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KQQK (107.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican radio format. It is licensed to Beaumont, Texas, and is owned by Estrella Media. It calls itself "El Norte 107.9." The studios and offices are on Bering Drive in Houston. KQQK has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 90,000 watts broadcasting from a tower at 596 meters (1,955 feet) in height above average terrain (HAAT). The transmitter is off Cleveland Street in Devers, Texas. The power, height and location allow KQQK to cover the Golden Triangle of Texas (Beaumont- Port Arthur-Orange) as well as part of the Greater Houston radio market. History Beaumont's "K-Jet" signs on FM sister On July 10, 1967, the station signed on the air as KJET-FM. It was originally on 107.7 MHz, powered at only 5,000 watts, as the FM simulcast to "K-Jet" 1380 KJET (now dark). KJET was a daytimer, required to be off the air at night. So KJET-FM carried its R&B programming for the African-American community ...
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KQQK ElNorte107
KQQK (107.9 Hertz, MHz) is a commercial radio, commercial FM broadcasting, FM radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican radio format. It is city of license, licensed to Beaumont, Texas, and is owned by Estrella Media. It calls itself "El Norte 107.9." The radio studio, studios and offices are on Bering Drive in Houston. KQQK has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 90,000 watts broadcasting from a radio masts and towers, tower at 596 meters (1,955 feet) in height above average terrain (HAAT). The transmitter is off Cleveland Street in Devers, Texas. The power, height and location allow KQQK to cover the Golden Triangle (Texas), Golden Triangle of Texas (Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas, Port Arthur-Orange, Texas, Orange) as well as part of the Greater Houston media market, radio market. History Beaumont's "K-Jet" signs on FM sister On July 10, 1967, the station sign-on, signed on the air as KJET-FM. It was originally on 107.7 MHz, powered at only 5,000 watts, as the FM ...
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Estrella Media
Estrella Media (formerly known as Liberman Broadcasting, Inc. from 1987 to October 14, 2019 and LBI Media, Inc. from October 15, 2019 until February 2, 2020) is an American media company based in Burbank, California, owned by private equity firm HPS Investment Partners, LLC. Estrella Media primarily caters to the Spanish-speaking Hispanic community, owns television and radio stations in several of the top Hispanic markets, and is the parent company of the Estrella TV network. History José Liberman, and his son Lenard founded the company in 1987, as Liberman Broadcasting, Inc.. Between them, they had more than 55 years of operating experience in the broadcasting industry. The father/son pair co-founded radio and television clusters in Los Angeles and Houston, and in the late 1990s to early 2000s, expanded their assets to include broadcast properties in Dallas and San Diego. Although their television stations were considered part of the Liberman Television Network, they were still ...
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Beaumont, Texas
Beaumont is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat, seat of government of Jefferson County, Texas, Jefferson County, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur, Texas, Port Arthur Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area, metropolitan statistical area, located in Southeast Texas on the Neches River about east of Houston (city center to city center). With a population of 115,282 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Beaumont is the largest incorporated municipality by population near the Louisiana border. Its metropolitan area was the List of Texas metropolitan areas, 10th largest in Texas in 2019, and List of metropolitan statistical areas, 132nd in the United States. The city of Beaumont was founded in 1838. The pioneer settlement had an economy based on the development of lumber, farming, and port industries. In 1892, Joseph Eloi Broussard opened the first commercially successful rice mill in Texas, stimulating development of rice farming in the area; ...
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KZJL
KZJL (channel 61) is a television station in Houston, Texas, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language network Estrella TV. It is owned and operated by Estrella Media and is sister to four radio stations. KZJL's studios are located on Bering Drive on the city's southwest side, and its transmitter is located near Missouri City, in unincorporated northeastern Fort Bend County. History The station first signed on the air on June 2, 1995, as an affiliate of home shopping network Shop at Home. In 2001, the station was purchased by Liberman Broadcasting (which was renamed Estrella Media in February 2020, following a corporate reorganization of the company under private equity firm HPS Investment Partners, LLC) and became a Spanish-language independent station; on September 14, 2009, KZJL became a charter owned-and-operated station of Liberman's Spanish-language broadcast network Estrella TV. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog ...
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KNTE (FM)
KNTE (101.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Bay City, Texas. The station broadcasts a radio format The studios of Regional Mexican music, simulcast with sister station 98.5 KTJM Port Arthur, and is owned by Estrella Radio License of Houston LLC, a subsidiary of Estrella Media. History The station began broadcasting on September 25, 1995, holding the call sign KXGJ and airing a country music format branded "Pure Country". In 2002, Liberman Broadcasting purchased the station, along with 96.9 KIOX-FM in El Campo, Texas, for $3.15 million. The station began airing a tropical music format. Its ERP was later increased to 35 kilowatts, and it began targeting SW Houston and Fort Bend County. On April 3, 2012, the station's call sign was changed to KNTE. On July 11, 2014, KNTE changed its format to regional Mexican, branded as "La Ranchera 101.7".Venta, Lance.Liberman Shuffles Houston Duo, ''Radio Insight''. July 11, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2020. On December 14, 20 ...
