| City of license | Conroe, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
| Branding | 106.9 The Eagle |
| Slogan | Houston's Classic Hits Station |
| Frequency | 106.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Format | Classic Hits (KGLK simulcast) HD2: Adult Hits ("The Point") |
| ERP | 91,600 watts |
| HAAT | 579 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 69564 |
| Callsign meaning | K Houston's PoinT (former branding) |
| Former callsigns | KNRO (?-1980s) KJOJ (1980s-1990) KJZS (1990-1992) KKHU (1992) KKZR (1992-1995) KKHT (1995-2000) KZJZ (2000) |
| Owner | Cox Radio |
| Sister stations | KGLK, KKBQ, KTHT |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1075theeagle.com |
KHPT (106.9 FM, "The Eagle") is a classic hits radio station licensed to Conroe, Texas. It is owned by Cox Radio, Inc. and is part of the Houston cluster that includes KGLK, KKBQ, and KTHT. It is headquartered in Suite 2300 at 3 Post Oak Central in the Uptown district in Houston, Texas, United States.[1][2] Its transmitter is located in Splendora, Texas, and is shared with KSBJ.
Until June 20, 2011, the station was modern rock "106-9 the Zone". The station's only jocks were Katy Dempsey (morning), Heather Converse (midday) and Kevin Vargas (afternoons). The station occasionally features Hailie Richardson of KPRC-TV to do traffic reports.
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The station signed on during an unknown date in the 1970s with the call letters of KNRO. Over time, the call letters have been changed 6 times. It was a religious station for many years, having been owned by Jimmy Swaggart Ministries and was sold in the early 1990s after the fall of Jimmy Swaggart and used the call letters of KJOJ-FM.
The slogan for KJOJ-FM was "Houston's Joy of Jesus." During the 1980s the on-air personalities included Bert Salas, Keith Cramer, Keith Eckhardt, Minnie Francis, and Lyle Countryman. In early 1980s, the station's morning show "Lamb and Lion" was a Christian comedy radio morning show hosted by Salas.
KJOJ moved from 106.9 to present day 103.3 in 1990, and the station acquired new calls KJZS and new Jazz format, however that format briefly lasted until 1991 when the station changed its calls to KKHU and became "The New You 106.9" as a talk/oldies format right after KFMK 97.9's demise.
A year later KKHU changed both call letters and format this time to KKZR as Z-Rock 106.9 airing SMN-Z Rock network.
It then became KKHT "106.9 The Word" in March 1995. Salem Communications, a company that specializes in Christian radio stations, bought the station the same year (1995). In 2000, Salem sold the station to Cox Radio, who, in return, received Atlanta, GA properties from Cox. "The Word" signed off at Midnight on September 15, 2000, and moved to 1070 AM (The Word now resides on 100.7 FM). 106.9 began stunting with a countdown and with monikers saying "MP3 Radio" and "Radio Free Houston", as well as receiving the KZJZ call letters, which led to rumors stating that the station may go to a smooth jazz format. At 5 P.M., on September 20, 2000, "Jazzy 106.9" signed on with Kenny G's "Songbird" being the first song. However, this was a ruse, and the 1980's music station, "106-9 The Point" signed on with Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)". The call letters changed to KHPT on October 17, 2000.
The station withstood the erosion of 1980s-music stations during 2003, and maintained its format. Over the years, the Point's music library gradually expanded to include some late 1970s songs, as well as early 1990s material, but even added songs as late as 1998 and 1999, but never played any current material, making it an 1980s-oriented adult hits station. For a long time, ratings were high for the station. However, ratings for the station started to drop gradually over time, most likely due to the burnout factor of the music, peaking at a 1.8 share in its last book as an 1980s-hits station.
At 6 AM on November 8, 2010, KHPT changed its format to classic alternative rock (with 1980s and more 1990s material) as "106-9 The Zone". The Point's final song was Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive", while The Zone's first song was Foo Fighters' "Learn to Fly". On January 26, 2011, most likely due to low ratings, the station relaunched with a purely 1990s rock format, dropping 1980s material. On April 1, 2011, The Zone began adding alternative songs from the 2000-2007 period to its playlist, and with that change, the station formally changed to a Modern Rock format, similar to KTBZ. This still did not help the station's ratings.
On June 20, 2011, due to low ratings, KHPT has started simulcasting its sister station KGLK. At 5:25 am, after playing "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescence, The Zone played Third Eye Blind's "Jumper (song)", which was cut midway through with the 107.5 signal and the Dean and Rog show.[3]
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