KHMX-FM
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KHMX is an Adult Top 40 (Hot AC) music formatted radio station
in Houston, Texas
, United States. Its transmitter is located in nearby Missouri City, Texas
. The station was acquired by CBS Radio
from Clear Channel Communications
on April 1, 2009.
which played beautiful music
. In the late 1960s, the format changed to Love Radio formulated by then-owner ABC Radio, with the calls changing to KAUM around 1970.http://vasthead.com/Radio/top_40_rock.html
From 1980 through late 1986, the station operated as KSRR, 97 Rock FM, featuring morning radio host Moby & Matthew with Hannah Storm
as the sports announcer. The station competed against the album rock format of 101.1 KLOL
(and for a short period, KILT 100.3 FM, and KZFX, Z-107.5 FM,)
On October 15, 1986, the station changed call letters to KKHT
, and the hard rock-oriented format was replaced by a contemporary hit radio format known as Hit 96.5. By mid-1987, heavy competition from top 40 powerhouses KKBQ and KRBE prompted the station to morph to Adult Contemporary. The station rebranded as 96.5 KKHT.
In 1989, the station changed call letters to KNRJ and modified its format to feature a heavier variety of "high-energy" dance music. This format, branded as Energy 96.5, was a competitive response to two other local stations, 93Q KKBQ
and Power 104 KRBE
, whose Top 40 formats reflected the increasing presence of dance club-oriented tracks (catering to a then-lucrative target audience drawn to the flourishing night club scenes along Richmond Ave. and inner Westheimer Road
.). These competitors featured late-night, weekend live-to-air from local dance clubs (e.g., Club 6400, The Ocean Club), where in-house DJs drew heavily from libraries of imported and small-label, extended-length modern tracks (which otherwise were seldom, if ever, heard on most commercial stations); by early 1990, KNRJ had partnered with the Tower Theater
's Decadance to host its own weekend, late-night live broadcast.
On June 25, 1990, at 7:15 AM, during a morning talk show segment, the station's personalities announced that Energy 96.5 would switch to an Alternative Rock format. The Alternative 96.5 re-brand was a transitional format, lasting roughly six weeks, and was promoted while a forthcoming format—under a strategic decision by the station's owner, Nationwide Communications, Inc.—was under preparation. A weekly playlist, under an Alternative 96.5 makeshift letterhead, was distributed to local retail and media outlets, culminating on July 17, 1990.
's "Let It Whip".
At 7 AM on July 20, the countdown concluded, and a "roll call" by a fictitious "teacher" called out the names of program directors from other Houston radio stations. This "teacher" asked the class to start their tape recorders and take notes as this "lecture" was to begin, which led to the debut of Mix 96.5 and new call letters KHMX-FM. Mix 96.5's first two songs were Steve Winwood
's "Roll with It" and Taylor Dayne
's "I'll Be Your Shelter". Both tracks confirmed the sharp departure from preceding station formats.
launch another Mix station known as "Mix 98.5" WBMX-FM. This station was more of a Rhythmic AC and an early example of today's Movin' (brand)
format. The first true Mix station, which was more of a Pop Adult Top 4o, was launched a few months earlier in the Summer of 1989 at WOMX by Nationwide Communication GM Rick Weinkoff and PD Brian Thomas, with help from Guy Zapoleon.
KHMX was broadcast nationwide on XM Satellite Radio
from 2001 to the end of 2003, as a radio superstation similar to television satellite superstation
s such as Superstation WGN
. In 2004, all XM music channels went commercial free, and KHMX was replaced with a unique-to-XM Mix
channel, retaining the same format. Since then, Clear Channel has regained the right to air commercials on their XM music channels.
Since the sale of the station to CBS Radio in 2009, KHMX has tweaked its sound to include more Top 40/CHR currents, thus resulting in its sister station, Top 40/CHR KKHH, to shift towards a Rhythmic Top 40
direction and at the same time not cannibalize each other by playing the same music.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
in Houston, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States. Its transmitter is located in nearby Missouri City, Texas
Missouri City, Texas
Missouri City is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. The city is mostly in Fort Bend County with a small portion within Harris County. As of the 2000 U.S...
