KCHN

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KCHN
City of license Brookshire, Texas
Broadcast area Greater Houston
Frequency 1050 kHz
First air date February 7, 1997
Format Multi-Language
Power 410 watts
(Applied for nighttime power of 650 watts)
Class D
Facility ID 68124
Transmitter coordinates 29°52′45″N 96°2′8″W / 29.87917°N 96.03556°W / 29.87917; -96.03556Coordinates: 29°52′45″N 96°2′8″W / 29.87917°N 96.03556°W / 29.87917; -96.03556
Callsign meaning CHiNese Radio
Former callsigns KPXE (1997)
Owner Multicultural Broadcasting
(MRB Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations KXYZ, KNTH

KCHN (1050 AM) is a Houston, Texas, area radio station that serves mostly Asian listeners with broadcasts in a mix of Indian, Chinese, Mandarin, Vietnamese and Pakistani languages. Sports programming includes coverage of Houston Rockets games. The station also provides religious programs in Polish. It broadcasts on AM frequency 1050 kHz and is under ownership of Multicultural Broadcasting. Because KCHN shares the same frequency as "clear channel" station XEG-AM in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico; it broadcasts only during the daytime hours. However, it holds a construction permit to operate 24/7 with a nighttime wattage of 650.

Kalakkal Kadambam,Kannada Karunji,Andhra Mirchi,Tamil Mirchi programs are aired from KCHN on Saturdays.

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