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Update Another Cumulus station goes all-news but only during Drive time hours

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recto101

KLIF (Cumulus station) in Dallas Texas uses the same brand as KGO in San Francisco News and Information station. But in the KLIF's case they use syndicated talk during the non Drive time hours. KLIF is competing against KRLD (CBS O&O All-News) in Dallas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLIF_(AM)

http://www.klif.com/

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/
 
Sad to hear about KLIF. KLIF in "Big D" was once a highly respected radio station back in it's day, heavy with the Pams jingles
made this station fun listening. It sounds like a slow death to a great legend.......sounds familiar.
 
The only tie to the legendary KLIF is the call letters. Different frequency and owners. Besides KRLD there is also powerful WBAP a long time leader in News Talk for the D/FW market.
 
I guess I was thinking about the "KLIF 1190" of the 60' just like KFRC of the the same time period both had many owners in the past 20 years but I was comparing both to the glory days of the 60' and the colorful past of that era' owners.
 
Looks like the station fell off the "KLIF".

The original of the 50's & 60's at 1190 was The Legendary Gordon MacLendon's. He was an early top 40 guy, although the station did daypart at one time. His News had a flair, special effects and hype delivery. In the 50's, with KLIF as the flagship he started the Liberty Broadcasting System with over 500 affillates he did recreations (personally) of major league ball games, reading the play by play from a teletype. It was a lot cheaper than sending somebody to all these ball parks and probably having to pay broadcast rights. He called himself The Old Scotsman. The net also fed other programming. I don't know when it all changed. You can Google KLIF history if you're interested.

Jerry Gordon
 
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