KHVL

KHVL (1490 AM) is a radio station, paired with two FM relay translators. Licensed to Huntsville, Texas, 1490 KHVL & 104.9 K285GE primarily serve Huntsville and the surrounding Walker County rural areas. 94.1 K231DA relays KHVL's programming to extend the signal into Willis. The station's branding is The Lake and broadcasts a classic hits format.

KHVL

Huntsville, Texas
Broadcast area	Huntsville, Texas Lake Conroe, Texas
Frequency	1490 kHz
Branding	The Lake 94.1 & 104.9
Programming
Language	English
Format	Classic hits
Ownership
Owner	HEH Communications, LLC.
History
First air date	November 1, 1938; 86 years ago (1938-11-01) (as KSAM @ 1500)
Former call signs	KSAM (1938–2001)
Call sign meaning	HuntsVilLe
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	70720
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates	30°41′49.20″N 95°33′7.20″W
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	ilovethelakeradio.com

Translators

Broadcast translators for KHVL

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	FCC info	Notes
K231DA	94.1 FM	Huntsville, Texas	200662	250	111 m (364 ft)	D	LMS	First air date: June 20, 2018; 7 years ago (2018-06-20)
K285GE	104.9 FM	Huntsville, Texas	141208	250	50 m (164 ft)	D	LMS	June 13, 2008; 17 years ago (2008-06-13) (as 104.5 K283AW)

History

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KHVL was granted its License to Cover by the Federal Communications Commission on November 1, 1938 as 1500 kHz KSAM @ 0.1 kilowatt daytime only. The facility was initially owned by the Sam Houston Broadcasting Association, H.G. Webster, President.

On April 14, 2022, KHVL changed its branding from "The Hits" to "The Lake", positioning as "More Music, More Fun" featuring a rock leaning classic hits playlist from the 1970s to the 1990s with more music from the 1990s coming.^[2]