KULF
radio station in Bellville, Texas
KULF (1090 kHz) was an AM daytimer radio station, paired with an FM translator, based in Bellville, Texas. Licensed to Bellville, Texas, United States, it served the Victoria and Houston regional area. The station was last owned by James Su, through licensee Trade Route Media, Inc.
The station operated on a Class D daytime license on 1090 kHz. Because KULF shared the same frequency as clear-channel station KAAY in Little Rock, Arkansas, it only broadcast during daytime hours.
The KULF call sign previously resided on 790 AM in Houston from August 1970 to early July 1982.
History
Birth of Radio 1090 KACO
The station signed on the air in 1974 as Austin County’s first and only licensed radio station. It was owned by Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Dittert.
The public source identifies “KULF” as radio station in Bellville, Texas. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around KULF, radio and station.
Why this record matters
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6339588. The first chronological checks are 1090, 1970, 1982 and 1974.
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This entry incorporates text from “KULF” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.