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Radio station in Houston, Texas, United States

KUHF KUHF's studios at the LeRoy and Lucile Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting Houston, Texas United States Broadcast area Greater Houston Frequency 88.7 MHz (HD Radio) Branding News 88.7 Programming Language English Format Public radio and talk Subchannels HD2: Classical 24 HD3: The Vibe HD4: Sight into Sound (also on 67 kHz SCA) Affiliations NPR, APM, PRX Ownership Owner University of Houston (University of Houston System) Sister stations KUHT History First air date November 6, 1950 (1950-11-06) Former frequencies 91.3 MHz (1950–1970) Call sign meaning University of Houston FM Radio Technical information[1] Licensing authority FCC Facility ID 69150 Class C ERP 100,000 watts HAAT 524 meters (1,719 ft) Transmitter coordinates 29°34′27″N 95°29′37″W / 29.57417°N 95.49361°W / 29.57417; -95.49361 Links Public license information Public file LMS Webcast Listen live Website houstonpublicmedia.org

**KUHF** (88.7 [FM](/source/FM_broadcasting), "News 88.7") is a noncommercial [radio station](/source/Radio_station) licensed to [Houston](/source/Houston), Texas, United States, and serving [Greater Houston](/source/Greater_Houston). The station is owned by and licensed to the [University of Houston System](/source/University_of_Houston_System), and is operated by Houston Public Media, also known as Houston Public Radio. KUHF is housed in the LeRoy and Lucile Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting, along with [PBS](/source/PBS) member [KUHT](/source/KUHT) (channel 8), on the campus of the [University of Houston](/source/University_of_Houston) on Elgin Street. Local productions include *[The Engines of Our Ingenuity](/source/The_Engines_of_Our_Ingenuity)*, Houston Matters, Town Square, and Next Question.[2]

## History

KUHF first began airing programs on November 6, 1950, at the 91.3 Megahertz frequency. The studios were located in the [Ezekiel W. Cullen Building](/source/Ezekiel_W._Cullen_Building) on the University of Houston campus. KUHT co-located with KUHF when the television station debuted in 1953. Broadcasting at 9,600 watts, the station was operated by student volunteers. In 1964, KUHF and KUHT moved to the former [KNUZ-TV](/source/KNUZ-TV) studios that were vacated by [KTRK-TV](/source/KTRK-TV) a few years earlier. This studio would host both stations for the next 35 years, until the move across campus to the current Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting in 2000. The station increased its signal strength to 12,000 watts in 1969.

In 1970, the station began the new decade by switching frequencies to 88.7 Megahertz, in order to reduce interference with KLYX (now [KMJQ](/source/KMJQ)). The station finally began broadcasting at 100,000 watts in 1979, after receiving a grant from the [Corporation for Public Broadcasting](/source/Corporation_for_Public_Broadcasting). This grant also allowed the station to hire a professional staff, as well as become a [National Public Radio](/source/National_Public_Radio) member station. KPFT granted a request to relinquish its right to KUHF, to broadcast NPR content.

Between 1979 and March, 1986, KUHF's format was NPR news and jazz. In March 1986 local commercial classical music station KLEF changed its format and donated its 12,000+ disc library of music to KUHF, with the proviso that the University of Houston commit KUHF to a format that served Houston's classical music audience, recently disfranchised by the loss of KLEF. The broadcasting of classical music was explained by citing that the charter of KUHF was to provide music unavailable, otherwise, to Houston. KUHF began airing classical music during the day and late night jazz from 10 pm to 5 am, with NPR news in the morning and afternoon drive time hours. During the summer, former KLEF Operations Manager John Proffitt was hired as the new general manager for KUHF, and he arrived at his new position on August 3. After the next on-air fundraiser in October, which was aimed at NPR, classical and jazz listeners, KUHF eliminated its remaining jazz broadcasting. KUHF GM Proffitt defended eliminating several genres of jazz from Houston radio on the basis that the number of daytime classical listeners far exceeded the overnight number of jazz listeners.[3]

On August 21, 2000, KUHF moved to its current studios in the LeRoy and Lucile Melcher Center for Public Broadcasting on the campus of the [University of Houston](/source/University_of_Houston), where KUHF shares broadcast facilities with public television station [KUHT](/source/KUHT) – both owned by and licensed to the University of Houston System – where the complex is located. The previous facility is now in use by the university's Texas Learning and Computation Center.

