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KEGL
KEGL (97.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, United States. The station broadcasts to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. KEGL is owned and operated by iHeartMedia. The station's studios are located along Dallas Parkway in Farmers Branch (although it has a Dallas address), and the transmitter site is in Cedar Hill. History Rock/Top 40 era Formerly KFJZ-FM and KWXI ("Quicksie," using the longtime moniker of WQXI in Atlanta) and again as KFJZ-FM (as ''Z97'', and later ''Z97 The Texas' Music Star'', and ''Texas' FM97''), KEGL was one of three rock and roll stations in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex throughout most of the 1980s. Robert Jones, known on air as "Christopher Haze", became the program director of the station in August 1980, and changed the call letters and imaging of the station as ''Eagle 97'' on January 20, 1981. Within a short period of time, the station aired a hybrid rock/top 40 format known as "Rock 40." The original morning show was "The Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Martin
Russell Dale Martin (October 4, 1960 – February 27, 2021) was an American radio presenter in Dallas, Texas. He worked in the Dallas radio market for 31 years. Martin hosted the No. 1-rated ''The Russ Martin Show'' on KLLI ''Live 105.3'' in Dallas, until December 8, 2008, when KLLI switched to an all-sports format. On July 12, 2010, Martin returned to radio with his afternoon (3:00p.m.7:00p.m.) show on 97.1 "The Eagle" (KEGL). Early life and career Martin grew up in Pleasant Grove, a large, working-class neighborhood in southeast Dallas, where he graduated from W.W. Samuell High School. Martin's radio career began in the at KGVL in Greenville, Texas, working 6:00p.m. to midnight running the board for religious programs. In , Martin was hired by KTLR in Terrell, Texas, to play country music on weekends. A year later, in , he was hired by KAAM in Dallas as a part-time weekend disc jockey. In , Martin was hired for another part-time position by the Satellite Music Network f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KDGE
KDGE () is a commercial radio station licensed to both Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas. It is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, and broadcasts a mainstream adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. The station's studios are located along Dallas Parkway in Farmers Branch, Texas (although it has a Dallas address). The transmitter site is off West Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill. KDGE broadcasts using HD Radio technology. Its HD2 digital subchannel carries an alternative rock format, known as ''The Edge''. History Easy Listening format 102.1 FM was authorized by the Federal Communications Commission in 1960 to broadcast as KFMF, but the station was not immediately built. KJIM AM 870 (now KFJZ) purchased the KFMF construction permit and it signed on the air on April 10, 1962, as KJIM-FM. At first, KJIM-FM simulcast the daytime-only AM sister station, to allow programming to be heard after sunset. Later, KJIM-FM switched to an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KDMX
KDMX () is a radio station serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex in Texas. It is currently owned and operated by iHeartMedia, and airs a hot adult contemporary format. The station's studios are located along Dallas Parkway in Farmers Branch (although it has a Dallas address), and the transmitter site is in Cedar Hill. History Classical (1959-1965) This station first began its broadcasting activities as KQRO on October 15, 1960 (although license was granted on July 2, 1959). It went dark a year later then returned to the airwaves in 1962. For that time, KQRO's format consisted mostly of classical and orchestral music. Middle of the Road (1965-1971) In 1965, the callsign was changed to KEIR after being purchased by trade school Elkins Institute of Radio and Electronics. The station was used for training by Elkins with a two-room studio and transmitter located in the Life Building on Jackson Street in downtown Dallas, although the school was located near Love Field on In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidd Kraddick
David Peter Cradick (August 22, 1959 – July 27, 2013) was an American radio host and television personality, known as Kidd Kraddick. His nationally syndicated morning radio show, ''The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show'', is based in Irving, Texas, and aired throughout the United States, syndicated by Kraddick's company, YEA Networks. He was also seen on the nationally syndicated ''Dish Nation'' television show weeknights around the United States. Early life Kraddick was born in Napoleon, Ohio and grew up in Dunedin, Florida. His first radio position was in Tampa. He later worked in Fresno, California (KYNO-FM), Miami, Salt Lake City (KAYK & KLRZ), and Los Angeles ( KHTZ), where he also worked comedy clubs as an emcee. Radio personality Kraddick received the nickname "Kidd" from a radio producer and used the name on-air from 1978 until his death. He won the Billboard Magazine “Air Personality of the Year” Award three times, received the 1992 and 1997 AWRO "Air Personality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KZPS
KZPS (92.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Dallas, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in North Texas. The station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc., and airs a classic rock radio format. The studios are located along Dallas Parkway in Farmers Branch (although it has a Dallas address). KZPS has an effective radiated power (ERP) of , the maximum for FM stations. The transmitter site is off West Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill, amid the towers for other Dallas-area FM and TV stations. The station uses HD Radio technology, although it currently offers no separate digital subchannels. History KRLD-FM (1948-1972) The station first signed on the air on April 1, 1948 with the KRLD-FM call sign. (That callsign is currently used on a sports radio station owned by Entercom, 105.3 KRLD-FM.) The original KRLD-FM initially simulcast co-owned KRLD 1080 AM. KRLD-AM-FM were owned by the Times Herald Printing Company, along with daily newspaper The ''Dall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KFXR (AM)
