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KQUE (AM)

Coordinates: 29°33′10″N 95°47′00″W / 29.55278°N 95.78333°W / 29.55278; -95.78333
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KQUE
Broadcast areaGreater Houston
Frequency980 kHz
BrandingRadio Aleluya
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
FormatSpanish Religious
AffiliationsAleluya Broadcasting Network
Ownership
Owner
  • Aleluya Christian Broadcasting
  • (Daij Media, LLC)
KCOH KFTG KRCM KMIC KBRZ KBRZ-FM KQUE-FM
History
First air date
June 10, 1949 (75 years ago) (1949-06-10) as KFRD
Former call signs
KFRD (1949–1990)
KMPQ (1990–1997)
KRTX (1997–2013)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
ClassB
Power5,000 watts (day)
4,000 watts (night)
Translator(s)See § Translator
Links
Public license information
Websiteradioaleluya.org

KQUE (980 AM), is a Spanish language Christian radio AM station, with an FM relay translator, in the Houston, Texas, metropolitan area. KQUE is dually licensed to both Rosenberg, Texas and Richmond, Texas and is currently owned by Daij Media, LLC.[1]

History

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The KQUE calls have resided in the Houston area since 1960, having first occupied 102.9 FM, then 1230 AM. The calls are now shared with co-owned Aleluya sister KQUE-FM Bay City.

Prior to Daij Media's acquisition of 980, the station was owned by Univision Radio. It featured a Tejano format, using the call letters KRTX, and the name "Super Tejano 980AM KRTX". This was later shortened to "Tejano 980". Originally, this station was a country station as KFRD, from 1949 until it was sold to Roy Henderson in 1990, at which time the KMPQ calls were requested, as KFRD was moved to 1090 KACO in Bellville. Tichenor Media (predecessor to Univision) purchased the station from Henderson in 1995. 104.9 KAMA-FM Missouri City, Texas was the original counterpart to 980 as KFRD-FM, when both facilities were still owned by the original Fort Bend Broadcasting Company headed by Mart Cole, Sr. and both KFRD and KFRD-FM were still licensed to their original COL of Rosenberg.

Translator

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Broadcast translator for KQUE
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info Notes
K264CN 100.7 FM Richmond, Texas 147202 100 97 m (318 ft) D LMS First air date: April 12, 2007 as 98.1 K251AM (Jasper)

References

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  1. ^ KQUE fcc.gov. Accessed December 13, 2013
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29°33′10″N 95°47′00″W / 29.55278°N 95.78333°W / 29.55278; -95.78333