KPUS

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KPUS
KPUS logo.png
Broadcast area Corpus Christi metropolitan area
Frequency 104.5 MHz
Branding104.5 The Eagle
Programming
Format Classic rock
Affiliations United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • John Bushman
  • (ICA Radio, Ltd.)
KAJE, KKPN
History
First air date
1999;25 years ago (1999) (as KBHD)
Former call signs
KBHD (1998–1998)
KKPN (1998–2001)
Call sign meaning
K OctoPUS (former branding)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 78383
Class C3
ERP 14,000 watts
HAAT 136 meters (446 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 27°52′2.00″N97°13′7.00″W / 27.8672222°N 97.2186111°W / 27.8672222; -97.2186111
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1045theeagle.com

KPUS (104.5 MHz, "Classic Rock 104.5") is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting a classic rock music format. [2] Licensed to Gregory, Texas, and serving the Corpus Christi metropolitan area, it is owned by John Bushman, through licensee ICA Radio, Ltd. [3] The studios are on South Padre Island Drive (Texas State Highway 358) in Corpus Christi.

Contents

KPUS is a Class C3 station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 14,000 watts. The transmitter is on Avenue B at 8th Street in Ingleside, Texas. [4]

History

While it was still a construction permit, the station was assigned the call letters KBHD on July 17, 1998. On September 18, 1998, the station changed its call sign to KKPN. [5]

The station signed on the air in 1999;25 years ago. [6] The call sign changed again on March 26, 2001, to the current KPUS. The call letters stood for the station's moniker and mascot, "The OctoPUS."

On March 26, 2020, ICA Radio relaunched Classic Rock 104.5 as "104.5 The Eagle, Corpus Christi's ONLY Classic Rock Station." [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KPUS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
  3. ↑ "KPUS Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
  4. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KPUS
  5. ↑ "KPUS Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
  6. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2002-2003 page D-440. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  7. ↑ "KPUS Relaunches as 104.5 the Eagle".


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