DFW Retro Dial, June 1981

[Bluenoser]

from Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Newspapers.com

AM DIAL
570 WFAA (News/Talk) NBC/Mutual
660 KSKY (Religious)
730 KKDA (Disco)
820 WBAP (Country & Western) ABC Info
870 KJIM (Country & Western)
970 KNOK (Jaz)
1040 KPBC (Christian)
1080 KRLD (News/Sports/Easy Listening) CBS
1150 KVIL (AC)
1190 KLIF (Country)
1270 KFJZ (Easy Listening)
1310 KALM (MOR)
1360 KXOL (Country & Western)
1390 KBEC (Country & Western)
1440 KDNT (Country)
1480 KBOX (Country)
1540 KTIA (Spanish)

FM DIAL
88.7 KTCU (Classical/Big Band/Jazz/Educational)
90.1 KERA (Classical/Jazz) NPR
92.5 KAFM (AC)
93.9 KESS (Spanish Talk)
94.9 KWJS (Religious)
96.3 KSCS (Country & Western)
97.1 KEGL (Rock)
97.9 KZEW (Rock)
98.7 KNUS (AC)
99.5 KPLX (Country)
100.3 KMEZ (Easy Listening)
101.1 WRR (Classical)
102.1 KTXQ (Album Rock)
102.9 KMGC (Mellow Rock)
103.7 KVIL (AC)
104.5 KKDA (Disco)
105.3 KOAX (Easy Listening)
106.1 KDNT (Country)
107.5 KNOK (Disco)

 

[Mediafrog+]

Nobody was still doing disco in 1981.

 

[davideduardo]

Nobody was still doing disco in 1981.

And KESS was not "Spanish Talk". For lack of another name, "Spanish Variety" was the best format descriptor.

 

[Bluenoser]

And KESS was not "Spanish Talk". For lack of another name, "Spanish Variety" was the best format descriptor.

Someone missed the memo at the Fort Worth paper, then...info was posted as published.

 

[wildthangjim]

I assume "1310 KALM" is a typo from the original - it was KAAM I believe until the Ticket started. I also think KAFM was rock during the day and jazz at night back then.

Then again, it was 40 years, and a lot of brain cells, ago...

 

[TexasTom]

I assume "1310 KALM" is a typo from the original - it was KAAM I believe until the Ticket started. I also think KAFM was rock during the day and jazz at night back then.

Then again, it was 40 years, and a lot of brain cells, ago...

KAFM (or maybe it was KZPS by then), did have a hybrid CHR/Jazz format, but that came a little later. I moved to Dallas in 1984, and I remember them mixing some jazz (or "Enerjazz", as they called it) in with the pop music after I'd been in town for a year or two. During that period they also did run a jazz block in the evenings. So I'm guessing that was in 1985 or 1986. The jazz went away when they shifted towards their current format.