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KZPS (92.5 FM) is a
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to
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, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in
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. The station is owned and operated by
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, and airs a
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. The
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s are located along Dallas Parkway in
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(although it has a Dallas address). KZPS has an
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(ERP) of , the maximum for FM stations. The
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site is off West Belt Line Road in
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, amid the
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s for other Dallas-area FM and TV stations. The station uses
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technology, although it currently offers no separate
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s.


History


KRLD-FM (1948-1972)

The station first
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the air on April 1,
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with the KRLD-FM
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. (That callsign is currently used on a
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station owned by
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, 105.3
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.) The original KRLD-FM initially
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co-owned KRLD
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. KRLD-AM-FM were owned by the Times Herald Printing Company, along with daily newspaper The ''
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''. A TV station was added the following year, KRLD-TV channel 4 (now
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). KRLD-FM was one of only three 24-hour FM stations in the Dallas market in the 1960s. In the late 60s, the
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began requiring AM-FM combos in large cities to offer separate programming much of the day. A
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format was instituted.


Power Station Z92.5 (1975-1987)

The call letters changed to KAFM in
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, and the station underwent a number of format changes through the 1970s and 1980s. The Dallas-Fort Worth market was left without a single CHR station throughout parts of the early 1980s, but it wasn't until the first few quarters of 1983 when the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex added its second CHR station after KAFM dropped its short-lived
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formats. It was known as "92½ FM" with its slogan "Maximum Hits". In 1986, it was rebranded as "Z92.5" with its slogan "Your Power Station Z92.5". Its current call sign KZPS originated from that rebrand, with the last two letters representing Power Station, a MOR format, and an adult contemporary format. From 1971 to 1978, the station was owned by the family of former Dallas Mayor
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. It was sold to
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in the summer of 1978.


Classic Rock (1987-present)

The year 1987 was a hard one for Top 40/CHR in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as two of the four CHR stations flipped to new formats. KZPS flipped to
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in February, and its nearby successor KTKS flipped to Smooth Jazz later that September. That left KHYI as the only mainstream Top 40 station in the metroplex, while
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continued its success of being a rock-based Top 40 format, but gradually died down by the late 1980s. However, AC station KVIL-FM also gained major success with a small mix of CHR as well marking it more dominant in DFW. KZPS's classic hits format gradually transitioned to
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, bringing the syndicated
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morning show on board in 1995. The station imaging switched to "Ninety Two Five KZPS, the Classic Rock station". John Boy and Billy were later replaced by local hosts Sam "Bo" Roberts and "Long" Jim White ("Bo and Jim") in the mornings. Evergreen Media bought the station from
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in
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. Evergreen was later acquired by
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, a forerunner of iHeartMedia. Through the years, notable disk jockeys include: Sam "Bo" Roberts and "Long" Jim White (still hosting the weekday morning show), Jay Philpot (middays, later in Baltimore), Jon Dillon (afternoon drive, until his release in 2012), Stubie Doak (nights), Pamela Steele (middays), Ed Budanauro (”Enerjazz” host from 1987 to 1989), Benn McGregor ("McGregor" - 1982–86 writer/producer, co-host of "Morning Drive" with Andy Barber 1984–1985), Jerry Vigil (middays, production director), Pete Thomson (afternoons), John Shomby (program director), and Paul Donovan (evenings). On April 23,
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, KZPS rebranded itself as "Lone Star 92.5". It adopted a Texas-themed classic rock/
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hybrid format that was previously heard on 92.5-HD2. About a year later, KZPS changed back to its previous classic rock
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, keeping the "Lonestar 92.5" branding.


KZPS-HD2

Since KZPS rebranded as "Lone Star 92.5", the classic rock format was briefly heard on 92.5- HD2. In April 2008, when KZPS returned to classic rock, 92.5-HD2 switched to an
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format branded as "The Music Summit" (previously on KDMX-HD2). As of October 2013, it was simulcasting from
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's "World Class Rock" network utilizing the same format as before. Since April 2015, it was renamed to "The iHeart Current" and a month later, renamed again as "iHeart Eclectic". The AAA station in May 2018 rebranded as "Eclectic Rock".http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=10 HD Radio Guide for Dallas-Ft. Worth Since mid-2019, the Eclectic Rock feed was discontinued on KZPS-HD2, leaving the
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with no programming replacement. KZPS's HD2 signal did resume programming for a brief period, but ceased programming once again by October 2021.


References


External links


KZPS official site
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DFW Radio/TV HistoryMediaweek.com story on new Lone Star format DFW Radio Archives
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