KVOZ

KVOZ

Del Mar Hills, Texas United States
Broadcast area	Laredo, Texas Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Frequency	890 kHz
Branding	Radio Cristiana
Programming
Language	Spanish
Format	Christian radio
Ownership
Owner	Consolidated Radio, Inc.
History
First air date	April 15, 1952 (1952-04-15)
Former frequencies	1490 kHz (1952–1988)
Call sign meaning	"Voz"' is voice in Spanish
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	6429
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	27°32′57″N99°22′21″W / 27.54917°N 99.37250°W / 27.54917; -99.37250
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

KVOZ (890 AM, "Radio Cristiana") is a Spanish-language commercial radio station licensed to Del Mar Hills, Texas, United States, and serving Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, on the United States-Mexico border. Owned by Consolidated Radio, Inc., it airs a Christian radio format, featuring talk and teaching programs with Christian music.

The transmitter is off U.S. Route 59 in Laredo.

History

KVOZ signed on the air on April 15, 1952. ^[2] It originally broadcast on 1490 kilocycles and its city of license was Laredo. The daytime power was 1,000 watts and at night it reduced power to 250 watts, a fraction of its current output. It added an FM station at 94.9 MHz in 1972.

By the 1980s, the Federal Communications Commission relaxed the rules against assigning stations to clear channel frequencies. With Laredo nearly 1,200 miles (2,245 kilometers) from Chicago, the FCC granted it permission to move to 890 kHz while protecting WLS with reduced power and a directional antenna at night. It made the move to 890 kHz in 1988.

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for KVOZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. Broadcasting Yearbook 1987 page C-207. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID 6429 (KVOZ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KVOZ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database