. The station was acquired by CBS Radio
CBS Radio
CBS Radio, Inc., formerly known as Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, is one of the largest owners and operators of radio stations in the United States, third behind main rival Clear Channel Communications and Cumulus Media. CBS Radio owns around 130 radio stations across the country...
from Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
on April 1, 2009.
Call frequency history
KXYZ-FM first signed on February 1, 1948. It would stay on the air for 5 1/2 years before being silent for about eight years. As typical of FM radio stations in the mid-20th century, the FM station usually was a Hi-Fi simulcast of its AM parent. During the 1960s, it simulcasted its AM parent KXYZKXYZ
KXYZ is an AM radio station in Greater Houston, which broadcasts on 1320 kHz under ownership of Multicultural Broadcasting. It has once featured daytime programming from the Biz Radio Network, but it's now a full-time Vietnamese station.-History:...
which played beautiful music
Beautiful music
Beautiful music is a mostly instrumental music format that was prominent in American radio from the 1960s through the 1980s...
. In the late 1960s, the format changed to Love Radio formulated by then-owner ABC Radio, with the calls changing to KAUM around 1970.http://vasthead.com/Radio/top_40_rock.html
From 1980 through late 1986, the station operated as KSRR, 97 Rock FM, featuring morning radio host Moby & Matthew with Hannah Storm
Hannah Storm
Hannah Storm is an American television sports journalist, serving as co-anchor of ESPN's SportsCenter Monday–Thursday mornings, and is also host of the NBA Countdown pregame show on ABC as part of the network's NBA Sunday game coverage.-Early life and career:Storm was born in Oak Park, Illinois,...
as the sports announcer. The station competed against the album rock format of 101.1 KLOL
KLOL-FM
KLOL is a Spanish Pop radio station in Houston, Texas that is owned by CBS Radio. Its transmitter is located in Missouri City, Texas.-History:...
(and for a short period, KILT 100.3 FM, and KZFX, Z-107.5 FM,)
On October 15, 1986, the station changed call letters to KKHT
KKHT-FM
KKHT-FM is a Christian talk and teaching radio station in Houston, Texas, licensed to Winnie, Texas, USA. The station is currently owned by Salem Media of Illinois, LLC and features programing from Salem Communications....
, and the hard rock-oriented format was replaced by a contemporary hit radio format known as Hit 96.5. By mid-1987, heavy competition from top 40 powerhouses KKBQ and KRBE prompted the station to morph to Adult Contemporary. The station rebranded as 96.5 KKHT.
In 1989, the station changed call letters to KNRJ and modified its format to feature a heavier variety of "high-energy" dance music. This format, branded as Energy 96.5, was a competitive response to two other local stations, 93Q KKBQ
KKBQ-FM
KKBQ-FM, "The New 93Q", is a Houston-based Radio station with a country music format. Its transmitter is located in Missouri City, Texas. The station is owned by Cox Radio and is part of the Houston Radio cluster including KGLK, KHPT & KTHT. KKBQ has been nominated twice for Country Music...
and Power 104 KRBE
KRBE-FM
KRBE , is a Top 40 radio station based in Houston, Texas, United States. The studios located in Suite 700 of the Chase building at 9801 Westheimer Road in the Westchase District in western Houston. The transmitter facilities located in Missouri City...
, whose Top 40 formats reflected the increasing presence of dance club-oriented tracks (catering to a then-lucrative target audience drawn to the flourishing night club scenes along Richmond Ave. and inner Westheimer Road
Westheimer Road
Westheimer Road is an arterial road in the western half of Houston, Texas, United States. It runs from Bagby Street west to the Westpark Tollway. Westheimer Road runs roughly parallel to and south of Buffalo Bayou throughout its course. The street was named after Michael Louis Westheimer, a...
.). These competitors featured late-night, weekend live-to-air from local dance clubs (e.g., Club 6400, The Ocean Club), where in-house DJs drew heavily from libraries of imported and small-label, extended-length modern tracks (which otherwise were seldom, if ever, heard on most commercial stations); by early 1990, KNRJ had partnered with the Tower Theater
Tower Theater
The Tower Theater is located in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania at the intersection of 69th and Ludlow Streets. It is adjacent to 69th Street Terminal and is just west of Philadelphia. Since the 1970s, it has been a popular venue for music acts...
