# KODA > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/KODA > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/KODA.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KODA > Source revision: 1347161497 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Adult contemporary radio station in Houston}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{for-multi|the Danish licensing company|KODA (Denmark)|the Ghanaian singer|KODA (singer)}} {{Infobox radio station | logo = KODASunny991logo.jpg | logo_size = 200px | name = KODA | city = [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston) | country = US | area = [Greater Houston](/source/Greater_Houston) | branding = Sunny 99.1 | frequency = {{Frequency|99.1|[MHz](/source/MHz)}} {{HD Radio}} | translator = | airdate = {{start date|1946|12|24}} | format = [Adult Contemporary](/source/Adult_Contemporary) | subchannels = {{ubl|HD2: [Talk](/source/Talk_radio) ([KTRH](/source/KTRH))|HD3: Bilingual AC "Retro"}} | language = [English](/source/American_English) | erp = 100,000 watts | haat = {{convert|585|m|ft|sp=us}} | class = C | facility_id = 35337 | coordinates = {{coord|29|34|34|N|95|30|36|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark}} | callsign_meaning = derived from former sister station KODA-AM (now [KLAT](/source/KLAT)){{Cite news |date=June 30, 1961 |title=KHGM-FM To Switch Call Letters |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-chronicle-khgm-fm-to-switch/185278782/ |access-date=November 19, 2025 |newspaper=The Houston Chronicle |location=Houston, Texas |page=1:13 |via=Newspapers.com}} | former_callsigns = {{ubl|KPRC-FM (1946–1958)|KHGM-FM (1958–1961)|KODA-FM (1967–1980)}} | former_frequencies = {{ubl|{{Frequency|99.7|MHz}} (1946–1947)|{{Frequency|102.9|MHz}} (1947–1959)}} | owner = [iHeartMedia](/source/iHeartMedia) | licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC | affiliations = [Premiere Networks](/source/Premiere_Networks) | sister_stations = [KBME](/source/KBME_(AM)), [KPRC](/source/KPRC_(AM)), [KQBT](/source/KQBT), [KTBZ-FM](/source/KTBZ-FM), [KTRH](/source/KTRH), [KXYZ](/source/KXYZ) | webcast = {{iHeartRadio|sunny-991-2273}} | website = {{URL|https://sunny99.iheart.com}} | licensing_authority = [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) }} '''KODA''' (99.1 [FM](/source/FM_broadcasting), "Sunny 99.1") is an American [commercial](/source/Commercial_radio) [adult contemporary](/source/adult_contemporary)-formatted [radio station](/source/radio_station) in [Houston, Texas](/source/Houston). The station is owned by [iHeartMedia](/source/iHeartMedia). Its [studio](/source/radio_studio)s and offices are located along the [West Loop Freeway](/source/Interstate_610_(Texas)) in [Uptown Houston](/source/Uptown_Houston). KODA has an [effective radiated power](/source/effective_radiated_power) (ERP) of 100,000 [watt](/source/watt)s. The [Senior Road Tower](/source/Senior_Road_Tower) [transmitter](/source/transmitter) is off Farm to Market Road 2234 near [Fort Bend Parkway](/source/Fort_Bend_Parkway) in [Southwest Houston](/source/Southwest_Houston). KODA broadcasts in the [HD Radio](/source/HD_Radio) hybrid format, with its [sister station](/source/sister_station) [KTRH](/source/KTRH) [simulcast](/source/simulcast)ing on KODA's HD2 subchannel. ==History== On [Christmas Eve](/source/Christmas_Eve), 1946, the station signed on as KPRC-FM.{{cite news |title=KPRC-FM Service Will Start at 3 P.M. Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-houston-post-kprc-fm-service-will-st/184850221/ |access-date=November 15, 2025 |newspaper=The Houston Post |date=December 24, 1946 |location=Houston, Texas |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com}} It was owned by the ''[Houston Post](/source/Houston_Post)'' daily newspaper, which also owned [KPRC](/source/KPRC_(AM)) and would put [KPRC-TV](/source/KPRC-TV) on the air in 1949. (When KPRC-AM signed on in May, 1925, the call letters stood for Kotton Port Rail Center, a slogan promoting Houston commerce.)Houston Post, May 10, 1925 In its early years, KPRC-FM mostly simulcast its AM sister station. KPRC-FM began broadcasting on 99.7 [MHz](/source/Megahertz) until 1947 when it moved to 102.9 MHz. In 1958, the FM station was sold and changed its call sign to KHGM-FM. It moved to its current frequency in 1959. In 1961, it changed call letters again, this time to KODA-FM, and aired a [beautiful music](/source/beautiful_music) format. (KODA refers to the musical term [coda](/source/coda_(music)), indicating an extended passage which brings a piece to an end.) Several months later, [KODA](/source/KLAT) (1010 AM) went on the air as an AM [daytimer](/source/daytimer), with the two stations simulcasting. KODA-FM continued the station's programming independently from sunset to sunrise. KODA-AM-FM and their [easy listening](/source/easy_listening) format proved to be quite popular, and enjoyed high ratings through the 1960s and 70s. KODA-AM-FM were sold to Group W [Westinghouse Broadcasting](/source/Westinghouse_Broadcasting) in 1978, and were shortly broken up when the AM station was quickly re-sold. The easy listening format continued on KODA-FM, which was renamed KODA when the AM station took new call letters. The station was the [flagship radio station](/source/flagship_(broadcasting)) for the [Houston Oilers](/source/Houston_Oilers) (now the [Tennessee Titans](/source/Tennessee_Titans)) of the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) during the [1986 season](/source/1986_NFL_season). The station was sold to SFX Broadcasting in 1989. SFX was amalgamated into AM/FM Inc. and acquired by Clear Channel Communications (now [iHeartMedia](/source/iHeartMedia)) in 1999. By the mid-1990s, KODA had begun adding more vocals to its [playlist](/source/playlist), and reducing the instrumentals, until it made the transition to [soft adult contemporary](/source/soft_adult_contemporary). The station, which had long been identified as K-O-D-A or "Coda", relabeled itself as "The All-New Sunny 99.1" in February 1991. The new moniker reflected the evolution from a Soft AC to Mainstream [Adult Contemporary](/source/Adult_Contemporary) under the direction of General Manager Dusty Black and Program Director Dave Dillon. Since 2001, between mid-November and December 25, the station switches formats to all-[Christmas music](/source/Christmas_music). ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Official website|http://sunny99.iheart.com/}} {{FM station data|35337|KODA}} *[http://www.dfwradioarchives.info/FirstFMs.htm DFW Radio Archives - First FMs] {{Houston Radio}} {{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in Texas}} {{IHeartMedia}} ODA Category:Radio stations established in 1946 Category:1946 establishments in Texas Category:IHeartMedia radio stations Category:Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [KODA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KODA) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KODA?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.