radio station
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licensed to
Victoria, Texas
Victoria is a small city in South Texas and county seat of Victoria County, Texas. The population was 65,534 as of the 2020 census. The three counties of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 111,163 as of the 2000 cens ...
, United States, the station serves the Victoria TX area. The station is currently owned by Victoria Radioworks, LLC.
History
KITE was first proposed by Louis Thurmond "Culp" Krueger and his partners, under the licensee name Victoria Broadcasting Company in 1948. The facility received its construction permit on January 7, 1949, with a call letter assignment of KALO. Initially authorized at 500 watts, daytime operation only, from a transmit site on Bottom Street in Victoria.
The callsign was quickly changed two months later, in March 1949, to KNAL, which was chosen to honor the creation of the Victoria Barge Canal, which linked landlocked Victoria to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and other various ports around the world. The facility received it License to Cover on May 20.
KNAL received a grant to build a second tower in 1950, giving the proposed nighttime facility a directional signal to the north at dark, in order to conduct unlimited hours broadcasting by 1951.
The KALO callsign would ultimately have its own lengthy history in
Beaumont, Texas
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as "Kay-Lo", a vital Urban voice in Beaumont's Black community.
Louis "Culp" Krueger had previously been the driving force in signing on 1390
KULP
KULP (1390 AM, 106.7 FM) is a radio station, paired with an AM revitalization FM relay translator, licensed to El Campo, Texas. The station airs a country music format and is owned by Wharton County Radio, Inc.El Campo. 1410 would become the group's second licensed facility, with both stations programming
Country music
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. 1410 has maintained a Country format for the majority of its existence. The station has also utilized a
News/talk
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format in its past, as well as a Nostalgia/Standards format.
KNAL changed its callsign to KYVF on April 9, 1999, and returned to its heritage KNAL on February 15, 2002. KNAL and 93.3 KITE swapped stations and call letters on January 1, 2014, leading KNAL to become the current classic hits format.
Translator
In December 2014, Victoria Radio Works purchased then 97.3 K247BZ
Port Lavaca
Port Lavaca () is a city in Calhoun County, located in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 12,248 at the 2010 census and 11,557 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Calhoun County and part of the Victoria, Texas Metropolitan Statis ...
from Wildcatter Wireless LLC., which included moving up one channel to 248 (97.5 MHz) to cover the City of Victoria.Station Search Details fcc.gov. Accessed February 12, 2016