KFXR (1190 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Dallas, Texas, and serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a talk radio format. Its studios and offices are located along Dallas Parkway in Farmers Branch (with a Dallas address). By day, KFXR is powered at , the maximum for commercial AM stations. The daytime transmitter is in Irving, using a directional antenna with a four-tower array. At night, to avoid interfering with other stations on 1190 AM, it reduces power to . The nighttime transmitter is in Rockwall, using a twelve-tower array directional antenna. While it is owned by iHeartMedia, KFXR does not have access to three of the most popular talk shows syndicated by iHeartMedia's Premiere Networks. Sean Hannity is heard on KSKY (660 AM) and both Glenn Beck and "Coast to Coast AM with George Noory" are found on KLIF (570 AM). Because of this, KFXR must rely on several local and regional hosts, such as Russ Martin from sister s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKGM
KKGM (1630 AM) is a radio station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, owned and operated by iHeartMedia. The station broadcasts an African American targeted news format, as one of two local affiliates, along with KHVN (AM 970), of the national Black Information Network. History KKGM originated as the expanded band "twin" of an existing station on the standard AM band. On March 17, 1997 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available " Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KHVN in Fort Worth authorized to move from 970 to 1630 kHz."FCC Publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KHKS
KHKS (106.1 FM) is a Dallas- Fort Worth Metroplex radio station broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format, licensed to Denton, Texas, and is under ownership of iHeartMedia, (formerly Clear Channel Communications). It is known as "KISS-FM (brand), Kiss FM". The station's studios are located along Dallas North Tollway, Dallas Parkway in Farmers Branch, Texas, Farmers Branch (although it has a Dallas address), and their transmitter site is located in Cedar Hill, Texas, Cedar Hill. History Early years KDNT-FM was established in June 1948 at 106.3 on the FM dial and moved to the current 106.1 frequency in 1962. The station was a simulcast of KEXB (AM), KDNT (AM) during its early years. KDNT-FM went through a number of different formats during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including a Top 40/oldies hybrid, disco, Rock music, rock, and Country music, country. The station's calls changed to KDDC in 1980, and then to KIXK at the start of 1981. KIXK's format remained country (as "Kix 106") unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KHVN
KHVN (970 AM) is a radio station licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. It airs an African American targeted all-news radio format, simulcast with co-owned KKGM 1630 AM, affiliates of the national Black Information Network. By day, KHVN is powered at 1,000 watts. But to avoid interference with other stations on 970 AM, it reduces power to 270 watts at night. The transmitter is Kimbo Road near Mesquite Road in Fort Worth. Programming is also heard on 150 watt FM translator K237HD in Fort Worth. History Early years This station started out as daytime-only KWBC on . It had an Ethnic and Variety format with mostly local, amateur, and public service programming under the ownership of Associated Broadcasters. In , J. Dean McClain joined the station with his hour-long ''Blues at Sunrise'' program. The blues music program proved to be quite popular and propelled McClain into station management. By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Active Rock
Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge of mainstream rock and album-oriented rock. Format background There is no concrete definition of the active rock format. Sean Ross, editor of '' Airplay Monitor'', described active rock in the late 1990s as album-oriented rock (AOR) "with a greater emphasis on the harder end of the spectrum".Toby Eddings, "Active rock finds an Asylum at 93.5", ''The Sun News'', February 7, 1999 ''Radio & Records'' defined the format as based on current rock hits in frequent rotation and targeted to males ages 18–34, akin to the approach of contemporary hit radio (CHR) stations. An active rock station may include songs by classic hard rock artists whereas a modern rock or alternative station would not; such acts include AC/DC, Def Leppard, Guns N' Roses, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SportsMap
SportsMap is a sports radio network that is distributed by Gow Media. The SportsMap Radio Network supplies its network affiliates with a 24-hour schedule of sports programming, including call-in shows and sports updates. Over its history, through cross-branding agreements, the SportsMap Radio Network has gone by the names SB Nation Radio, Yahoo! Sports Radio, Sporting News Radio, and One-on-One Sports. History SEN (1991–1993) Originally, the network was called the Sports Entertainment Network and was headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. Founded in 1991, it was the third all-sports radio network in the United States. The prior two networks were Enterprise Sports Network which existed briefly in the late '70s and early 1980s, and RTV Sports which operated out of Mashpee, Massachusetts (on Cape Cod) in 1987 and 1988 and was syndicated on 27 stations across the US. RTV's owner, Tom Star, abruptly shut it down and absconded with the assets and paychecks suddenly in the summer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farmers Branch, Texas
Farmers Branch, officially the City of Farmers Branch, is a city in Dallas County, Texas, United States. It is an inner-ring suburb of Dallas and is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 28,616 at the 2010 census. Known as a "City in a Park" for its 28 parks in only 12 square miles, Farmers Branch is a small community in close proximity to Dallas, and has a business community that accounts for 80% of the city's tax base, allowing residents to have one of the lower city tax rates in Dallas County, while having dedicated city services and public safety. The city received media attention due to 2006 anti-illegal immigration measures and a law making English the city's official language. These measures were struck down by courts and/or repealed. In 2017, the community elected the city's first millennial mayor, Robert C. Dye. Under the mayor and council's leadership, the city has prioritized creating a more ethnically diverse community focused on leadership in e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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