Until the 2011 creation of all-classical sister station [KUHA](/source/KHVU) (see below), the format on FM 88.7 consisted primarily of [classical music](/source/European_classical_music) and news programming from [National Public Radio](/source/National_Public_Radio) and [American Public Media](/source/American_Public_Media). Since May 2011, 88.7 is exclusively devoted to news and public affairs; to this end, programs such as *[Fresh Air](/source/Fresh_Air)*, *[Talk of the Nation](/source/Talk_of_the_Nation)* and *[The Diane Rehm Show](/source/The_Diane_Rehm_Show)* were added to the regular daytime schedule. In addition, KUHF airs many public radio staples, such as *[Car Talk](/source/Car_Talk)* and *[A Prairie Home Companion](/source/A_Prairie_Home_Companion)*.

In September 2006, to accommodate the growing demand for an all-NPR news and information service, KUHF began broadcasting in [HD Radio](/source/HD_Radio) offering three channels of digital programming in addition to the analog FM: HD channel one offered the same programming as was heard on FM, while HD channel two was a "mirror" of FM/HD-1 by offering classical music during times the other channel played news and informational programming, and vice versa. In this fashion, KUHF HD listeners could receive either NPR news/information or classical music any time of day or night, 24/7. Since KUHA's shutdown in July 2016, KUHF 88.7FM and HD-1 feature NPR news/information exclusively, 24 hours a day, and HD-2 features classical music (exclusively from Classical 24 since November 7, 2013). The HD-2 channel was a simulcast of KUHA from May 2011 until May 2016, when the simulcast broke off in preparation of the sale to the [KSBJ Educational Foundation](/source/KSBJ_Educational_Foundation). KUHA began airing delayed repeats of 88.7 HD-2's programming several hours or days after it had aired on 88.7 HD-2. HD Channel 3 carries a mixture of [XPoNential Radio](/source/WXPN-HD2), an [Adult album alternative](/source/Adult_album_alternative) station provided by Philadelphia-based public radio station [WXPN](/source/WXPN), and the BBC World Service.

### Conversion to all-news

On August 17, 2010, the University of Houston System announced its intent to purchase the broadcast tower, FM frequency and license of [KTRU](/source/Rice_Radio) (91.7 FM) from [Rice University](/source/Rice_University). UH then moved all of KUHF's classical music programming to the 91.7 frequency under the call letters [KUHA](/source/KHVU), allowing KUHF to become a full-time NPR news and talk station.[4] (originally announced as KUHC, but those call letters were [already in use](/source/Better_Public_Broadcasting_Association)).[5] The FCC approved the purchase and transfer of license to the University of Houston System on April 15, 2011.[6] (KTRU programming was transferred to a digital subchannel of local [Pacifica Radio](/source/Pacifica_Radio) member station [KPFT](/source/KPFT), and continues under the name *[Rice Radio](/source/Rice_Radio)*.) The new split programming began on May 16, 2011. Non-news entertainment programming, such as [Snap Judgment](/source/Snap_Judgment_(radio_show)), [A Prairie Home Companion](/source/A_Prairie_Home_Companion) and the radio version of [America's Test Kitchen](/source/America's_Test_Kitchen), airs on weekends.

Due to a fundraising shortfall,[7] KUHA fired almost all of its on-air talent on November 7, 2013[8] and replaced nearly all of its locally produced programming with [Public Radio International](/source/Public_Radio_International)'s [Classical 24](/source/Classical_24), a nationally syndicated program produced in Minnesota.