's Decadance to host its own weekend, late-night live broadcast.
On June 25, 1990, at 7:15 AM, during a morning talk show segment, the station's personalities announced that Energy 96.5 would switch to an Alternative Rock format. The Alternative 96.5 re-brand was a transitional format, lasting roughly six weeks, and was promoted while a forthcoming format—under a strategic decision by the station's owner, Nationwide Communications, Inc.—was under preparation. A weekly playlist, under an Alternative 96.5 makeshift letterhead, was distributed to local retail and media outlets, culminating on July 17, 1990.
Transition to KHMX-FM
At 7 AM on July 18, 1990, KNRJ stopped playing music and began a 48-hour ticking clock countdown sequence; a heavily processed, pre-recorded masculine studio voice announced the time remaining at 15-minute intervals. For the final 12 hours of this transitional sequence, a series of disjointed song samples (largely unrelated to KNRJ's format) were interspersed—notably the repeated playback (forward and backward) for the opening eight seconds of the Dazz BandDazz Band
The Dazz Band is an American funk music band that was most popular in the early 1980s. Emerging from Cleveland, Ohio, the group's biggest hit songs include the Grammy Award-winning "Let It Whip" , "Joystick" , and "Let It All Blow"...
's "Let It Whip".
At 7 AM on July 20, the countdown concluded, and a "roll call" by a fictitious "teacher" called out the names of program directors from other Houston radio stations. This "teacher" asked the class to start their tape recorders and take notes as this "lecture" was to begin, which led to the debut of Mix 96.5 and new call letters KHMX-FM. Mix 96.5's first two songs were Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...
's "Roll with It" and Taylor Dayne
Taylor Dayne
Taylor Dayne was born Leslie Wunderman on March 7, 1962 before later adopting her current stage name. She is an American pop vocalist, songwriter, and dance artist. Overall, she has had eighteen individual hit songs reach the top ten in Billboard magazine...
's "I'll Be Your Shelter". Both tracks confirmed the sharp departure from preceding station formats.
The "Mix" format
For Nationwide Communications, GM Clancy Woods & National PD Guy Zapoleon launched a new Hot AC format (branded as the "Mix" format) and was the first Pop/Rock Hot AC and a forerunner of most Hot ACs today. The Mix brand tagline, "More Music, More Variety, A Better Mix" was commercially successful, and the formula for the Mix format was replicated through the 1990's and early 2000's in several other radio markets across North America and in cities as far away as Sydney, Australia by KHMX consultant Alan Burns. Around the same time, research guru John Parikhal, who also worked with KHMX, was helping PD Greg Strassell of Steve Dodge's American Radio Systems in BostonBoston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
launch another Mix station known as "Mix 98.5" WBMX-FM. This station was more of a Rhythmic AC and an early example of today's Movin' (brand)
Movin' (brand)
"Movin'" is a brand name used for a variety of rhythmic AC and top 40 radio stations in numerous broadcast markets in the United States...
format. The first true Mix station, which was more of a Pop Adult Top 4o, was launched a few months earlier in the Summer of 1989 at WOMX by Nationwide Communication GM Rick Weinkoff and PD Brian Thomas, with help from Guy Zapoleon.
KHMX was broadcast nationwide on XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio
XM Satellite Radio is one of two satellite radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM Radio. It provides pay-for-service radio, analogous to cable television. Its service includes 73 different music channels, 39 news, sports, talk and entertainment channels, 21 regional...
from 2001 to the end of 2003, as a radio superstation similar to television satellite superstation
Superstation
Superstation in United States television can have several meanings. In its most precise meaning, a superstation is defined by the Federal Communications Commission as "A television broadcast station, other than a network station, licensed by the FCC that is secondarily transmitted by a satellite...
s such as Superstation WGN
Superstation WGN
WGN America is a Chicago-based American superstation feed of WGN-TV, owned by Tribune Broadcasting. WGN America offers its national programming across North America without the CW network programming and most syndicated programs that are carried on the Chicago area feed...
