KCHN 1050 AM live

KCHN 1050 AM is a multicultural station for Greater Houston. It broadcasts on 1050 AM, is licensed to Brookshire, Texas, and is owned by Multicultural Broadcasting. On this page you can listen to KCHN live online, free.

Many languages

KCHN serves mostly Asian listeners, with broadcasts in a mix of Indian, Chinese, Mandarin, Vietnamese and Pakistani languages. Its main format is South Asian.

Sports and faith

Programming includes coverage of Houston Rockets games, and the station also provides religious programs in Polish.

History

The station signed on August 2, 1968, as KPXE and became KCHN in 1997. The call letters refer to Chinese programming.

KCHN, anywhere

Press play and KCHN starts in seconds — on U.S. 59, at work or far from Texas. The stream on this page carries the same programming you hear on 1050 AM.

Why listeners tune in

In one of America's most diverse cities, KCHN gives Houston's Asian communities programming in their own languages — news, music and community information that connects families with home and with each other. For relatives abroad, the stream on this page is an easy way to hear what is happening in Houston's communities.

How to listen

You can hear KCHN on the radio on 1050 AM across Greater Houston, but you do not need a radio at all: this page plays the live stream in any browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. Press the play button at the top, wait a second or two for the stream to connect, and keep browsing while it plays — the player stays on as you move between pages. It is ideal for a weekend show or a Rockets game, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.

Below the player you will find KCHN's frequency and home city, the genres it plays, answers to common questions and a list of similar stations, so when you want a change you can jump to another station in the same format or the same area with one click.

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