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KTJM
KTJM (98.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Port Arthur, Texas. It is owned by Estrella Media and airs a Regional Mexican radio format. The studios and offices are located at 3000 Bering Drive in Southwest Houston. Programming is simulcast with sister station 101.7 KNTE Bay City, Texas. KTJM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the highest permitted for non-grandfathered FM stations in the U.S. The transmitter is on Cleveland Street in Devers, Texas. The tower gives KTJM a height above average terrain (HAAT) of . With the tall tower located roughly halfway between Houston and Beaumont, KTJM is able to cover both radio markets. History The station signed on in 1963 as KPAC-FM, owned by Port Arthur College, simulcasting sister station 1250 AM KPAC. It operated with a 960-watt signal on a 500-foot tower it shared with 1250 AM. Afterwards, KPAC-FM became an automated Beautiful Music station, playing instrumental cover versions of popular ...
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KEYH
KEYH (850 AM) is a commercial radio station in Houston, Texas, under Special Temporary Authority from the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at 100 watts from a temporary longwire antenna, on a tower located in Northline, North Houston. KEYH airs a classic hits format as "Houston Radio Platinum." After the loss of its main transmitter site, due to the sale of the land the array sat upon, KEYH went silent from December 31, 2020 until December 27, 2021. KEYH's previous format, prior to going silent, was Regional Mexican, with sports programming interspersed. KEYH is owned by Estrella Media and upon getting back on in late 2021 temporarily rebroadcast Estrella Media sister station "La Raza" 98.5 KTJM. However in early 2022, KEYH began broadcasting classic hits as Joe 850. Under normal operations, KEYH is licensed to broadcast with 10,000 watts; because AM 850 is a clear-channel frequency reserved for 50,000 watt Class A KOA in Denver, Colorado, KEYH was required to red ...
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Port Arthur, Texas
Port Arthur is a city in Jefferson County within the Beaumont–Port Arthur metropolitan area of the U.S. state of Texas. A small, uninhabited portion extends into Orange County; it is east of Houston. The largest oil refinery in the United States, the Motiva Refinery, is located in Port Arthur. The population of Port Arthur was 53,818 at the 2010 census, down from 57,755 at the 2000 census. By 2020, its population rebounded to 56,039. Early attempts at settlements in the area had all failed. However, in 1895, Arthur Stilwell founded Port Arthur, and the town quickly grew. Port Arthur was incorporated as a city in 1898 and soon developed into a seaport. It eventually became the center of a large oil refinery network. The Rainbow Bridge across the Neches River connects Port Arthur to Bridge City. Port Arthur is vulnerable to hurricanes and extensive damage to the city has been caused several times. History Aurora was an early settlement attempt near the mouth of Taylor Bayo ...
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Devers, Texas
Devers is a city in Liberty County, Texas, United States. The population was 447 at the 2010 census. Geography Devers is located at (30.026379, –94.591642). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 416 people, 141 households, and 111 families residing in the city. The population density was 222.3 people per square mile (85.9/km2). There were 165 housing units at an average density of 88.2 per square mile (34.1/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 69.47% White, 14.90% African American, 0.24% Native American, 13.94% from other races, and 1.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 20.43% of the population. There were 141 households, out of which 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.8% were married couples living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.6% were non-families. 16.3% of all households were ...
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Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in 2020. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the seat and largest city of Harris County and the principal city of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, which is the fifth-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States and the second-most populous in Texas after Dallas–Fort Worth. Houston is the southeast anchor of the greater megaregion known as the Texas Triangle. Comprising a land area of , Houston is the ninth-most expansive city in the United States (including consolidated city-counties). It is the largest city in the United States by total area whose government is not consolidated with a county, parish, or borough. Though primarily in Harris County, small portions of the ...
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Orange, Texas
Orange is a city and the county seat of Orange County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 19,324. It is the easternmost city in Texas, located on the Sabine River at the border with Louisiana, and is from Houston. Orange is part of the Beaumont− Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. Founded in 1836, it is a deep-water port to the Gulf of Mexico. History This community was originally called Greens Bluff after a man named Resin Green, a Sabine River boatman, who arrived at this location sometime before 1830. A short time later, in 1840, the town was renamed Madison in honor of President James Madison. To resolve the frequent post-office confusion with another Texas community called Madisonville, the town was renamed "Orange" in 1858. The area experienced rapid growth in the late 19th century due to 17 sawmills within the city limits, making Orange the center of the Texas lumber industry. Orange's growth led to the arrival of many immigrant ...
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Media Market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area (DMA), television market area, or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media such as newspapers and internet content. They can coincide or overlap with one or more metropolitan areas, though rural regions with few significant population centers can also be designated as markets. Conversely, very large metropolitan areas can sometimes be subdivided into multiple segments. Market regions may overlap, meaning that people residing on the edge of one media market may be able to receive content from other nearby markets. They are widely used in audience measurements, which are compiled in the United States by Nielsen Media Research. Nielsen measures both television and radio audiences since its acquisition of Arbitron, which was completed in September 2013. Markets are identified by the largest ...
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