KHCB AM 1400

The Board of Trustees of KHCB spent several years praying that the Lord would provide an AM station in order to reach the various rapidly growing ethnic groups in Houston with the Gospel in their native tongues.

In December of 1990 AM 1400, a 1000 watt AM station was purchased, and after making some necessary repairs, KHCB-Galveston began broadcasting in English on February 4, 1991. One week later, “Radio Amistad” or (Friendship Radio) began daytime Spanish broadcasts of the “Palabra de Dios” (Word of God).

KHCB-FM had aired 90 minutes of nighttime Spanish programs since 1966 but the purchase of AM 1400 in 1991 permitted the Spanish programming to be heard all day Monday through Friday. In 2017, KHCB was able to purchase an FM translator in Houston that rebroadcasts “Radio Amistad” at 101.5 FM so more parts of Houston can hear the programming. The Spanish programs were discontinued on the KHCB Network in 2018.

Chinese Bible programming began on AM 1400 on weekends in June of 1991. Programs are broadcast in two Chinese languages: Mandarin and Cantonese. The Chinese ministry also broadcasts a one hour Mandarin program on the KHCB Network Saturday at 12am Central.

Since the purchase of AM 1400 and the Bryan translator other stations have been added to the KHCB Network. Listeners have participated in the purchase of these stations through the Expansion Fund which began with Phase 1 and in 2009 entered Phase 4. All English Network programming originates at KHCB-FM Houston. It is then related via satellite to stations all across Texas and into Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Florida. The English Network currently includes 43 stations: 30 in Texas, 2 in Arkansas, 7 in Louisiana, 3 in Oklahoma, and 1 in Florida. Our Spanish network includes 12 outlets in Texas, 1 station in Arkansas, 1 station in Florida, and 2 stations in Louisiana.