KYOK
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| City of license | Conroe, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
| Branding | 1140 KYOK AMen Radio |
| Slogan | Houston's legendary KYOK |
| Frequency | 1140 kHz |
| First air date | June 1, 1984 (August 30, 1999 as KYOK) |
| Format | Urban contemporary gospel |
| Power | 5,000 watts (daytime) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 40484 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Former callsigns | KMUV (1984-1988) KPHD (1988-1989) KSSQ (1989-1996) KCHC (1996-1999) |
| Owner | Salt of the Earth Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | KWWJ, KEES, KZZB, KANI |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kyokradio.com |
KYOK (branded as AMen Radio 1140) AM is an Urban contemporary gospel radio station in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area operating at 1140 AM in Conroe, Texas during the daytime hours only. It is currently owned by Salt of the Earth Broadcasting. KYOK has a construction permit granted by the F.C.C. to move its transmission facilities from Conroe to Katy in an effort to cover more of the Houston Metropolitan area, and introduce night time service to the 1140 facility for the first time. KYOK will drop from its current licensed power of 5 kW to 800 watts daytime. Initial authorization for KYOK night power will be 9 watts.
For many years, KYOK's calls were on AM frequency 1590.
KYOK 1140 AM in Conroe, Texas became an urban contemporary gospel radio station in August 1999, owned by Faith Broadcasting, Inc. Alvin "Brother Al" McCottry was its first general manager along with Alan H. Lee the station's first program director and host of one of the first daily midday talk shows ever heard on gospel radio) was its first program director. Both "Brother Al" and Alan Lee are often credited[by whom?] as major pioneers of the urban contemporary gospel radio sound. DJs include [but are not limited to]: Michael Mosley (mornings), Ed Grice (music director and afternoons), Seneca Gilbert (promotions director and middays), Jeffrey L. Boney aka "JBoney" (on-air personality and teen talk show host), Corliss A. Rabb (weekends), Adrienne Rowe (weekends), Barry "T" Thomas (Friday Night Praise party), Nzinga Rideaux, Anthony Valery, Eric Taylor, Gene Moore, Jr., others. Stacy Macardell was the first sales manager; Sheronda Harrell (sales).
External links
- KYOK AMen Radio Official Site
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KYOK
- Radio-Locator Information on KYOK
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KYOK
- Houston Radio History
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