KNDA (Odessa, Texas)

1000 kHz went on the air as KJJT on September 26, 1980.^[1] It was the first Spanish-language station for the Midland-Odessa area.^[2]

In 1986, L & T Enterprises was sold by its original owners, Alfredo G. Levario and O.L.A., Inc., to Rubén Velásquez, though the station itself claimed that the sale had taken place in 1985^[1] and news reporting stated the transfer was part of a foreclosure sale.^[3] 1985 was also the year that KJJT gained its first Spanish-language competitor in the market, when 1310 KOYL flipped to Spanish-language programming under new ownership.^[4]

KJJT became KNDA on April 20, 1989, the same day it relaunched as "Qué Onda", a bilingual station playing Tejano music.^[3] However, the format failed to take off in Odessa, as it had in larger Texas cities. KNDA signed off for good on June 16, 1991,^[5] citing a lack of interest in Tejano music and "other reasons" for the closure. Ector County records showed that L & T Enterprises had $57,000 in federal tax liens, related to employee payroll taxes, against the company.^[5] KOZA, with which KNDA shared studio space, absorbed most of KNDA's 10 employees and began adding Tejano music to its programming.^[5]

• FCC History Cards for KNDA

31°48′9″N 102°22′57″W / 31.80250°N 102.38250°W / 31.80250; -102.38250

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