KEYH

KEYH
City	Houston
Broadcast area	Greater Houston
Branding	La Ranchera 850 AM y 101.7 FM
Frequency	850 kHz
Repeater(s)	KNTE (FM) Bay City
First air date	1974 (1974)
Format	Regional Mexican
Language(s)	Spanish
Power	10,000 watts (day) 185 watts (night)
Class	D
Facility ID	2911
Transmitter coordinates	29°39′19″N 95°40′19″W / 29.65528°N 95.67194°W / 29.65528; -95.67194
Callsign meaning	The KEY to Houston (original branding)
Affiliations	Houston Astros Radio Network (Spanish-language)
Owner	Liberman Broadcasting (Liberman Broadcasting of Houston License LLC)
Sister stations	Radio: KJOJ-FM, KNTE, KQQK, KTJM TV: KZJL
Website	laranchera1017.estrellatv.com

KEYH (850 kHz "La Ranchera 850 AM y 101.7 FM") is a commercial AM radio station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by Liberman Broadcasting and airs a Regional Mexican radio format. Programming is simulcast on 101.7 KNTE, an FM radio station in Bay City, Texas, about 75 miles southwest of Houston. KEYH and KNTE serve as the Spanish-language flagship stations for the Houston Astros Radio Network and the Houston Rockets.^[1]

By day, KEYH broadcasts at 10,000 watts. But because AM 850 is a clear-channel frequency reserved for 50,000 watt Class A KOA in Denver, Colorado, KEYH must reduce power at night to 185 watts. The transmitter is off Denver Miller Road in Sugar Land, Texas.^[2]

History

In 1974, KEYH first signed on as a daytimer, required to be off the air between sunset and sunrise.^[3] It was owned by Artlite Broadcasting and aired an all-news format, affiliated with the Mutual Broadcasting System and the Associated Press. The all-news format did not generate many listeners so talk shows were added.

KEYH's slogan was "The Key to Houston" and featured a long key with the station's 850 dial setting and call sign featured in its logo. KEYH struggled to gain footing in the market and began airing Mexican music on weekends, while continuing the news/talk format weekdays. With Houston's growing Mexican-American population, the Spanish-language music featured on the weekends proved popular. By the end of the 1970s, KEYH went full-time Regional Mexican, and became direct competition to the original Spanish-language station in Houston, AM 1480 KLVL.

KEYH has gone through several owners and variations of formats since then, including the current incarnation of "La Ranchera" which marks the third time KEYH has used the name (both in conjunction with 101.7 KNTE Bay City and as a standalone). In 2003, Liberman Broadcasting, based in Burbank, California, purchased KEYH for $5.7 million.^[4]

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Radio stations in the Greater Houston market
by AM frequency	610 650¹ 700 740 790 850 880 900¹ 920 950 980 1010 1050¹ 1070 1090¹ 1110¹ 1140¹ 1180 1230 1320 1360 1380 1400 1430 1460 1480 1500 1520¹ 1540 1560 1590
by FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.7 89.3 89.7 89.9 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.3 (Houston) 91.3 (Prairie View) 91.5 91.7 92.1 92.3 (Spring) 92.5 92.9 93.3 93.7 94.1 (Downtown Houston) 94.1 (South Houston) 94.5 94.9 95.1 95.3 (Conroe) 95.3 (Pasadena) 95.3 (East Houston) 95.7 96.1 (Alvin) 96.1 (West Houston) 96.1 (Sugar Land) 96.1 (Baytown) 96.5 96.9 (Sugar Land) 96.9 (El Campo) 97.1 97.3 97.5 (Beaumont) 97.5 (Hemphill) 97.9 98.3 98.5 98.7 99.1 99.5 99.7 (Huntsville) 99.7 (Houston) 99.9 100.3 100.7 (Lumberton) 100.7 (Richmond) 101.1 101.5 (Houston) 101.5 (Spring) 102.1 102.5 (Downtown Houston) 102.5 (West Houston) 102.9 103.3 (Houston) 103.3 (Freeport) 103.7 104.1 104.5 (Houston) 104.5 (Conroe) 104.9 105.3 (Alvin) 105.3 (Todd Mission) 105.7 106.1 (Sugar Land) 106.1 (Conroe) 106.5 106.9 107.5 107.9
Digital radio	88.7-1 88.7-2 88.7-3 89.3-1 90.1-1 90.1-2 90.9-1 91.3-1 (Prairie View) 91.7-1 92.9-1 92.9-2 92.9-3 93.7-1 93.7-2 93.7-3 94.5-1 94.5-2 95.7-1 95.7-2 95.7-3 96.5-1 96.5-2 96.5-3 97.1-1 97.5-1 (Beaumont) 97.5-2 (Beaumont) 97.9-1 97.9-2 98.5-1 99.1-1 99.1-2 99.1-3 100.3-1 100.3-2 100.3-3 101.1-1 101.1-2 102.1-1 102.1-2 102.9-1 102.9-2 103.7-1 104.1-1 104.1-2 104.9-1 104.9-2 106.9-1 106.9-2 106.9-3 107.5-1 107.5-2 107.5-3 107.9-1
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4 (Houston) 162.55 (Galveston)
by callsign	K201EU K208DG K217GB K218EJ K222CX K223CW K227BD K231CN K236AR K237FS K237GS K241CM K245CR K247CP K254BZ K258BZ K268CW K273CW K277DE K283CH K287BQ K291CE KACC KAFR KAMA-FM KANI KBIH-LP KBLT-LP KBME KBRZ KBXX KCHN¹ KCOH KEYH KFNC KFTG KGBC KGG68 KGLK KGOL KGOW KHB40 KHCB KHCB-FM KHGF-LP KHGV-LP KHJK KHMX KHPT KHSX-LP KIKK¹ KILT KILT-FM KIRP-LP KJIC KJJG-LP KJOZ KKBQ KKHH KKHT-FM KJOJ-FM KLAT KLJJ-LP KLOL KLTN KLVL KMAZ-LP KMIC KMJQ KNTH KODA KOVE-FM KOYM-LP KPFG-LP KPFT KPRC KPVU KQBT KQBU-FM KQEU-LP KQQK KQUE KQVI KRBE KRCM KREH¹ KROI KRUT-LP KSBJ KSEV KSHJ KSHN KTBZ-FM KTEK¹ KTHT KTJM KTRH KTSU KTWL KUHF KULF¹ KVST KWWJ KXBJ KXNG KXYZ KYND¹ KYOK¹ KYST KZCC-LP KZCV-LP KZCW-LP KZLD-LP
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
By AM frequency	560 740 790 850 990 1150 1250 1300 1340 1450 1510 1600
By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.7 90.5 91.3 92.5 93.3 94.1 94.7 95.1 96.9 97.1 97.5 98.1 98.5 99.5 99.9 100.7 101.7 102.5 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 106.1 106.9 107.9
Digital radio	97.5-1 97.5-2 98.5-1 103.7-1 104.5-1 104.5-2 107.9-1
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475
By callsign	K234AM K251AL K277AG K285GD KAYD-FM KBED KBME KBPO KCOL-FM KDEI KEYH KFNC KGHY KHJK KIKR KIOC KKHT-FM KKMY KLBT KLCJ KLLS KLVI KOGT KOLE KQBU-FM KQQK KQXY-FM KSAP-LP KSHN KTCX KTJM KTRH KTXB KVLU KXXF KYKR KZFT KZZB WXK28
Nearby radio markets Fort Polk South Houston Huntsville Lake Charles Lufkin–Nacogdoches See also List of radio stations in Texas

