KXYZ (1320 AM) is a commercial radio station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by iHeartMedia, and features an all-news radio format aimed at the African American community, as an affiliate of the co-owned Black Information Network. In addition to carrying the national network, there are cut-ins for Houston-area news, traffic and weather. By day, KXYZ transmits with 10,000 watts. To protect other stations on 1320 AM from interference, it reduces power at night to 5,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is currently located in Pasadena, Texas. However, iHeart has planned the relocation of KXYZ to the KPRC tower site in the Settegast neighborhood of Houston when the Pasadena site is sold. The move will require daytime power to be reduced to 8,400 watts and nighttime power to 2,800 watts. History Early years In 1926, the station signed on, owned by Uhalt Electric. It broadcast as KTUE with just 5 watts on 1140, 1410 and 1420 kilocycles. In 1930, Uhalt sold the station to the Harris County Broadcasting Company, which changed the call sign to KXYZ and built a new 100-watt facility. In 1932, KXYZ absorbed another station, KTLC, and moved to 1440 kHz at 250 watts. Further increases to 500 watts, then 1,000, soon followed. With the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), the station relocated to 1470 kHz in 1941. When KTRH moved to 740 kHz, KXYZ took over the former KTRH antenna and began broadcasting with 5,000 watts on 1320. Ownership changes On June 17, 1948, the Federal Communications Commission approved the purchase of Harris County Broadcasting Company by Shamrock Broadcasting Company, owned by Glenn H. McCarthy. The Houston Broadcasting Corporation bought KXYZ in 1957. During the 1960s, KXYZ was owned by ABC and played beautiful music. The station was well known in the 1960s for its vividly descriptive station identification promos, such as: "In Houston's downtown area, lifeless mannequins draped in the latest attire stand stiff and silent in the shops, which a few hours ago buzzed with the excitement of bargain-hunting shoppers... now relaxing at home to Beautiful KXYZ Music." "The almost-deserted parking garage is lonely and unfamiliar to a late-staying office worker, whose footsteps echo as he walks to his car and turns on the radio. And the lonely feeling is dispelled by Beautiful KXYZ Music." In the mid-1970s, the format changed to middle of