KGOL (1180 AM) is a

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, and serving

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. KGOL is one of only two 50,000

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AM facilities serving the Houston area, the other being

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station 740

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, owned by iHeartMedia, which runs 50,000 watts full-time. Because

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is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A

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, KGOL must reduce power at night to 3,000 watts to avoid interference. KGOL uses a directional antenna at all times. The

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is on Route 1314 in

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(Grand Parkway).

History

KGOL debuted in 1983 as "1180 K-TUN", airing a middle of the road (MOR) format of popular adult music. For a time it broadcasting in

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C-QUAM Stereo. While KTUN was moderately successful in the Humble/Kingwood area, the signal was poor in most parts of Greater Houston during daylight operations, and at night was only listenable in Humble itself. In 1986, FM Christian radio station KGOL, then at 107.3 in

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, was sold and became

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"Z-107" KZFX on 107.5 FM (now

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). As a result, KGOL and its Christian format was moved to AM 1180, shifting the KGOL

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from 107.3 to 1180 in the process. KGOL's call letters stand for God Of Love. KGOL has been a brokered facility for the majority of the last 20 years, having aired formats such as Business News "Biz Radio Network", South Asian formatted "Hum Tum City", several different variations of Spanish language talk and music, and Vietnamese programming. In the mid-2010s, KGOL carried the

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Network. In mid-September 2017, ESPN Deportes moved to AM 1230

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, when KGOL began carrying the Entravision Regional Mexican "La Tricolor" format. But La Tricolor lasted only a few months as Entravision made sweeping changes to its stations across the U.S. KGOL then shifted to its "La Suavecita" Spanish-language AC format. On August 30, 2021, Entravision sold the station to FM Media Ventures, LLC, a company owned by Pakistani media and entertainment businessman Rehan Siddiqui. Siddiqui, who is the producer of "Hum Tum Radio", was recently blacklisted by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs due to "

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" and "producing and funding anti-Indian propaganda".2 Indian-Origin Men In US "Blacklisted" For Anti-India Activities: Report
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