KUHF-FM

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KUHF
City of license	Houston, Texas
Broadcast area	Greater Houston
Branding	"Houston Public Radio"
Slogan	"Listener-supported radio from the University of Houston"
First air date	November 6, 1950
Frequency	88.7 MHz 88.7 HD-2 for Fine Arts
Format	Classical music/Public Radio
ERP	100,000 watts
Class	C
Callsign meaning	K University of Houston FM
Affiliations	NPR, American Public Media
Owner	University of Houston
Website	www.kuhf.org

KUHF is a public radio station serving Houston, Texas. It operates on a frequency of 88.7 megahertz on the FM dial. It is licensed to the University of Houston. It shares broadcast facilities with KUHT, Houston's PBS television station.

KUHF first began airing programs on November 6, 1950 at the 91.3 megahertz frequency. Broadcasting at 9,600 watts, the station was operated by student volunteers. The station increased its signal strength to 12,000 watts in 1969. In the following year, the station began broadcasting at 88.7 megahertz, in order to reduce interference with KLYX (now KMJQ). The station finally began broadcasting at 100,000 watts in 1979, after receiving a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. This grant also allowed the station to hire a professional staff, as well as become a National Public Radio member station.

KUHF's original format was classic jazz. In 1986 local classical music station KLEF changed its format and donated its 12,000+ disc library of music to KUHF, with the proviso that KUHF change its format to classical music. The current format consists primarily of classical music and news programming from National Public Radio and American Public Media. In addition, it airs many public radio staples, such as Car Talk and A Prairie Home Companion.

In September 2006, KUHF began broadcasting in HD Radio offering two channels of programming: channel one offers the same programming as is heard on its traditional signal while channel two offers classical music during times the other channel is playing news and informational programming and vice-versa.