NGEN Radio

NGEN

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City of license	Humble, Texas
Broadcast area	Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas
Branding	NGEN Radio, Today's Hit Music
Slogan	Powering a world of good.
Frequency	89.3 HD-2 (MHz) (HD Radio) 91.7 MHz KUHA (beginning June 2016)
Translator(s)	92.5 HD-2 (KWUP-HD2) Navasota, TX 93.1 (K227AI) College Station, TX 99.7 (KUBJ) Brenham, TX 89.5 (KZBJ) Bay City, TX 91.1 (KYBJ) Lake Jackson, TX 99.5 (K258BZ) Sugar Land, TX
First air date	November 18th, 2010
Format	Christian Rock and Hip Hop
Owner	KSBJ Educational Foundation
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	ngenradio.com

NGEN Radio (stands for Now Generation Radio), is a subsidiary of KSBJ. They play genres including Christian rock and Christian rap. NGEN plays artists like Lecrae, Switchfoot, Family Force 5, NF, twenty one pilots, Mat Kearney, Owl City, Tori Kelly, MuteMath, remixes of CCM artists, and other Christian rock and hip hop acts.

The station can be heard through traditional analog FM radio through its translators on 99.5 in Sugar Land, 93.1 in College Station, at 89.5 in Bay City, at 91.1 in Lake Jackson/Galveston, and 99.7 in Brenham. It can also be heard on HD Radio at 89.3 HD-2 in Humble/North Houston and 92.5 HD-2 in Navasota and the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area. On February 24, 2016, the KSBJ Educational Foundation announced it was purchasing KUHA, which currently operates as a classical music station, from the University of Houston for $10 million. This will give NGEN a city-grade FM signal for the first time.

NGEN has plans to expand to Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and rest of Texas.

In 2015 NGEN started to reveal their current top 5 songs in a short countdown, which is played randomly throughout the day. The songs are voted on by NGEN's Music Team.

NGEN's Top 5: (as of May 2016)

1)Glow In the Dark - Family Force 5

2)Jumped Out the Whip - Tedashii

3)Drag Me Down - Jordan Feliz (Feat. David Dunn)

4)Backseat Driver - TobyMac (Feat. Hollyn and TRU)

5)Believer - Capital Kings

Weekday programming

"Morning Show with Chris Chicago" - 6am to 10am
"Mid-Day Show with Brant Hansen" - 10am to 3pm
"Afternoon Show with Ayana Mack" - 3pm to 8pm
"Evening Show with Guest" - 8pm to 12am

Staff

1. Drew Wilson heads the project. He runs most operations.
2. Kent Matthews is a DJ for NGEN, who ran the original KSBJ Light Force. It was a Saturday night show that aired on KSBJ, which featured similar music to NGEN. The show discontinued when NGEN launched.

External links

• Official site