KNDE (95.1 FM) is a

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with a Top 40 (CHR) format licensed to

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. Candy 95's current line-up features the show "Morning Candy" with Frito and Katy (6-10am), Mid-Days with Audrey Rose (10am-2pm), and Afternoons with Ted (2-7pm). It is owned and operated by Bryan Broadcasting Company through its licensee Bryan Broadcasting License Corporation, based locally in College Station, Texas. Its studios are in College Station and its transmitter is in Bryan.

History

The station began broadcasting on August 8, 1964 as WTAW-FM on 92.1 FM. The station was originally a Top 40/CHR station known as "92W", and was once the dominant CHR station for the College Station area until the launch of

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in November 1984. In 1982, the station's call-letters were changed to KTAW-FM, and in 1987, the station started to slowly downgrade its Top 40 format for

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and changed its call-letters to KTSR. It was known as "Star 92". This lasted until 1991 as the station then flipped to

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. Its format would later shift to

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by the 2000s as "92 Rock". KTSR then flipped to KNDE in March 2003. Some former programs contain a

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, which is simply entitled The Morning Zoo with Mason and Mack, Lesley K in middays, Jerry Kidd in the afternoons and Tripp Daily at night.

Former logos

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Former DJs

*Krash *Elizabethany *Bobby Mason *Scotty Mack *Bo-Bo the Monkey Boy *Lesley K *Tripp Daily *Jerry Kidd *Tic-Tac *Maddie *Brad Mitchell *Mike Retro *Lindsey Hall *Adam Knight *Ebony Williams *Rick Lavere *Catnip *Nick J

HD Radio

In 2009, KNDE began broadcasting in HD with side channels. The HD1 rebroadcasts the analog signal of KNDE.

KNDE-HD2

KNDE-HD2 airs 80's and 90's classic country on "Willy 97.7."

KNDE-HD3

KNDE-HD3 airs a Regional Mexican format known as "La Jefa 102.7".

References

External links

Bryan Broadcasting StationsStation Website

FCC History Cards for KNDE
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