KCHL
Encyclopedia
KCHL is a Urban Gospel radio station based in San Antonio, Texas
and broadcast on 1480 AM.
(or Soul
) as KAPE from the mid 60's to 1990. The station later changed its call letters to KCHL and flipped to a Urban Gospel format that still airs to this day.
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
and broadcast on 1480 AM.
History
KCHL's format history includes Urban ContemporaryUrban contemporary
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...
(or Soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
) as KAPE from the mid 60's to 1990. The station later changed its call letters to KCHL and flipped to a Urban Gospel format that still airs to this day.