interference to beaumont viewers trying to watch kgul-tv in galveston (now khou-tv in houston), since its march 22, 1953 sign-on, caused the fcc to swap frequencies with this facility and an allocated lake charles, louisiana construction permit, which changed kric's operating frequency to 97.5 fm in order to alleviate the interference to kgul's signal. lake charles' 99.5 continues to operate as well, and is currently country kngt, having first signed on in november 1965 as kplc.