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KKHH
City of license	Houston, Texas
Broadcast area	Greater Houston
Branding	Hot 95.7
Slogan	"Houston's Hot Hits"
Frequency	95.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) 95.7-HD2 (Energy 95.7) 95.7-HD3 (CNN 650)
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	95,000 watts
HAAT	585 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	25449
Callsign meaning	K K Hot Hits
Former callsigns	KHJZ (10/09/07-4/01/08) KHJZ-FM (11/07/02-10/09/07) KIKK-FM (7/24/78-11/07/02) KIKK (7/24/78) KHUL (1959-7/24/78)
Owner	CBS Radio (CBS Radio Texas Inc.)
Sister stations	KHMX, KIKK, KILT-AM, KILT-FM, KLOL
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	www.hothitshouston.com

KKHH ("Hot 95.7") is a rhythmic-leaning Top 40 (CHR) radio station in Houston, Texas, broadcasting at 95.7 MHz, under the ownership of CBS Radio. KKHH's main competition is KRBE.

[edit] Station history

Previously a smooth jazz outlet as "95.7 The Wave", the station debuted its format on March 13, 2008, at 3:00 P.M.^[1] 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^[2].

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 programs Country sister KILT-FM and N/T 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, CBS Radio announced the addition of Brad Booker & Sarah Pepper as the new morning show 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 Central time 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 an LA AMP 97.1 urban station 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.^{[citation needed]}

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 format changed back to HOT 95-7 at midnight.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Current Top Competitors

• Top 40 (CHR) - KRBE 104.1 KRBE
• Urban - KBXX 97.9 The Box

[edit] Former KHJZ and KIKK

KHJZ's former smooth jazz format is available at khjz.com. In mid-March, KHJZ announced that the smooth jazz format will be available on HD Radio (HD-2 Channel) in May 2008, but for some reason that claim disappeared on the KHJZ website. The smooth jazz music player is available on the KHJZ Website at khjz.com. (Currently, the format is available locally on KODA's 99.1-HD2 subchannel.)

Prior to the smooth jazz format 95.7 had the call letters KIKK-FM and featured a country music format. KIKK-FM was very popular and oftentimes was the top rated station in Houston. The flip of KILT-FM to country music cut into the ratings for KIKK and eventually contributed to the format flip on 95.7 to smooth jazz.

[edit] Current DJs and Schedule

• The Hot Show with Booker & Sarah
  • Booker - formerly on WSTO)
  • Sarah Pepper - formerly on WSTO)
• Middays
  • Kelly Kelly (also on KHMX as Lauren)
• Afternoons
  • Kaden (formerly of KMVK, KZZP, WHTZ)
• Nights
  • Silly Jilly
• Weekend DJs
  • Matt Kuhl (formerly of KAFX-FM from Lufkin, Texas, also on KHMX and KNDE)
  • Donny DiMarco (formerly of WTKS-FM and WYKS from Lafayette, Louisiana)
• Mixshow DJ
  • DJ Riddler

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Hot 95.7's website
• KHJZ's smooth jazz website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KKHH
• Radio Locator information on KKHH
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KKHH