. In 2004, all XM music channels went commercial free, and KHMX was replaced with a unique-to-XM Mix
Mix (XM)
MIX, often branded on-air as Today's Mix, was a channel on XM Satellite Radio playing the Hot Adult Contemporary format. It was located on XM 12 and plays a mix of hit songs from 1980-present day, except for urban music...
channel, retaining the same format. Since then, Clear Channel has regained the right to air commercials on their XM music channels.
Since the sale of the station to CBS Radio in 2009, KHMX has tweaked its sound to include more Top 40/CHR currents, thus resulting in its sister station, Top 40/CHR KKHH, to shift towards a Rhythmic Top 40
Rhythmic Contemporary
Rhythmic contemporary, also known as rhythmic top 40, rhythmic contemporary hit radio or rhythmic crossover, is a music radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip-hop and R&B hits. Rhythmic contemporary rarely uses rock music or country music in its airplay, but it may...
direction and at the same time not cannibalize each other by playing the same music.
Current Competitors
- Top 40 (CHR)Contemporary hit radioContemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
- KRBE 104.1 KRBE - Top 40 (CHR)Contemporary hit radioContemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
- KKHH Hot 95-7 (sister station) - Modern RockModern rockModern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...
- KTBZKTBZ-FMKTBZ-FM, also known as 94.5 The Buzz, is an alternative rock radio station licensed to Houston, Texas with studios located in Houston at 2000 West Loop South, Suite 300, and with transmitter facilities located in Missouri City, Texas.- History :...
94-5 The Buzz - Triple AAdult album alternativeAdult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....
- KHJKKHJKKHJK is an Adult Alternative-formatted radio station serving the Houston and Beaumont, Texas, areas. The studios are currently located in the Westchase Bank Building at 9801 Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas, with its transmitter facility located southeast of Devers, Texas, in Liberty County...
103-7FM - ACAdult contemporary musicAdult contemporary music is a broad style of popular music that ranges from lush 1950s and 1960s vocal music to predominantly ballad-heavy music with varying degrees of rock influence, as well as a radio format that plays such music....
- KODAKodaKoda may refer to:*Ehretia acuminata , a tree from China, Japan, New Guinea and Australia*KODA, callsign of a Houston FM radio station*KODA , the collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publishers of Denmark...
Sunny 99.1 - UrbanUrban contemporaryUrban 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...
- KBXXKBXXKBXX is a Houston-based radio station with an urban contemporary musical format. It is owned by Radio One. Its transmitter is located in Missouri City, Texas. 97.9 The Box is currently the only station that plays hip hop and modern R&B music in the Greater Houston area after the demise of KPTY in...
97.9 The Box
On-air staff
- Mornings
- Kidd Kraddick in the MorningKidd Kraddick in the MorningKidd Kraddick in the Morning is an American morning radio show hosted by Kidd Kraddick on Cumulus Media Networks...
- Kidd Kraddick in the Morning
- Middays
- Ayana Mack (formerly of KRBE)
- Afternoons
- VACANT
- Nights
- Lauren (also on KKHH, formerly of KRBE)
- Weekends
- Chuck
- John Paul Stevenson (voice of the Houston RocketsHouston RocketsThe Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years, before being...
) - Cody Robbins (formerly of KKRWKKRWKKRW is a classic rock radio station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications.Adult alternative music can be heard on the digital radio channel 93.7 HD-2...
