KNIN-FM (92.9

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), "Wichita Falls' #1 Hit Music Station," is a

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broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR) format. The station serves the

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area. The station is currently owned by

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History

92.9 FM in Wichita Falls was built in late 1973 and early 1974, signing on as KBID and owned by the Mustang Broadcasting Company. The callsign changed to KNIN-FM in 1981 when

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acquired it. KNIN-FM was Wichita Falls' affiliate for

Dan Ingram Daniel Trombley Ingram (September 7, 1934 – June 24, 2018) was an American Top 40 radio disc jockey with a 50-year career on radio stations such as WABC and WCBS-FM in New York City. Career "Big Dan" started broadcasting at WHCH Hofstra Col ...

's ''Top 40 Satellite Survey''. In 1988, the station dropped its CHR formula to twitch into a short-lived Rock 40 format, similar to Dallas-Fort Worth's

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right around the time KEGL began fading out their rock format, but had dropped its flavor in 1990. Moran Broadcasting Company sold KNIN-FM to Apex Broadcasting in 1997; Apex was bought by Clear Channel in 2000, and Clear Channel divested the station in 2003 to

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of Dallas who later merged with current owner

in 2010.

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* {{Contemporary Hit Radio Stations in Texas NIN-FM Radio stations established in 1975 1975 establishments in Texas Townsquare Media radio stations Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States