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Jim White / Tommy Kramer on KNUS 99 Dallas | 1972

This went up a very long time ago… 2005, to be exact. But short as the description is, the aircheck itself is timeless. K-News 99, the CHR/Album Rock hybrid owned by McLendon was an accidental success. Today, this station is the legendary 98.7 K-LUV

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Dave Collins, 99 FM KNUS Dallas | October 19 1977

The calls, KNUS FM 99, in Dallas first appeared in the summer 0f 1966, as a Progressive Rock station. It was part of the legendary McLendon group of station.  Gordon McLendon is widely credited for perfecting the commercially successful Top 40 radio […]

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Ron Chapman, KLUV 98.7 Dallas | November 2003

    Forty-five years in one market. Thirty-two of them at the same station. He was No. 1 & he killed the competition. Ron Chapman was the king of Dallas morning radio. And his listeners loved him. They loved him so much, […]

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NBC News & Information Service, WRR 1310 Dallas | July 30 1976

  There was a time when radio news was a big deal. In 1974, NBC Radio was trailing the other big networks, ABC, CBS and Mutual.  NBC’s O&O (Owned and Operated) FM stations were not doing well. The radio division needed a big […]

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Bill Mack, KWFT 62 Wichita Falls TX | August 3 1957

      Not many radio DJs have a Grammy, but Bill Mack does! Radio personalty & songwriter Bill Mack penned the song “Blue,” which became a big song for Patsy Cline in 1958, & a smash hit in 1996 for LeAnn […]

John Summers, KLUV AM 1190 Dallas | 1998

  The Mighty 1190 AM in Dallas is a legendary frequency. It was the Gordon McLendon Top 40 powerhouse KLIF in the 50s & 60s. Fairchild Industries kept KLIF going as an AC in the 1970s. Susquehanna bought KLIF in 1980 and […]

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Amy Auston, 106.1 KHKS Denton/Dallas TX | December 24, 1997

“The most requested song this afternoon so far, is Adam Sandler and the Hannukah song on Kiss-FM”

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AM Drive on 1190 KLIF Dallas, Part 1 | July 23, 1956

“… You’ll get the news when it’s news!”

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Marc Viques Presents: A Dallas Composite – 1990

Date of Recording: 1990 (Exact Date Unknown) Stations: 97.1 KEGL; 95.3 KHYI Dallas, others Formats: CHR, Classic Rock Contributor: Marc Viques Total Time: 7:50 (Telescoped) Original Post: Contributor Marc Viquez recently sent this in for posting. He writes: This was the first […]

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Capt. Billy, KAFM 92.5 Dallas | April, 1974

Date of Recording: 04.xx.74 Station: 92.5 KAFM (KRLD-FM, KZPS) Dallas, Texas, USA Format: Top 40 Featured Air Personality: “Captain” Billy Comments: Sounding suspiciously like a McLendon station, this short-lived Top 40 outlet sat at 92.5 on the FM dial. Never to be […]

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