Mission and Purpose

Diocesan Telecommunications Corporation, licensee of non-commercial KLUX 89.5HD, was founded in 1983. The primary mission of KLUX is to support the community of South Texas. KLUX strives to provide positive wholesome programming, that promotes and amplifies Judeo Christian values to the largest possible audience, while enriching the lives and the hearts of all beliefs.

Service Description

As a listener supported station, KLUX-HD provides easy listening music, interspersed with programs and messages that are responsive to its primary mission, as well as the needs of the community. A long-time partner with the National Weather Service and City/County Emergency Management, KLUX received the 2018 Bonner McLane Public Service Award from the Texas Association of Broadcasters for its meritorious service during Hurricane Harvey. In 2017, KLUX received a National Gabriel Award for “Radio Station of the Year” for its outstanding performance in uplifting the human spirit.  In 2021, former General Manager, Marty Wind wins the prestigious “Broadcaster of the Year” award by the Texas Association of Broadcasters.  Important topics such as health, nutrition, housing, employment, education, family life, emergency management and public services to the community are included in daily schedule of 30 and 60 second announcements.

You can support POSITIVE RADIO in South Texas by using one of the methods below:

• By calling 361-289-6437.
• Use the “Donate” feature on our website at KLUX.org. The Feature uses our safe & secure Paypal link to process your credit card gift.
• Email your pledge to Pledge@KLUX.org. Include your mailing address and we will respond with a pledge acknowledgment and return envelope.
• U.S. Mail or drop off your payment: KLUX Radio – 1200 Lantana Street, Corpus Christi, TX 78407-1112
• Make your contribution online using our PayPal service and a major credit card. Simply use the convenient link below:

PayPal Link at: PayPal.me/KLUX895

Lent is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It’s a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting. We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ’s will more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ’s death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ.

Many know of the tradition of abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent, but we are also called to practice self-discipline and fast in other ways throughout the season. Contemplate the meaning and origins of the Lenten fasting tradition in this reflection. In addition, the giving of alms is one way to share God’s gifts—not only through the distribution of money, but through the sharing of our time and talents. As St. John Chrysostom reminds us: “Not to enable the poor to share in our goods is to steal from them and deprive them of life. The goods we possess are not ours, but theirs.” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2446).

In Lent, the baptized are called to renew their baptismal commitment as others prepare to be baptized through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, a period of learning and discernment for individuals who have declared their desire to become Catholics.

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Here are three tips to deepen your relationship with God during the 40 days of #Lent. 1) Participate in the sacraments. 2) Help those in need around you. 3) Sacrifice something that’s hard for you.

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Prayer

“For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.”  -St. Therese of Lisieux (CCC 2558)

During Lent, we are asked to devote ourselves to seeking the Lord in prayer and reading Scripture, to service by giving alms, and to practice self-control through fasting. Dive into God’s word in Scripture this Lent or pray the rosary with your family.

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Fasting

Ash Wednesday and Good Friday are obligatory days of fasting and abstinence for Catholics. In addition, Fridays during Lent are obligatory days of abstinence.

For members of the Latin Catholic Church, the norms on fasting are obligatory from age 18 until age 59. When fasting, a person is permitted to eat one full meal, as well as two smaller meals that together are not equal to a full meal. The norms concerning abstinence from meat are binding upon members of the Latin Catholic Church from age 14 onwards.

Members of the Eastern Catholic Churches are to observe the particular law of their own sui iuris Church.

If possible, the fast on Good Friday is continued until the Easter Vigil (on Holy Saturday night) as the “paschal fast” to honor the suffering and death of the Lord Jesus and to prepare ourselves to share more fully and to celebrate more readily his Resurrection.

A Message from Station Manager Deacon Mark Cazalas

Once again we are deeply humbled by the outpouring of generosity and support from our many listeners across South Texas, and around the world, who have called and supported 89.5 FM KLUX. This year our annual campaign received pledges totaling more than $57,886.00!  Although we did not hit our $80,000 Goal, listeners can still call in and make a donation by calling 361-289-6437 or by mailing in a check to:  KLUX Radio – 1200 Lantana Street, Corpus Christi, Texas 78407.  We will gladly accept Paypal donations at PayPal.me/KLUX895.

We now look to the next 12 months with many new and exciting ideas that will bring even better radio to South Texas. We asked for your support and you responded to insure that we have the funds required to meet our operating expenses over the next year. Another great year of refreshing and positive programming coming to you uninterrupted while introducing the great technologies of the future. From myself and the entire staff of KLUX our sincerest thanks for your kindness and generosity.

Deacon Mark Cazalas
Executive VP / General Manager

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Help Us To Continue To Reach Our $80,000.00 Goal By Donating To Our Campaign 2023 Fundraiser, a chance for you to support our commercial-free, easy listening music and positive message format. This is the main event, That’s why its so important for you to donate.

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Annual (One Time) – Monthly – Quarterly

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How to Pledge: To support POSITIVE RADIO in South Texas make your pledge by using one of the methods below:

• By calling 361-289-6437.
• Use the “Donate” feature on our website at KLUX.org. The Feature uses our secure Paypal link to process your credit card gift.
• Email your pledge to Pledge@KLUX.org. Include your mailing address and we will respond with a pledge acknowledgment and return envelope.
• U.S. Mail or drop off your payment in person at: 1200 Lantana Corpus Christi, TX 78407-1112
• Make your contribution online using our PayPal service and a major credit card. Simply use the convenient link below:

PayPal Link at: PayPal.me/KLUX895

KLUX Receives The 2018 Bonner McLane Public Service Award for Medium Markets In Recognition of the Station’s Community Service During Hurricane Harvey

 

During ceremonies this morning in Austin, TX, local FM Broadcast station KLUX 89.5HD, was honored by the Texas Association of Broadcasters with the Association’s 2018 Bonner McLane Public Service Award for medium markets in recognition of the station’s community service during Hurricane Harvey.

KLUX was the only Coastal Bend radio station that remained on-the-air throughout the approach and landfall of the storm, providing continuous advisories from the National Weather Service and local Emergency Management to those huddled in their homes with no power and fading cellphone batteries. Operating exclusively on its Generator power for more than four and a half days, the station then supplied critical post storm recovery information for the area.

The Bonner McLane Public Service award is given each year by the TAB to recognize outstanding public service by broadcasters who have truly operated in the public interest. A key communications tool of the Local Emergency Planning Committee and local Emergency Management, the station was recognized in 2006, and again in 2016, with the Outstanding Media Award by EMAT (Emergency Management Association of Texas) for the station’s commitment to insuring that critical official information is disseminated to the public during local, civil, and weather emergencies.

Licensed as Non-commercial, the station is highly committed to community service, broadcasting more than 40,000 public service announcements each year on behalf of government and local not-for-profits. In 2016 the station was honored with a National “Gabriel Award” as “Station of the Year” for its service to the community and overall programming.

KLUX is an outreach of the Catholic Diocese of Corpus Christi, and is in its 34th year of service offering a 24-hour format of easy listening music, news, public service and inspirational messages, as well as a full slate of Catholic long form programming on Sunday Mornings. KLUX was the first Radio Station in South Texas to implement the new digital HD standard for FM broadcast. The digital transmission also allowed the inauguration of CCN Radio and the Relevant Radio Catholic network which can be heard at 89.5-2 utilizing an HD Digital receiver.