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KHHO (850 AM broadcasting) is a commercial radio radio station licensed to Tacoma, Washington. The station serves the Tacoma portion of the Seattle-Tacoma media market. The station is an affiliate of Black Information Network and is owned by .
The studios are in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood northwest of Downtown Seattle. KHHO operates at 10,000 by day; because 850 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A KOA in Denver, KHHO must reduce power at night to 1,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is located off 30th Avenue East in Tacoma.
KTBI later switched to AM 810. Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 317 That was coupled with a power increase to 1,000 watts but the station became a daytimer, required to sign off at sunset to avoid interfering with 50,000 watt KGO in San Francisco.
"85 KTAC" was a Top 40 competitor to KJR, KING and KOL throughout the 1970s. Don Wade, Robert O'Smith, John Williams, Ron Erak, Bruce Cannon, Bob Case and Ric Hansen were among the air personalities during its Top 40 dominance of the south Puget Sound area.
On March 11, 1996, the station changed its call sign to the current KHHO. It launched a Talk radio format ("K-H-2-O, The Voice of the South Sound") featuring Manda Factor, Jeff Walker and Bruce Cannon.
In 2002, KHHO was acquired by IHeartMedia. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2005 page D-552 KHHO changed from sports radio to a conservative talk format, branded as "South Sound Talk 850", on February 8, 2018. During the conservative talk format's run, KHHO primarily aired nationally syndicated talk shows from Glenn Beck, Armstrong & Getty, Todd Schnitt, Buck Sexton, Clyde Lewis, and Beyond Reality Radio.
The station carried play-by-play of the Tacoma Rainiers Triple-A minor league baseball team until 2019. It was also Tacoma's network affiliate for the Washington State Cougars IMG College network.
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