On March 3, 2014, Houston Public Radio's KUHF and KUHA, along with KUHT (previously branded as HoustonPBS), were all rebranded into Houston Public Media.

In August 2015, The University of Houston System announced its intention to sell KUHA and move the classical format to the HD2 subcarrier of KUHF and internet streaming only. KUHT's fifth digital subchannel would also continue to simulcast the format. It was announced the following February that KUHA would be sold to the [KSBJ Educational Foundation](/source/KSBJ), who announced plans to change the format of KUHA to Christian hip hop music. KUHA ceased broadcasting classical music on July 14 and started stunting with looped announcements informing listeners of KUHA's demise and the continuation of the format on KUHF-HD2 and other digital platforms. The following morning, on July 15, the sale closed and KUHA (which was subsequently rechristened KXNG and is now [KHVU](/source/KHVU)) went [dark](/source/Dark_(broadcasting)).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FCC-LMS-69150_1-0)** ["Facility Technical Data for KUHF"](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=69150). *Licensing and Management System*. [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["News 88.7 Shows A-Z"](https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/news887/all-shows/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Staff (November 13, 1986). ["KUHF nearly all-classical after overnight jazz dropped"](http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1986_421097/kuhf-nearly-all-classical-after-overnight-jazz-dro.html). *Houston Chronicle*. Retrieved June 28, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["FCC Grants Assignment of 91.7 FM License to UH System"](http://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2011articles/April2011/04152011FCCLicense.php). April 15, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["UH Moves to Purchase Radio Station"](http://app1.kuhf.org/houston_public_radio-news-display.php?articles_id=1282081957). kuhf.org. August 17, 2010. Retrieved August 17, 2010.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** FCC. ["Correspondence for KTRU"](https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=25488). Retrieved April 18, 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Bad news for classical radio in Houston"](https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/arts/2013/11/07/bad-news-for-classical-radio-in-houston). *Dallas News*. November 7, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Houston radio station fires its main on-air talent: A classical music bloodbath?"](http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city_life/11-07-13-houston-radio-station-fires-its-main-on-air-talent-a-classical-music-bloodbath/). November 7, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.

## External links

- [Houston Public Media](http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org)

- [Facility details for Facility ID 69150 (KUHF)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=69150) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [KUHF](https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU26&band=fm&callLetter=KUHF) in [Nielsen Audio](/source/Nielsen_Audio)'s FM station database

