please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message kgow city bellaire texas broadcast area greater houston branding sb nation radio 1560 frequency 1560 khz first air date 1961 in port lavaca tx format sports power 46 000 watts day 15 000 watts night class b facility id 17389 transmitter coordinates 29 19 37 n 95 33 0 w 29.32694 n 95.55000 w 29.32694 ; 95.55000 day 29 54 5 n 95 48 15 w 29.90139 n 95.80417 w 29.90139 ; 95.80417 night callsign meaning david gow ceo former callsigns kgul september 1 1961 april 22 1996 kile april 23 1996 august 17 2007 affiliations sb nation radio owner gow media gow communications l.l.c. sister stations kfnc webcast listen live website 1560thegame . com kgow 1560 am known as sb nation radio 1560 is an american sports talk format radio station based in houston texas usa . it is currently owned by gow communications . gow communications also owns sb nation radio and the network s operations are based at kgow . the transmitter site is located between manvel and angleton texas and studios are located in uptown houston one block from the galleria . the facility originated in port lavaca texas and began operations in 1961 as kgul which remained as such until the raftt corporation purchased it and moved kgul into the houston metropolitan area licensed to bellaire in 1996 . history edit 1560 first appeared in south texas as kgul am in port lavaca texas . it began on 95.9 fm . a time brokered station in the houston area the now deleted kfcc am operated in bay city texas and later operated in the stafford texas area . unfortunately the station moved without proper fcc permission . when it was clear that this facility would be going away the principals secured a front real party in interest to take the kgul facility to houston . they operated with 800 watts later 5 000 watts on a simple directional system . prior to september 2007 the station was kile with a multi language talk radio format and was the only one in the houston area to broadcast in many languages . the current all sports format began on august 20 2007 . programming edit the station s lineup includes morning co hosts sean pendergast and john granato from 6 11 am . travis rodgers former producer of the jim rome show hosts a local hour from 11 to noon with noon 3 carried by sb nation radio which is owned by the same company that owns kgow . the afternoon show features adam clanton the voice of the parody rome on a mobile and john wessling . kgow is the flagship radio broadcast affiliate for rice university football . during daytime hours kgow transmits from near rosharon tx ssw of houston with 46 000 watts . at night kgow transmits from near cypress katy tx nw of houston with 15 000 watts . the highly directive nature of both the daytime antenna array six towers with high efficiency and the nighttime antenna array nine towers with standard efficiency means that the apparent power towards houston is greatly in excess of the licensed power about the equivalent of 857 000 watts days and 197 000 watts nights when compared to the 1 000 watt non directional reference antenna for this class of station class b . this effect is shared by a number of other class b stations in the houston market . houston has no allocated class a stations the only class a stations in texas are allocated to dallas krld 1080 khz ; fort worth wbap 820 khz ; and san antonio woai 1200 khz . external links edit houston portal radio portal sports portal official website fcc history cards for kgow query the fcc s am station database for kgow radio locator information on kgow query nielsen audio s am station database for kgow balke jeff march 30 2011 . kgow s kapow kapow . houston press . http boards.radio info.com smf index.php action printpage ; topic 192585.0 http transition.fcc.gov bureaus mass media orders 1998 fcc98073.txt v t e radio stations in houston sugar land baytown by fm frequency 88.1 88.3 88.7 89.3 89.7 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 by am frequency 560 610 650 700 740 790 850 880 900 920 950 980 1010 1050 1070 1090 1110 1140 1180 1230 1320 1360 1380 1400 1430 1460 1480 1500 1520 1540 1560 1590 1610 1670 1680 digital radio 790 950 noaa weather radio frequency 162.400 houston 162.550 galveston by callsign kacc kafr kama fm kani kbme kbrz kbxx kchn kcoh keyh kfnc kftg kgbc kgg68 kglk kgol kgow khb40 khcb khcb fm khjk khmx khpt kikk kilt kilt fm kjic kjoz kkbq kkhh kkht fm klat klol kltn klvi klvl kmic kmjq knth koda kove fm kpft kprc kpvu kqbt kqbu fm kqqk kque krbe krcm kreh kroi ksbj ksev kshj kshn ktbz fm ktek ktht ktjm ktrh ktsu ktwl kuhf kulf kvst kwwj kxbj kxng kxyz kynd kyok kyst 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 daytime only am radio station . v t e sports radio stations in the state of texas stations kbed nederland kbme houston kcle burleson kesn allen ketx livingston keys corpus christi kfnc beaumont kgow bellaire khey el paso kikk houston kikr beaumont kilt houston kjxj franklin kktk texarkana kkam lubbock klgo elgin kmnd midland knet palestine kono san antonio kopy alice kpur amarillo krew plainview krld fm dallas krod el paso krwr tyler krzi waco ksey seymour ksix corpus christi ksny snyder ktck dallas ktck fm flower mound ktkr san antonio ktlt anson ktrg hooks kttu fm new deal lubbock ktxx fm bee cave kvet austin kvns brownsville kxpn fm scotland kyzs tyler kzdc san antonio kzne college station kzqq abilene 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 espn radio espn deportes radio fox sports radio cbs sports radio nbc sports radio yahoo sports radio sports byline usa v t e sb nation radio stations in the united states kgow 1560 houston krew 1400 plainview ktck 1310 dallas fort worth ktck fm 96.7 dallas fort worth kzot 1180 bellevue omaha wcar 1090 detroit wlbk 1360 dekalb wspz 570 bethesda wxvw 1450 jefferson in . louisville wxyt fm 97.1 detroit wvlz 1180 knoxville website www.sbnationradio.com news talk sports brands air america bloomberg radio espn radio espn deportes radio fox sports radio npr yahoo sports radio music brands bob fm cat country country only froggy hank fm jack fm kiss fm movin nash fm country only radio disney the fox the x religious brands afr air 1 k love this article about a radio station in texas is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kgow & oldid 743469236 categories radio stations in houstonsports radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1961texas radio station stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from may 2009all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 20 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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