) - Natalie
Former on-air staff
- Lori Bradley (1996–1999; 2001–2003), formerly of KRBE
- Brad Booker (formerly of KKHH) (2010-2011)
- Matt Cain, currently at G105 in Raleigh, NC
- Rosie Chance (aka "Rosie Daloop"), formerly of KKBQ then KRBE
- Ryan Chase (1/2003–9/2005), currently on KRBE
- Roula Christie (1/2003–9/2005), currently on KRBE
- Paul Christy (1990–2002), formerly of KRBE then KHTC
- Louis Cruise (2001–2006), then KMXPKMXPKMXP is a commercial hot adult contemporary music radio station in Phoenix, Arizona, broadcasting on 96.9 FM.On-air deejays include: Mathew Blades, AJ Frey, Ron Geronimo, Bryan Allen, Amy Kelly, Stephani Young, and Phil Steiner.-KMXP HD2:...
and KRBE - Jon Paul West (aka "Boomer")(1990–1993), formerly of KKBQ, WEZBWEZBWEZB, aka B-97 today, is a mainstream Contemporary hit radio radio station in New Orleans, Louisiana. The station is owned by Entercom and they broadcast their format at 97.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 99 kW...
, WWKXWWKXWWKX is a Rhythmic Contemporary station serving the Providence area. The Cumulus Media outlet operates with an ERP of 1.15 kW and is licensed to Woonsocket, Rhode Island.-History:... - Dominique Sachse (1990–1992), currently on KPRC-TVKPRC-TVKPRC-TV is the NBC affiliated television station based in Houston, Texas, and serving the Greater Houston television market. It has studios located in the Sharpstown district on the Southwest portion of the city, and has a transmitter site in unincorporated Fort Bend County near Missouri City...
- Kat Cortez (2005–2007), formerly of KQQKKQQKKQQK is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Beaumont, Texas, USA, the station is currently owned by Liberman Broadcasting....
then KIKKKIKKKIKK is a daytime-only station in the Houston, Texas area and broadcasts a news/talk radio format under ownership of CBS Radio. Despite different owners, KIKK and KHOU-TV maintain a strong partnership ....
, currently on KODAKodaKoda may refer to:*Ehretia acuminata , a tree from China, Japan, New Guinea and Australia*KODA, callsign of a Houston FM radio station*KODA , the collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publishers of Denmark... - Dave E Crockett (2005–2008)formerly of KKBQ then KIKKKIKKKIKK is a daytime-only station in the Houston, Texas area and broadcasts a news/talk radio format under ownership of CBS Radio. Despite different owners, KIKK and KHOU-TV maintain a strong partnership ....
- Larry Davis, formerly of KRBE KTJMKTJMKTJM is a radio station broadcasting a regional Mexican format. Licensed to Port Arthur, Texas, it serves the Beaumont-Port Arthur area. The station is currently owned by Liberman Broadcasting....
then KHPT - Michele Fisher (2006–2010), formerly of KRBE
- Ann Duran, currently on WLHKWLHKWLHK -- "97-1 Hank FM" -- is an FM radio station owned by Emmis Communications in Indianapolis, Indiana. The station operates on the FM radio frequency of 97.1 mHz, FM channel 246. The studios are located on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis. The transmitters, according to the FCC, are...
- Geno Pearson (1989-1991) KTBZKTBZKTBZ may refer to:* KTBZ , a radio station licensed to Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States* KTBZ-FM, a radio station licensed to Houston, Texas, United States...
- Kurt Kelly
- John Boy Bryant
- Susan Lennon (1990–1994), formerly of KPRC-TVKPRC-TVKPRC-TV is the NBC affiliated television station based in Houston, Texas, and serving the Greater Houston television market. It has studios located in the Sharpstown district on the Southwest portion of the city, and has a transmitter site in unincorporated Fort Bend County near Missouri City...
; KUSI-TVKUSI-TVKUSI-TV, virtual channel 51.1, is an independent television station based in San Diego, California. The station is owned and operated by Channel 51 of San Diego, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of McKinnon Broadcasting...
, currently on KSWB-TVKSWB-TVKSWB-TV, virtual channel 69, is a Fox-affiliated television station in San Diego, California. It broadcasts a 720p high definition digital signal on UHF channel 19 from a transmitter southeast of Spring Valley... - Sam Malone (2005–2008)
- Bobby Mitchell (1986–1989)
- Larry Moon (1992–2002), currently on KSTP-FMKSTP-FMKSTP-FM is a radio station serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area. It is one of the flagship stations of Hubbard Broadcasting, which also owns several other TV and radio stations across the United States, along with other properties...
