| City of license | Houston, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
| Branding | Sports Radio 610 |
| Frequency | 610 kHz |
| First air date | 1948 May 8, 1957 as KILT |
| Format | Sports/Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 25440 |
| Former callsigns | KLEE, KLBS |
| Owner | CBS Radio (CBS Radio Texas Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KHMX, KIKK, KILT-FM, KKHH, KLOL |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | sportsradio610.com |
KILT (610 AM, "Sports Radio 610") is a Sports/Talk formatted radio station in the Houston, Texas, metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by CBS Radio. KILT shares its call letters with sister station 100.3 FM, a country music station.
The station was, for many years, a leading Top 40 station in Houston. The current sports-talk format has been in place since 1995. Over the years the lineups have changed, but the station has consistently been the top-rated sports-talk format since its inception, with only a few brief, short-lived exceptions.
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Flagship station for the Houston Texans
Flagship station for the Houston Rockets
Marc Vandermeer, Host 6-10am (Vandermeer is the play-by-play voice of the Texans)
John Lopez, Host 6-10am
Mike Meltser, Host 10-11am
Rich Lord, Host 2-7pm (Houston Texans sideline reporter)
Josh Innes, Host 2-7pm
Barry Warner, Host 7-11pm
Shaun Bijani, Host 7-11pm
Robert Henslee, Sports Director
Additional programming/hosts
Smokin' Joe's Driving Range, Saturday 7-8am
Tom Tynan on Home Show Radio, Saturday and Sunday, 8-11am
Sports Saturday with Rob Costa and Shaun Bijani, Weekends
Brad Davies, Barry Warner, N.D. Kalu, Sundays
In 2007 a lawsuit was filed by then morning show co-host John Granato against CBS. [1][2] This ultimately led to Granato leaving 610 and starting a new station 1560 The Game. Shortly thereafter, his co-host Lance Zierlein joined him.
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