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{{short description|Radio station in Manor–Austin, Texas}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KELG
| city             = [[Manor, Texas]]
| area             = [[Austin metropolitan area]]
| branding         = ''KELG 1440AM''
| airdate          = April 1, 1980
| frequency        = 1440&nbsp;kHz
| format           = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[Christian radio|Christian]]
| power            = 800 [[watt]]s day<br>500 watts night
| class            = B
| coordinates      = {{coord|30|19|36.00|N|97|32|35.00|W|region:US type:city}}
| callsign_meaning = '''K''' '''E'''L'''G'''in
| former_callsigns =
| owner            = Encino Broadcasting
| licensee         = Encino Broadcasting LLC
| webcast          =
| website          =
| affiliations     =
| sister_stations  = [[KOKE (AM)|KOKE]], [[KTXZ]]
}}
'''KELG''' is an [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]], radio station, licensed to [[Manor, Texas]], and is owned by Encino Broadcasting.
==History==
KELG signed on the air on April 1, 1980 as the sole radio station licensed to Elgin, Texas.  The station was founded by a local group of Elgin, Texas business owners headed by Fred Lundgren.  Lundgren also headed a group that moved KCAA (the one-time 1050 at Big Bear, California) to Loma Linda, California.
KELG was sold on March 4, 1982 to Longcrier Communications (Steven Longcrier).
In 1985, Longcrier  sold '''KELG''' to''' Jose Jaime Garcia, Sr'''.
Garcia, Sr also founded '''KMXX''' 102.3&nbsp;MHz in August 1976.
'''KELG''' 1440&nbsp;kHz was the first AM full-time to service the Austin Hispanic community.  Dynamic Radio Broadcasting Corporation would later add an FM radio station on August 14, 1992''' KKLB''' 92.5&nbsp;MHz – Elgin, Texas known as “Club 92.5FM”, On September 1, 1994 it would acquire '''KTXZ''' 1560&nbsp;kHz – Westlake Hills, Texas then known as “Austin’s Original Tejano Music Station” and finally on March 29, 2000 it acquired '''KFON''' 1490&nbsp;kHz – Austin, Texas then known as Sportsfan 1490”.
In 1997, '''KELG''' completed a major upgrade to increase power and to change the city of license from Elgin, Texas to Manor, Texas.
After nearly 20 years of operations, Dynamic Radio Broadcasting Corporation, owners of '''KKLB''', '''KTXZ''', '''KELG''' and '''KFON''' sold all four radio stations to Border Media Partners on January 3, 2005 for $19,000,000.
'''KELG''' was purchased by Encino Broadcasting LLC, along with [[KOKE (AM)|KOKE]],  and [[KTXZ (AM)|KTXZ]] on September 24, 2007 for $5.5 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.radio-info.com/news/encino-broadcasting-buys-a-texas-am-trio |title=Encino Broadcasting Buys A Texas AM Trio |date=October 19, 2007 |work=Radio-Info.com |access-date=June 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307175840/http://www.radio-info.com/news/encino-broadcasting-buys-a-texas-am-trio |archive-date=March 7, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|17807|KELG}}
*{{AMARB|KELG}}
{{Austin AM}}
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[[Category:Radio stations in Austin, Texas|ELG]]
[[Category:Spanish-language radio stations in Texas|ELG]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1980]]
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