KTRH

This article is about the news/talk radio station licensed to Houston, Texas. For the radio station formerly known as KTRH-FM from 1947-1970, see KLOL.

KTRH

City of license	Houston, Texas
Broadcast area	Houston metropolitan area
Branding	Newsradio 740 KTRH
Slogan	Houston's News, Weather, and Traffic Station
Frequency	740 kHz (also on HD Radio) 93.7 HD-3
First air date	1922
Format	News/Talk
Power	50,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	35674
Transmitter coordinates	29°57′57″N 94°56′32″W / 29.96583°N 94.94222°W / 29.96583; -94.94222
Callsign meaning	K-The Rice Hotel Keep Tuned Right Here Talk Radio Houston
Former frequencies	1120 kHz (1930-1942)
Affiliations	Premiere Networks ABC Radio News The Weather Channel Westwood One Network KPRC-TV
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (AMFM Texas Licenses LLC)
Sister stations	KBME, KQBT, KODA, KPRC, KTBZ
Webcast	iHeartRadio Station #2285
Website	KTRH.com

KTRH (740 kHz) is an AM News/Talk radio station owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. Its city of license is Houston, Texas and it serves the Houston metropolitan area and surrounding counties. KTRH uses the iHeartRadio platform to stream its webcast. The station's studios are located along the West Loop Freeway in the city's Uptown district, and the transmitter site is in unincorporated Liberty County southwest of Dayton, Texas.

KTRH broadcasts at 50,000 watts around the clock, the highest power for AM stations permitted by the Federal Communications Commission. But because KTRH is on 740 kHz, a Canadian clear channel frequency, the station uses a directional antenna to protect CFZM Toronto, the Class A station on 740. Programming is also heard on sister station KQBT's HD 3 channel at 93.7 MHz.

Programming

The station airs mostly nationally syndicated talk shows from Premiere Networks, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia. Weekday mornings start at 5 a.m. with Matt Patrick who does a local news and interview program. Michael Berry is heard from 8 to 11 a.m. and again from 5 to 7 p.m., At 11 a.m. it's Rush Limbaugh, followed at 2 p.m. by Sean Hannity. Mark Levin from the Westwood One Network airs at 7 p.m. and Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis is heard at 10 p.m. At midnight, it's Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and at 4 a.m., KTRH airs This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal. Weekend programming features shows on money, health, home repair, pets, real estate and gardening. Some shows are paid Brokered programming and repeats of weekday shows are also heard.

KTRH features some local news from KPRC-TV 2, the Houston NBC Network affiliate. National news is supplied by ABC Radio News and forecasts are supplied by The Weather Channel.

Sports

Until the 2013 season, KTRH was the flagship station for the Houston Astros baseball team. Astros broadcasts are now heard on sister station KBME Sportstalk 790.

History

KTRH started as an Austin, Texas radio station on 1100 kHz with the call sign WCM, issued April 22, 1922.^[1] It moved to the Houston area and changed its call letters to KTRG and later to KTRH, going through several frequency changes, finally settling on 740 kHz in April, 1943.^[2]

As KTRH, it had its first studio in the Rice Hotel (now the Post Rice Lofts). The call letters stand for The Rice Hotel. Noted newsman Dan Rather worked for KTRH in the late 1950s. He was a reporter and newscaster. In 1959, KTRH carried broadcasts of the Houston Buffs minor league baseball team. Rather was the main play by play announcer. The Gallup Poll's editor in chief Frank Newport was also a noted talk show host and news director at KTRH in the early 1980s. CBS Sports announcer Jim Nantz worked at KTRH while attending the University of Houston.

KTRH was the Houston CBS Radio News affiliate, before switching to ABC in 1997 and then to Fox News Radio in 2003. At the start of 2016, KTRH switched back to ABC.^[3]

References

External links

KTRH Official Website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KTRH

Radio-Locator Information on KTRH

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KTRH

Radio stations in Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown

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Digital radio	790 950

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 (Houston) 162.550 (Galveston)

by callsign	KACC KAFR KAMA-FM KANI KBME KBRZ KBXX KCHN¹ KCOH KEYH KFNC KFTG KGBC KGG68 KGLK KGOL KGOW KHB40 KHCB KHCB-FM KHJK KHMX KHPT KIKK¹ KILT KILT-FM KJIC KJOZ KKBQ-FM KKHH KKHT-FM KLAT KLOL KLTN KLVI KLVL KMIC KMJQ KNTH KODA KOVE-FM KPFT KPRC KPVU KQBT KQBU-FM KQQK KQUE KRBE KRCM KREH¹ KROI KSBJ KSEV KSHJ KSHN KTBZ-FM KTEK¹ KTHT KTJM KTRH KTSU KTWL KUHA KUHF KULF¹ KVST KWWJ KXBJ KXYZ KYND¹ KYOK¹ KYST

Defunct	KSTB 101.5 FM

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 226 Sirius Channel 154 Nearby radio markets Austin Bay City–Freeport Beaumont–Port Arthur Bryan–College Station Corpus Christi Huntsville San Antonio Victoria See also List of radio stations in Texas ¹ = Daytime-only AM radio station.

Radio stations in the Beaumont–Port Arthur, Texas market

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NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475

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Nearby radio markets Fort Polk South Houston–Galveston Huntsville Lake Charles Lufkin–Nacogdoches See also List of radio stations in Texas

News/Talk radio stations in Texas

All-News	KLIF – Dallas KRLD – Dallas

News & Talk	KBRA – Freer KCOX – Jasper KCRS – Midland/Odessa KDET – Center KERA – Dallas KEXB – Dallas KFNA – Winters KFXR – Dallas KFYO – Lubbock KGKL – San Angelo KGNC – Amarillo KIKK – Houston KIXZ – Amarillo KJCE – Rollingwood KJDL – Lubbock KJTV – Lubbock KKSA – San Angelo KKTX – Corpus Christi KLBJ – Austin KLUP – Terrell Hills KLVI – Beaumont KMNY – Hurst KNTH – Houston KPLT – Paris KPYN – Atlanta KSET – Lumberton KSEV – Tomball KSFA – Nacogdoches KSKY – Balch Springs KTBB – Tyler KTBB-FM – Troup KTEK – Alvin KTMR – Edna KTRH – Houston KTSA – San Antonio KTSM – El Paso KUHF – Houston KURV – Edinburg KUTX – Leander KVCE – Highland Park KVNN – Victoria KVOP – Plainview KWEL – Midland/Odessa KWFS – Wichita Falls KWKC – Abilene KWTX – Waco KXYL – Brownwood KXYL-FM – Coleman WBAP – Fort Worth WOAI – San Antonio WTAW – College Station

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

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