KYOK

KYOK

City of license	Conroe, Texas
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	30°20′40″N 95°27′32″W / 30.34444°N 95.45889°W / 30.34444; -95.45889
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 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

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 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 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 KCHN¹ KCOH KEYH KFNC KFTG KGBC KGG68 KGLK KGOL KGOW KHB40 KHCB KHCB-FM KHJK KHMX KHPT KIKK¹ KILT KILT-FM KJIC KJOZ KKBQ-FM KKHH KKHT-FM KLAT KLOL KLTN KLVI KLVL KMIC KMJQ KNTH KODA KOVE-FM KPFT KPRC KPVU KQBT KQBU-FM KQQK KQUE KRBE KRCM KREH¹ KROI KSBJ KSEV KSHJ KSHN KTBZ-FM KTEK¹ KTHT KTJM KTRH KTSU KTWL KUHA KUHF KULF¹ KVST KWWJ KXBJ KXYZ KYND¹ KYOK¹ 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 ¹ = Daytime-only AM radio station.

Daytime-Only radio stations in Texas

Stations	KAGC - Bryan KBED - Nederland KBIB - Marion KBRN - Boerne KCHN - Brookshire KCTA - Corpus Christi KCTX - Childress KFIT - Lockhart KFJZ - Fort Worth KGGR - Dallas KHBR - Hillsboro KIJN - Farwell KIKK - Pasadena KJIM - Sherman KJON - Carrollton KLBW - New Boston KMND - Midland KMXO - Merkel KQQB - Stockdale KROB - Robstown KSTA - Coleman KSTV - Stephenville KTEK - Alvin KTMR - Converse KULF - Bellville KVMC - Colorado City KVTT - Mineral Wells KWEL - Midland KWJB - Canton KWRD - Henderson KXPL - El Paso KYND - Cypress KYOK - Conroe KZZB - Beaumont

Defunct	KCLR - Ralls KEAS - Eastland KOFY - Gilmer

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