KBRZ (1460

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) is a

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. It is operated by Sangeet Radio and owned by Daij Media, LLC. The station airs a

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targeted at the

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, with listeners originally from

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and

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now living in Southeast

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. To offer listeners the choice of hearing the programming on

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, KBRZ uses two low-power

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s: 95.1 K236AR in Missouri City and 103.5 K278CR in Houston.

History

Early Years as Freeport's "K-Breeze"

On October 3, 1952, KBRZ first

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the air. It was owned by Brazosport Broadcasting Company and primarily served Brazoria County with local news and sports coverage, and a middle of the road music format. It was originally a

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broadcasting at 500 watts, licensed to

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, and required to

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at sunset to protect other radio stations on

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. In the 1990s, it got authorization to broadcast around the clock, at 214 watts between sunset and sunrise.

Move to Missouri City, Texas

After the death of its owner, J.C. Stallings, the facility was silenced and sold in 2001 to Aleluya Christian Broadcasting, Inc., for $700,000.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2009 page D-534
/ref> The station began carrying Christian programming. In 2008, Aleluya Broadcasting got FCC permission to move KBRZ closer to Houston, to serve the larger audience in and around that city. The station was relicensed to

. The daytime power remained at 5,000 watts but the nighttime power was reduced to 125 watts. In 2017, the station was leased to Saeed Gaddi to air his Sangeet Radio service, specializing in

or "

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" music and talk.

References

External links

KBRZ official websiteKBRZ sports site
BRZ Brazoria County, Texas Radio stations established in 1985 1985 establishments in Texas {{Texas-radio-station-stub