KTEK

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title: "KTEK" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["radio-stations-in-greater-houston", "relevant-radio-stations", "radio-stations-established-in-1980", "daytime-only-radio-stations-in-texas", "christian-radio-stations-in-texas", "brazoria-county,-texas", "catholicism-in-texas", "1980-establishments-in-texas"] topic_path: "society/religion" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTEK" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	KTEK
city	Alvin, Texas
area	Greater Houston
branding	Relevant Radio
airdate
frequency
translator	See § Translator
format	Catholic talk radio
language	English
power	day and critical hours
class	D
licensing_authority	FCC
facility_id	10827
coordinates
callsign_meaning	TEKxas (Texas)
owner	Relevant Radio, Inc.
webcast
website
affiliations	Relevant Radio
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KTEK (1110 AM) – branded Relevant Radio – is a non-commercial Catholic radio station licensed to Alvin, Texas. Owned by Relevant Radio, Inc., the station serves Greater Houston but does not broadcast any local programming, instead functioning as a repeater for the Relevant Radio network. KTEK also simulcasts over three Houston licensed translators K222CX (92.3 FM), K241CM (96.1 FM) and K245CQ (96.9 FM). The KTEK transmitter is located in Alvin, while the transmitter for K241CM resides in Friendswood and the K245CQ transmitter is near MacGregor Drive and Texas State Highway 288, just south of downtown Houston.

KTEK broadcasts only during the daytime as a Class D facility because it shares its frequency with clear channel KFAB in Omaha, Nebraska, while the translators maintain the 24 hour network schedule.

Translator

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History

KTEK in the 1990s once featured Vietnamese language programming and was declared the Voice of Vietnam in Houston. Salem Communications then acquired the station for its Christian-related programming. Then on December 11, 2007, Biz Radio bought the station as part of breaking away from a lease agreement with Multicultural Broadcasting's KXYZ, making KTEK the first Biz Radio O&O station. The signal is much weaker than that of its previous affiliate KXYZ. On March 16, 2010, KTEK was sold back to Salem. The deal included the cancellation of BizRadio's 2008 loan from Salem, estimated to be worth $1.26 million USD. Salem also received $800,000 in cash, but BizRadio was allowed the opportunity "purchase airtime for programming on certain stations" owned by Salem, according to the agreement.

On August 15, 2019, Salem Communications announced its intent to sell KTEK, and the 96.1 translator relaying it, to Immaculate Heart Media. Immaculate Heart Media assumed control of the facility on November 14, 2019, and it became an affiliate of Relevant Radio.

References

(March 17, 2010). "Houston's KTEK (1110), sold for $7.8 million in 2008, goes back to Salem for $3.7 million". Radio-Info.com }}{{Dead link.
Jacobson, Adam. "[https://www.rbr.com/update-salem-reveals-stations-in-latest-sale-as-stock-slides/ Update: Salem Reveals Stations In Latest Sale As Stock Slides]", ''Radio & Television Business Report''. August 16, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
Venta, Lance. "[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/179681/immaculate-heart-media-acquires-nine-more-stations-in-eight-markets-from-salem/ More On Immaculate Heart Media's Purchase Of Nine Stations From Salem]", ''Radio Insight''. August 16, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1808455 Application Search Details – BAL-20190814AAU], fcc.gov. Retrieved November 23, 2019.

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