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KKHH ("Hot 95.7") is a top 40 radio station in Houston, Texas, broadcasting at 95.7 MHz, under the ownership of CBS Radio. KKHH's main competition is KRBE and KBXX. Its studios are located in the Greenway Plaza district, and its transmitter is located in Missouri City, Texas. ==Station history== KKHH signed on the air as easy listening KHUL on 95.7 at 7 a.m., October 4, 1959. KHUL carried a jazz format and billed itself as "Cool, refreshing radio". KHUL was the first FM in the market to operate with a 24-hour schedule. In 1966, the station was bought by the owners of KIKK AM, who changed the station's call letters to KIKK-FM and began to simulcast the AM's country music format as "KIKK 96 FM". After album rock station KILT-FM flipped to country in 1981, the station saw fierce competition throughout the 1980s and early 1990s from the KILT combo. More competition came when KKBQ switched from easy country to a top 40 country approach in 1992. KIKK became KILT's sister station in 1993, and KIKK struggled trying different variations on the format, then going head to head with KKBQ as "Young Country 95.7" by early 1997, and eventually rebranding as just "95.7 KIKK-FM" by 2000. At Noon on November 4, 2002, KIKK-FM flipped from its long running country format to return to a variation of the jazz format it had dropped back in 1966. Smooth Jazz "95-7 The Wave" debuted, and the KHJZ call letters were adopted on November 7. The station debuted its current format on March 13, 2008, at 3:00 PM.〔(From Radio-Online (March 13, 2008) )〕 The first song on "Hot 95-7" was "Hot In Herre" by Nelly. The format will use an interactive approach and has positioned its Rhythmic hit-flavored direction in between KBXX and KRBE. At first, because of its choice of direction, Mediabase had placed KHJZ on its Rhythmic reporter panel, but moved it over to the Top 40/CHR panel as its playlist started playing non-Rhythmic fare.〔(From Mediabase )〕 The KKHH call letters were adopted on April 1, 2008. In an interview from the online website ''All Access'' (on the day of the flip), GM Laura Morris said, "We've built HOT 95-7 for the listener. We don't pick the hits; They do. Every hour, listeners can vote for the top hit of that hour and we'll play a song at the top of the next hour. We'll do that 24 hours a day... it's the first and only station we know of making listeners feel like they have that kind of control." KKHH OM/PD Jeff Garrison, who also programmed Country sister KILT-FM and Sports Talk KILT (AM), added, "Houston's always been about making history ... from the oil wildcatters and the 8th Wonder of the World to landing on the moon. HOT 95-7 is Houston's next generation of radio, blazing a big, bold hot radio station for Houston listeners. HOT 95-7 has multi-cultural pop appeal with a rhythmic spice to match Houston's diversity. We're about today's new music, celebrity artists, pop culture, lifestyle and trends ... whatever is HOT now. We're online, on demand and in touch with the pulse of the next generation of pre-teen radio listeners." On Friday, June 27, 2008, CBS announced the addition of Brad Booker and Sarah Pepper as the new morning show hosts of HOT 95-7 with a start date of July 21, 2008. "We're very excited to have Booker & Sarah join the Hot team," said Hot/Houston PD Mark Adams. "I feel they're two of the most passionate, fun and entertaining morning show personalities out there, and I'm confident they'll do a great job here in Houston." On Thursday, March 26, 2009, the station started running format change promos by the Station Manager. Dave Morales put the Station Manager on-air (unknown to him) to ask why...and what was going on. The station manager just passed the buck and blamed CBS management and could not provide further information. When he found out he was on-air, he slammed down the phone. The "changeover" was supposed to take place at 6:00am on Monday, March 30, 2009. There were rumors that said it would be an Urban station, similar to KBXX (97.9 The Box) and the defunct KPTY (Party 93.3); this was because there was an ad for Los Angeles sister station "AMP 97.1" listed on the bottom of the page. But many calls to the management or e-mails to the management were bilingual, hinting that they were pursuing a Latino format. However, The Pussycat Dolls were scheduled to appear in studio on Monday, the day "the switch" would be taking place. The entire "change" for March 30, 2009 was apparently a marketing ploy. The station "changed" to BRIT 95.7 to coincide with Britney Spears/Pussycat Dolls concert at the Toyota Center the same evening. The station played nothing but Britney Spears music, and some Pussycat Dolls music all day. The station would revert to HOT 95-7 at Midnight. On February 22, 2010, PK and Ivan (from the syndicated The Playhouse morning show in Portland, Oregon) joined HOT 95-7 as the new morning show hosts, with Sarah Pepper remaining. Her former co-host, Brad Booker, moved over to sister station KHMX to join Maria Todd; Booker would later be released in 2011 following Todd's move to afternoons and Kidd Kraddick taking over the morning slot. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KKHH」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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