- Dave Morales (formerly of KKPN, KKHH, KPTYKPTYKQBU-FM is a radio station broadcasting an Regional Mexican format. The studios are located at the Univision building at 5100 Southwest Freeway in Houston, Texas and transmitter is located in Devers, Texas. Licensed to Port Arthur, Texas, USA, it serves both the Beaumont-Port Arthur area...
) (2010-2011) - Rick O'Bryan (1/2003–4/2006), formerly of KHPT; currently on KDMX
- John Prince, currently on KHPT
- Hunter Greene (6/2004–6/2008), currently Promotions Director for KKHH
- Prebble Quinn (1990–1994 and 1996–2002) (aka Prebble McLaughlin)
- Jake Redman (2004–2006), currently with Sirius Satellite RadioSirius Satellite RadioSirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
- producer Eric Rowe (1/2003–9/2005), currently on KRBE
- Kelly Ryan (2000–2004), then KHPT; currently on KODAKodaKoda may refer to:*Ehretia acuminata , a tree from China, Japan, New Guinea and Australia*KODA, callsign of a Houston FM radio station*KODA , the collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publishers of Denmark...
, KKRWKKRWKKRW is a classic rock radio station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by Clear Channel Communications.Adult alternative music can be heard on the digital radio channel 93.7 HD-2...
, KTBZ-FMKTBZ-FMKTBZ-FM, also known as 94.5 The Buzz, is an alternative rock radio station licensed to Houston, Texas with studios located in Houston at 2000 West Loop South, Suite 300, and with transmitter facilities located in Missouri City, Texas.- History :...
, KTRH, and KPRC (AM)KPRC (AM)KPRC is a talk radio station in Houston, Texas, branded as "The 950 - Radio MOJO". Started in 1925, it is the oldest station in the market... - Cindy Spicer (2001–2002), currently on KUSSKUSSKOGO-FM is a news/talk radio station licensed to Carlsbad, California, simulcasting KOGO 600 AM San Diego. KOGO-FM is one of the seven San Diego stations owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications.-History:...
- Dave Summers, formerly of KKPN, then KRBE
- Shelby Sweeney (1994–2000)
- Bridget Taylor (4/2001–9/2002), currently on KAMXKAMXKAMX is a commercial radio station licensed to Luling, Texas, United States, broadcasting to the Austin, Texas area from studios and transmitter in West Lake Hills, Texas...
- Melanie Taylor (1998–2001)
- Maria Todd (formerly of KRBE) (2010-2011)
- Sheryl Vaughan (1992–1995, 2000–2001)
- Emma Villanueva (1989–2003)
- Rick Stacy (2009)
- Matt Kuhl (2009-2010)
Frequency call letters and branding
- KXYZ - 2/1/1948–1970
- KAUM - 1971 (Love 96½)
- KSRR - 1980 (Star 97, 97 Rock "Kick S Rock n Roll!)
- KKHT - 10/15/1986 (Hit 96.5, 96.5 KKHT)
- KNRJ - 8/4/1989 (Energy 96, Energy 96.5, Alternative 96.5)
- KHMX - 7/20/1990 (Mix 96.5)
- KHMX - 1/1/2003 (The New Mix 96.5)
- KHMX - 1/1/2005 (Mix 96.5)
- KHMX - 4/15/2009 (Mix 96-5)
Slogan history
- 1990 - "More Music, More Variety, A Better Mix"
- 1993 - "The Best Mix of the 70s, 80s, and 90s"
- 1998 - "Greatest Hits of the 80s, 90s, and 70s", "Houston's New At-Work Choice"
- 2000 - "The Best Mix of the 80s, 90s, and Today"
- 2000 - "Today's Best Music"
- 2001 - "Houston's Hit Music Variety", "Houston's Upbeat Listen While You Work Station"
- 2001 - "The Best Mix of the 80s, 90s, and Today"
- 2002 - "More Music, More Variety, A Better Mix"
- 2005 - "Sam Malone in the Morning and Houston's Best Mix All Day"
- 2006 - "Houston's Best Mix"
- 2009 - "Today's Best Mix"