v t e Radio stations in the Houston metropolitan area (Texas) By AM frequency 610 6501 700 740 790 850 880 9001 920 950 980 1010 10501 1070 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 91.7 92.1 92.9 93.3 93.7 94.5 95.7 96.5 96.9 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.5 99.1 99.7 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.1 102.1 102.9 103.7 104.1 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.5 106.9 107.5 107.9 LPFM 94.1 94.9 95.3 KTTF-LP KZLD-LP 96.1 KTRU-LP KIRP-LP KZCV-LP 99.7 101.5 KLJJ-LP KOER-LP 102.5 103.5 KCYB-LP KYBY-LP 104.5 106.1 Translators 88.1 K201DZ K201EU K201IY 89.5 91.3 91.5 92.3 92.5 94.1 94.9 95.1 95.3 96.1 K241CM K241CO 96.9 98.3 98.7 99.5 K258BZ K258DA 100.7 101.5 101.7 K269GS K269GT 102.5 K273AL K273DO 103.3 103.5 104.5 104.7 105.3 106.1 NOAA Weather Radio frequency 162.4 (Houston) 162.55 (Galveston) Digital radio by frequency & subchannel 88.7-1 88.7-2 88.7-3 89.3-1 89.3-2 89.3-3 89.3-4 90.1-1 90.1-2 90.9-1 91.3-1 91.7-1 91.7-2 91.7-3 91.7-4 92.1-1 92.9-1 92.9-2 92.9-3 93.3-1 93.7-1 93.7-2 94.5-1 94.5-2 94.5-3 95.7-1 95.7-2 95.7-3 96.5-1 97.1-1 97.9-1 97.9-2 98.5-1 99.1-1 99.1-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 100.3-3 101.1-1 101.1-2 102.1-1 102.1-2 102.9-1 102.9-2 102.9-3 103.7-1 104.1-1 104.1-2 104.9-1 104.9-2 104.9-3 104.9-4 106.5-1 106.5-2 106.9-1 106.9-2 106.9-3 107.5-1 107.5-2 107.5-3 107.9-1 By call sign K201DZ K201EU K201IY K208DG K217GB K218EJ K222CX K223CW K231CN K235CS K236AR K237FS K241CM K241CO K245CQ K252FR K254BZ K258BZ K258DA K264CN K268CW K269GS K269GT K273AL K273DO K277DE K278CR K283CH K284CS K287BQ K291CE KACC KAFR KAMA-FM HD2 HD3 HD4 KANI KBIH-LP KBME KBRZ KBXX HD2 KCHN1 KCOH KCYB-LP KESS KEYH KFNC KFTG KGBC KGG68 KGLK HD2 HD3 KGOL KGOW KHB40 KHCB KHCB-FM KHGF-LP KHIH KHJK KHMX KHPT HD2 HD3 KHSX-LP KHVU HD2 HD3 HD4 KIKK1 KILT KILT-FM HD2 HD3 KIRP-LP KJIC KJJG-LP KJOZ KKBQ HD2 HD3 KKHH HD2 HD3 KKHT-FM KLAT KLJJ-LP KLOL HD2 KLTN HD2 HD3 KLVH KLVL KMAZ-LP KMIC KMJQ HD2 KNTH KODA HD2 KOER-LP KOVE-FM HD2 KOYM-LP KPFG-LP KPFT HD2 KPRC KPVU KQBT HD2 KQEU-LP KQQK KQUE KQVI KRBE HD2 KRCM KREH1 KROI KRUT-LP KSBJ HD2 HD3 HD4 KSEV KSHJ KTBZ-FM HD2 HD3 KTEK1 KTJM KTRH KTRU-LP KTSU KTTF-LP KTWL KUHF HD2 HD3 KVST KWWJ KXBJ KXYZ KYBY-LP KYND1 KYOK1 KYST KZCC-LP KZCV-LP KZCW-LP KZLD-LP Internet Coog Radio Defunct KHGV-LP (99.7 FM) KJOJ-FM (103.3 FM) KSTB (101.5 FM) KULF (1090 AM) Nearby regions Austin Bay City–Freeport Beaumont–Port Arthur Bryan–College Station Corpus Christi Huntsville San Antonio Victoria See also List of radio stations in Texas Notes 1. Daytime-only AM radio station.

v t e NPR member stations in Texas High Plains Public Radio stations Amarillo KJJP Bushland KTXP Dalhart KTDH Spearman KTOT Marfa Public Radio stations Marfa KRTS Alpine KRTP Marathon KDKY Presidio KOJP Odessa KXWT Red River Radio stations Lufkin KLDN Tyler KTYK Texas Public Radio stations San Antonio KSTX Del Rio KTPD Gonzales KCTI Llano KVHL Stanton KTPR Ingram KTXI San Antonio KPAC Texas Tech Public Media stations Lubbock KTTZ San Angelo KNCH Other stations Abilene KACU Amarillo KACV Austin (KUT KUTX) Beaumont KVLU College Station (KAMU-FM KEOS) Commerce KETR Corpus Christi KEDT-FM Dallas (KERA KKXT) El Paso KTEP Houston KUHF Prairie View KPVU Stephenville KTRL Texarkana KTXK Victoria KVRT Waco KWBU-FM Wichita Falls KMCU See also List of NPR stations See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas

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