuting 103.7 signal in Houston and The Golden Triangle.KBIUinLake Charleswas also affected by the move of this facility as it also operated on the 103.7 frequency. This was resolved by Cumulus downgrading KBIU, which the company also owned, and also moving its operating frequency to 103.3.
103.7 KUST soon wentdarkwhile Cumulus moved the facility to its current location in Devers, Texas to service the Houston andGolden Triangleareas.
KIOL Becomes "Rock 103.7"
[edit]KUST officially returned to the air on May 23, 2005, simulcasting 97.5KIOLuntil May 31, when KIOL'sAORformat moved to 103.7 (which adopted the KIOL calls as a result) entirely, and the new station on 97.5,KFNC,signed on with an all-news format.
Prior to the KIOL move, KUST tested the new transmitting site with nonstop commercial free television themes as "TV 103".
Jack FM
[edit]On August 30, 2007, theHouston Chroniclereported that KIOL would be switching to theJack FMformat at 10:37 a.m. the following day, and adopting new call letters,KHJKJack FM to make Houston debut.The final three songs on "Rock 103.7" were "Mary Jane's Last DancebyTom Petty,"Cold As Ice"byForeigner(followed by a promo that "your world will change after this song" and to "tell everyone you know to listen" ), and "Fire "byJimi Hendrix,while the first two songs on "Jack" were "Jumpin' Jack Flash"byThe Rolling Stones"and"Let's Go Crazy"byPrince.
Move to Adult Album Alternative
[edit]On May 6, 2009, KHJK shifted from adult hits toAAAas "103-7FM."[4]
Cumulus Divestiture; Sale to EMF
[edit]As part of a prepackaged bankruptcy filing, the lenders took over the license of four Cumulus Media Partners stations; two in the Kansas City metro area (KCHZandKMJK) and the two rimshot signals in the Houston metro, KHJK and KFNC, in November 2011.[5]Station broker Larry Patrick became majority owner and set out to sell the stations to recover the value for the lenders. After the filing, Cumulus continued to program the stations under LMA. While Cumulus could have purchased the stations back, the highest bidder for KFNC was David Gow, owner of KGOW (1560 The Game) and the highest bidder for KHJK was Educational Media Foundation, who programs Christian AC and Christian Rock formats.[6]
EMF switched the format of KHJK toAir 1at 5:00 p.m. on July 17, 2012.[7] The last songs played on 103.7 FM wereThe Old ApartmentbyBarenaked Ladies,Eyes Wide OpenbyGotye,Mary Jane's Last DancebyTom Petty and the Heartbreakers,In The EndbyLinkin Park,Closing TimebySemisonic,andIt's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)byR.E.M.[8]
BetweenIn The EndandClosing Time,KHJK voiceover Mike McKay gave this goodbye message:
"Houston, thank you. It's been an amazing ride. Steve, Donna, and the entire 103-7FM crew want to say thanks for being there for us. Attending our events, coming to our shows, and just for listening to Houston's adult alternative, 103-7FM. It's been our pleasure serving you some of the best new music out there and playing music you can't hear anywhere else but 103-7FM. You are the best listeners we could have ever asked for, and we'll miss you. Thanks again. And are you hiring?"
The first song on "Air 1" was "Me Without You"byTobyMac.[4]The purchase of KHJK by EMF was consummated on October 15, 2012 at a price of $5 million. Because the station rimshots from Devers (where its transmitter is located), KHJK's signal is either marginal or weak in the northern and western areas of the Houston metropolitan area.
Callsign history
[edit]- KTDD - 05/03/1990
- KVST - 07/22/1991 (K-Star Country)
- KUST - 03/30/2005
- KIOL - 05/31/2005 (Rock 103-7)
- KHJK - 09/01/2007 (103.7 Jack FM, 103-7 FM, Air-1)
HD radio
[edit]Cumulus Broadcasting began upgrading its stations to HD Radio broadcasting in 2005. One of the first ten stations to be upgraded was KIOL.[9]The station had been simulcast on KRBE HD-2, but this was replaced by a feed of theTrue Oldies Channelin June 2012.[10]
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for KHJK".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"KHJK-FM 103.7 MHz - La Porte, TX".radio-locator.
- ^"K237FS-FM 95.3 MHz - Conroe, TX".radio-locator.
- ^ab"Sadness alert: 103.7 changes format | Houston Music | 29-95".Archived fromthe originalon 2012-07-19.Retrieved2012-07-18.
- ^"Application Search Details".
- ^Barron, David (May 25, 2012)."TV-Radio notebook: 1560 owner to buy 97.5".Chron.
- ^"Air1 Houston".17 July 2012.
- ^"103.7 KHJK Houston's Adult Alternative - Last Moments and Flip to Air1"– via youtube.
- ^Harnett, Mary Beth (2006-04-24)."Harris Corporation Announces Multi-Deal Agreement as Exclusive HD Radio(TM) Supplier to Cumulus Broadcasting".EE Times.[permanent dead link]
- ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2014-02-02.Retrieved2012-07-17.
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External links
[edit]- 103.7 changes format on Houston Chronicle 29-25
- The first sign-on of 103.7 KIOL in 2005
- Facility details for Facility ID 48676 (KHJK)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- KHJKinNielsen Audio's FM station database