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What Dallas/Ft Worth radio stations from yesteryear do you miss?

KNOK...107.5
KOAI....106.1
 
This is fun.

Here's three:

The heydays of KVIL 1150 & 103.7
KLIF as "The Mighty 1190" Top 40
Country days of KBOX 1480

Should modify this to include "The Zoo" 98 KZEW & Stereo 570 KRQX.
 
Great Thread ;D

As a former Texan one of the stations that I miss is KYNG 105.3 Young Country and KSNN 94.9.
 
There are so many...

KFAD, Arlington in the late 1960s and early 1970s and later as KAMC in AOR days
KXOL 1360 as a Top 40
KVIL late 1960s through late 1970s
KLIF in top 40 days
KFJZ in Top 40 days
KSEO 750, Durant Oklahoma (could hear it in Mesquite)
KKDA in the early days of 'soul sockin' seventy-three'
KAFM in progressive country days
KZEW from it's inception
KXVI 1600 when it was oldies
KIKM - 'Kick-em 91' as a top 40 in the 1970s (Sherman-Denison)
KMMK - McKinney - just before and after they went Ac/Top 40.
KFWD - during their Top 40 reign
KNUS - after KLIF sold
KFJZ - as Z-97 when they switched from KWXI as a top 40 and did a full book commercial-free
KXXK - 'Music for Groovy Grown Ups' days
WRR - especially Library of Laffs
WFAA - in their pre-talk top 40 days...remember hearing the switch
KCIR FM - Corsicana - when it began as somewhat of a Top 40 (could listen from Mesquite),,,very few commercials...early 1970s
KNOK when they were Black Rock 108 as Disco began to influence playlists
KXOL FM when they were oldies during the day and simulcast KXOL AM at night
KRLD as a Top 40 including 'Montage'
KKAJ FM - Ardmore, Oklahoma - More AC during the day and top 40 at night (came in clear in Mesquite)
and there are likely a couple of others
 
Now that's a list.

Here's some shows:

Bud Buschardt's "57 Nostalgia Place" on WFAA 570 & "Oldies Show" on KVIL.

George Gimarc & Andy Waldrop's "Jukebox Saturday Night" on KDNT 106.1.

Geirge Gimarc's "The Lost Tapes" Saturday nights on KRLD.

Ken "Hubcap" Carter's Friday night Oldies show on KWXI 97.1 in the mid 70's.

A few more stations (some already mentioned by bturner):

KFJZ 1270 Top 40 days
KXOL 1360 Top 40 / AC days
WFAA as "Music Radio 57"
KIKM 910 as Top 40
WBAP 820 as a "Full Service Country"
KRLD 1080 as "The Gentle Sound" & it's brief Country period in the late 70's
KLIF 1190's Country & "Talkradio 1190" days
KMEZ 100.3, later 107.5 & 1480 AM
KNUS 98.7 as Top 40
KPLX 99.5 as Easy Listening (remember that ?)
KBUY 1540 as Country (can't leave that out)
WRR 1310 as a "Full Service" MOR

May add more later.
 
bturner said:
There are so many...

KIKM - 'Kick-em 91' as a top 40 in the 1970s (Sherman-Denison)
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Lets go back to KRRV before KIKM. It was a country format from sign on till 6pm and top 40 from 6 till sign off at midnight.

While not local lets add WLS to that list. Spent many a night when the weather didn't get in the way listening after KLIF or KRRV went off the air.
WOAI some but not much.
 
Forgot about KBUY, a great country station

Speaking of KBUY, their FM was Spanish language (the only one in DFW at the time) and from 7 to 11 at night, for some time, they did Southern Gospel.
 
I sincerely miss:
1. 100.3 Jamz
2. 107.5 KNOK
3. V100
4. And yes... Casa 106.7
 
bucwhyl said:
100.3 Jamz
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I well remember their stunting for the flip but some of the details are now fading. Wasn't it right around Christmas 1988 that Jamz came into being? And did KMEZ move down the dial to 107.5 (KDLZ) at the same time or was there a period of time when the latter still existed?

I ought to know this better since 100.3's transmitter was in the same building where KQZY's was, the channel 39 site in Cedar Hill, the one that later collapsed.
 
Thought of these listening to Mike Shannon's John LaBella tribute last night:

Memories 96.7 KMEO & Platinum 96.7 KPMZ

While I'm on here, should also add:

KDNT 1440 & 106.1.
 
KRLD 40 years ago when they played album rock at night. A rare treat for rock- starved West Texas.

KWXI 97.1 in the mid 70's - perfected the soft rock format before KVIL.
 
Amazing you folks remember so many from so far back....... I was fortunate to work at some of those mentioned... My dad lived away from DFW and could never understand why I didn't work with the WBAP guys since he also heard them on 820...
 
KNOK/KDLZ-107.5
KHYI-94.9 (Y-95/Power 95)
KEGL-97.1 The Eagle (During their Top-40 days)
KOAI-106.1/107.5 The Oasis
 
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