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Tag: KLIF
John Summers, AM 1190 KLUV 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 flipped the station to country, then to talk in 1986. In the 1990s, 1190…
Steve Scott, 1190 KLIF Dallas | October 19 1977
1190 KLIF Dallas, is a station steeped in history. It’s owner, Gordon McLendon, is credited, along with Todd Storz and Bill Stewart, with the creation of Top 40 radio. Back in 1953 he switched KLIF from live music and magazine-style programming, which was a popular format in this era, to records and disc jockeys. McLendon…
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 format, during the 1950s and 1960s. By 1971, the station had morphed into…
Dallas Composite | November, 1992
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Here’s a short overview of the Dallas/Ft. Worth market in the Fall of 1992.
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, that in 1988, Chapman asked his KVIL listeners to send in $20 each, without…
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 flipped the station to country, then to talk in 1986. In the 1990s,…
