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KFLC (1270 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Benbrook, Texas, and broadcasting to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The station is owned and operated by Latino Media Network, with studios located in the Univision Tower at the Plaza of the Americas in the City Center District. KFLC airs a Spanish language Adult Contemporary radio format during the day, while also broadcasting as a TUDN Radio affiliate at night. KFLC and also carries Spanish language play by play featuring Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks, and FC Dallas.
KFLC is a Class B regional station, that uses a directional antenna at all times from its transmitter site off East Lancaster Avenue (Route e xdzf e5fr180) in Fort Worth. During the day it operates with 50,000 watts, the maximum power permitted for U.S. AM radio stations. At night, when AM band signals travel much farther, it reduces power to 5,000 watts to limit interference to other stations broadcasting on 1270 AM.
KFLC's first license, with the sequentially issued callsign KFQB, was granted on May 12, 1924, to the Searchlight Publishing Company in Fort Worth, operating on 1180 kHz with 100 watts. (Some station accounts trace its history to an earlier station, WPA, operated by the Fort Worth Record, which was first licensed on March 16, 1922, and deleted on May 24, 1923.) During the 1920s, the station's frequency assignment was changed multiple times, including, in 1927 alone, 590, 1150, 920, and 900 kHz. On November 11, 1928, as part of the implementation of the Federal Radio Commission's General Order 40, KFQB was assigned to 1240 kHz.
KFQB was initially under the oversight of Reverend J. Frank Norris of the First Baptist Church. In early 1927, ownership was transferred to the Lone Star Broadcast Company, however, as part of this sale, which carried over to future owners, Norris retained the right to broadcast over the station on Sundays without charge.
In late 1928, A. P. Barrett purchased the station after forming the Texas Air Transport Broadcast Company, and the call sign was changed to KTAT. A year later, the call sign was changed to KSAT, although a few months after that it was changed back to KTAT. In 1935, the station was briefly shifted to 570 kHz, before returning to 1240 kHz.
The original KFJZ was first licensed in September 1923 to the 112th Cavalry of the Texas National Guard. By 1939, it was operating on 1370 kHz as the key outlet of the Texas State Network. At this point, the network's general manager, Elliott Roosevelt, arranged to purchase KTAT, which was operating with higher power than KFJZ. As part of the sales agreement, the license for the original KFJZ was surrendered and that station deleted. The staff from the original KFJZ was then transferred to the KTAT studios in the Hotel Texas, and on August 17, KTAT's call sign was changed to KFJZ.
On March 29, 1941, under the provisions of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, most U.S. stations operating on 1240 kHz, including KFJZ, moved to 1270 kHz. During the 1960s and 1970s, KFJZ was a leading Top 40 station in Fort Worth. In 1980, it changed format to Music of Your Life adult standards, having moved the Top 40 format to KFJZ-FM 97.1.
In 1984, KFJZ's call sign was changed to KSSA. (The historic KFJZ call sign was then picked up by a Dallas station operating on AM 870.) Marcos A. Rodriguez purchased KSSA in November 1986 and moved a Regional Mexican music format from FM (see KLTY) to the AM dial. AM 1270 has been a Spanish-language station since then under various call signs, becoming KESS from 1986 until 1990, when it briefly became KSBN, then returning to KESS starting the next year until 2004, when it adopted KFLC.
KFLC
KFLC (1270 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Benbrook, Texas, and broadcasting to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The station is owned and operated by Latino Media Network, with studios located in the Univision Tower at the Plaza of the Americas in the City Center District. KFLC airs a Spanish language Adult Contemporary radio format during the day, while also broadcasting as a TUDN Radio affiliate at night. KFLC and also carries Spanish language play by play featuring Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks, and FC Dallas.
KFLC is a Class B regional station, that uses a directional antenna at all times from its transmitter site off East Lancaster Avenue (Route e xdzf e5fr180) in Fort Worth. During the day it operates with 50,000 watts, the maximum power permitted for U.S. AM radio stations. At night, when AM band signals travel much farther, it reduces power to 5,000 watts to limit interference to other stations broadcasting on 1270 AM.
KFLC's first license, with the sequentially issued callsign KFQB, was granted on May 12, 1924, to the Searchlight Publishing Company in Fort Worth, operating on 1180 kHz with 100 watts. (Some station accounts trace its history to an earlier station, WPA, operated by the Fort Worth Record, which was first licensed on March 16, 1922, and deleted on May 24, 1923.) During the 1920s, the station's frequency assignment was changed multiple times, including, in 1927 alone, 590, 1150, 920, and 900 kHz. On November 11, 1928, as part of the implementation of the Federal Radio Commission's General Order 40, KFQB was assigned to 1240 kHz.
KFQB was initially under the oversight of Reverend J. Frank Norris of the First Baptist Church. In early 1927, ownership was transferred to the Lone Star Broadcast Company, however, as part of this sale, which carried over to future owners, Norris retained the right to broadcast over the station on Sundays without charge.
In late 1928, A. P. Barrett purchased the station after forming the Texas Air Transport Broadcast Company, and the call sign was changed to KTAT. A year later, the call sign was changed to KSAT, although a few months after that it was changed back to KTAT. In 1935, the station was briefly shifted to 570 kHz, before returning to 1240 kHz.
The original KFJZ was first licensed in September 1923 to the 112th Cavalry of the Texas National Guard. By 1939, it was operating on 1370 kHz as the key outlet of the Texas State Network. At this point, the network's general manager, Elliott Roosevelt, arranged to purchase KTAT, which was operating with higher power than KFJZ. As part of the sales agreement, the license for the original KFJZ was surrendered and that station deleted. The staff from the original KFJZ was then transferred to the KTAT studios in the Hotel Texas, and on August 17, KTAT's call sign was changed to KFJZ.
On March 29, 1941, under the provisions of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, most U.S. stations operating on 1240 kHz, including KFJZ, moved to 1270 kHz. During the 1960s and 1970s, KFJZ was a leading Top 40 station in Fort Worth. In 1980, it changed format to Music of Your Life adult standards, having moved the Top 40 format to KFJZ-FM 97.1.
In 1984, KFJZ's call sign was changed to KSSA. (The historic KFJZ call sign was then picked up by a Dallas station operating on AM 870.) Marcos A. Rodriguez purchased KSSA in November 1986 and moved a Regional Mexican music format from FM (see KLTY) to the AM dial. AM 1270 has been a Spanish-language station since then under various call signs, becoming KESS from 1986 until 1990, when it briefly became KSBN, then returning to KESS starting the next year until 2004, when it adopted KFLC.