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of Texas
Stations	KABA – Louise KAIQ – Wolfforth KAMA – El Paso KAMA-FM – Deer Park KBDR – Mirando City KBEX - Dalhart KBIB – Marion KBIC – Raymondville KBNA-FM – El Paso KBNL – Laredo KBNR – Brownsville KBOC – Bridgeport KBRZ-FM – Victoria KCHX – Odessa KCOR – San Antonio KCUL-FM – Marshall KCZO – Carrizo Springs KDFM – Falfurrias KDFT – Ferris KDRN – Del Rio KDXX – Lewisville KEPX – Eagle Pass KERB-FM – Kermit KESO – South Padre Island KESS-FM – Benbrook KEWP – Uvalde Estates KEYH – Houston KEYU-FM – Amarillo KFLC – Fort Worth KFTG – Pasadena KFZO – Denton KGBT – Harlingen KGBT-FM – McAllen KGVL – Greenville KHHL – Karnes City KHRO – El Paso KIBL – Beeville KINE – Kingsville KINT – El Paso KIRT – Mission KJAV - Alamo KJNZ – Hereford KJOJ-FM – Freeport KLAR – Laredo KLAT – Houston KLBD – Premont KLDS – Falfurrias KLEY-FM – Jourdanton KLIT – Ranchitos Las Lomas KLJA – Georgetown KLOL – Houston KLQB – Taylor KLTN – Houston KLVL – Pasadena KLZT – Bastrop KMFR – Pearsall KMJR – Portland KMVK – Fort Worth KMXO – Merkel KMYO - Comfort KNOR – Krum KNTE – Bay City KNVO-FM – Port Isabel KOIR – Edinburg KOVE-FM – Galveston KOYE – Frankston KOZA – Odessa KPMB – Plainview KQBO – Rio Grande City KQFX - Borger/Amarillo KQLM – Odessa KQQK – Beaumont KQUE – Houston KRCM – Shenandoah KRGE – Weslaco KRGX – Rio Grande City KRIO – McAllen KRIO-FM – Roma KROB – Robstown KROM – San Antonio KRVA – Cockrell Hill KSAH – Universal City KSAH-FM – Pearsall KSJT-FM – San Angelo KSML-FM – Huntington KSTV – Stephenville KSVE – El Paso KTAM – Bryan KTJM – Port Arthur KTNO – University Park KTNZ – Amarillo KTTU-FM – Brownfield KTXC – Lamesa KTXZ – West Lake Hills KTYR – Trinity KUBR – San Juan KUNO – Corpus Christi KUVA – Uvalde KVER – El Paso KVFM – Beeville KVIV – El Paso KVJM – Hearne KVJY – Pharr KVOZ – Del Mar Hills KVVO-LP – Abilene KVVT – Sulphur Springs KWEL – Midland KWMF – Pleasanton KWOW – Clifton KWRA-LP – Waco KXBJ – El Campo KXOI – Crane KXPL – El Paso KXVR-LP – Corpus Christi KXYZ – Houston KXZX – Juilliard KXZY-LP – Waco KYLP – Greenville KYST – Texas City KZDC – San Antonio KZEP-FM - San Antonio KZIP - Amarillo KZMP - University Park KZNX – Creedmoor KZZA – Muenster
Defunct	KBRN – Boerne KMPA – Pittsburgh KMUL – Farwell KPDB – Big Lake KZXM – Bullard
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Liberman Broadcasting
Radio stations	KBOC KBUA KBUE KEBN KEYH KJOJ-FM KNOR KNTE KQQK KRQB KTJM KVNR KWIZ KZMP ¹ KZMP-FM KZZA
Television stations	KETD KMPX KPNZ KRCA KSDX-LD KVPA-LD KZJL WASA-LD WESV-LD WGEN-TV WVFW-LD
Television networks	Estrella TV
Other assets	Liberman Broadcasting tower (Era, Texas)
¹ Operated by Deportes Media under a LMA.

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