KLTG

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Radio station in Corpus Christi, Texas

title: "KLTG" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["adult-top-40-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "radio-stations-in-corpus-christi,-texas"] description: "Radio station in Corpus Christi, Texas" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLTG" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Radio station in Corpus Christi, Texas ::

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Field	Value
name	KLTG
logo	KLTG logo.jpg
city	Corpus Christi, Texas
country	US
area	Corpus Christi metropolitan area
branding	The Beach 96.5
frequency
airdate
format	Hot adult contemporary
power	100,000 watts
haat	247 m
class	C1
facility_id	63342
coordinates
callsign_meaning	Light (previous format)
former_callsigns	KIOU (1967–1987)
owner	Starlite Broadcasting
sister_stations	KLHB
webcast	Listen live
website	Beach965.com
licensing_authority	FCC
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KLTG (96.5 FM, "The Beach 96.5") is a commercial radio station licensed to Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format. it is owned by Starlite Broadcasting with studios on Gordon Street in the Six Points district south of downtown Corpus Christi.

The transmitter is on Texas State Highway 188 in Taft.

History

The station signed on the air on September 1, 1967. The original call sign was KIOU, owned by the Stereo Broadcasting Company with studios at Wilson Tower. Stephen DeWalt was the president and general manager. KIOU was a rare stand-alone FM station in that era, when most FM stations were co-owned with an AM or TV broadcaster. It was powered at 25,000 watts, a fraction of its current output.

Through most of its first two decades, KIOU aired a beautiful music format. It played quarter-hour sweeps of soft instrumental cover versions of popular adult songs, with Broadway and Hollywood show tunes.

By the mid-1980s, the audience for beautiful music stations was aging. KIOU added more vocals to appeal to a younger audience. It gradually eliminated the instrumentals, becoming a soft adult contemporary outlet. In 1987, it changed its call letters to KLTG as it aired "light" music. In the 1990s, it was owned by Nueces Radio Partners and was a mainstream AC station. In the early 2000s, it stepped up the tempo and eliminated older songs from its playlist, transitioning to adult top 40.

References

(Summer 2009). "Station Information Profile". [[Arbitron]].
"KLTG Facility Record". United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.
[https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=kltg&fileno=&state=&city=&freq=0.0&fre2=107.9&serv=-1&status=&facid=&asrn=&class=&list=0&NextTab=Results+to+Next+Page%2FTab&dist=&dlat2=&mlat2=&slat2=&NS=N&dlon2=&mlon2=&slon2=&EW=W&size=9 FCC.gov/KLTG]
''[[Broadcasting & Cable. Broadcasting Yearbook]] 1970'' [https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1970/B%20Radio%20All%20BC%20YB%201970%20All-3.pdf page B-194]. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1977/C%20Section%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201977%20P-6.pdf ''Broadcasting Yearbook 1977'' page C-202. Retrieved Dec. 19, 2023.]
[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-All-BC-YB-1999..pdf ''Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999'' page D-418. Retrieved Dec. 19, 2023.]

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