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KZPS (92.5 FM) is an iHeartMedia classic rock formatted commercial radio station licensed to Dallas, Texas, and serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its studios are located along Dallas Parkway in Farmers Branch (although it has a Dallas address).
KZPS has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts. The transmitter site is off West Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill, amid the towers for other Dallas-area FM and TV stations. The station uses HD Radio technology, although it currently offers no separate digital subchannels.
The station first signed on the air on April 1, 1948 with the KRLD-FM call sign. (That callsign is currently used on a sports radio station owned by Audacy, KRLD-FM.) The original KRLD-FM initially simulcast co-owned KRLD. KRLD-AM-FM were owned by the Times Herald Printing Company, along with daily newspaper The Dallas Times Herald. A TV station was added the following year, KRLD-TV (now KDFW).
KRLD-FM was one of only three 24-hour FM stations in the Dallas market in the 1960s. In the late 1960s, the Federal Communications Commission began requiring AM-FM combos in large cities to offer separate programming much of the day; a progressive rock format was instituted on the FM.
The call letters changed to KAFM in 1972, and the station underwent a number of format changes through the 1970s and 1980s. From 1972 to 1975 the format was "Cosmic Cowboy" first wave; Jerry Jeff Walker, Rusty Weir, BW Stevenson, etc. The Dallas-Fort Worth market was left without a single CHR station throughout parts of the early 1980s, but it wasn't until the first few quarters of 1983 when the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex added its second CHR station after KAFM dropped its short-lived adult contemporary formats. It was known as "92½ FM" with its slogan "Maximum Hits". In 1986, it was rebranded as "Z92.5" with its slogan "Your Power Station Z92.5". Its current call sign KZPS originated from that rebrand, with the last two letters representing "Power Station", a MOR format, and an adult contemporary format.
From 1971 to 1978, the station was owned by the family of former Dallas Mayor J. Erik Jonsson. It was sold to Bonneville International in the summer of 1978.
The year 1987 was a hard one for Top 40/CHR in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as two of the four CHR stations flipped to new formats. KZPS flipped to classic hits in February, and its nearby successor KTKS flipped to Smooth Jazz later that September. That left KHYI as the only mainstream Top 40 station in the metroplex, while KEGL continued its success of being a rock-based Top 40 format, but gradually died down by the late 1980s. However, AC station KVIL-FM also gained major success with a small mix of CHR as well, making it more dominant in the market.
KZPS's classic hits format gradually transitioned to classic rock, and added the syndicated John Boy and Billy morning show in 1995. The station imaging switched to "Ninety Two Five KZPS, the Classic Rock station". John Boy and Billy were later replaced by local hosts Sam "Bo" Roberts and "Long" Jim White ("Bo and Jim") in mornings.
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KZPS
KZPS (92.5 FM) is an iHeartMedia classic rock formatted commercial radio station licensed to Dallas, Texas, and serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its studios are located along Dallas Parkway in Farmers Branch (although it has a Dallas address).
KZPS has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts. The transmitter site is off West Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill, amid the towers for other Dallas-area FM and TV stations. The station uses HD Radio technology, although it currently offers no separate digital subchannels.
The station first signed on the air on April 1, 1948 with the KRLD-FM call sign. (That callsign is currently used on a sports radio station owned by Audacy, KRLD-FM.) The original KRLD-FM initially simulcast co-owned KRLD. KRLD-AM-FM were owned by the Times Herald Printing Company, along with daily newspaper The Dallas Times Herald. A TV station was added the following year, KRLD-TV (now KDFW).
KRLD-FM was one of only three 24-hour FM stations in the Dallas market in the 1960s. In the late 1960s, the Federal Communications Commission began requiring AM-FM combos in large cities to offer separate programming much of the day; a progressive rock format was instituted on the FM.
The call letters changed to KAFM in 1972, and the station underwent a number of format changes through the 1970s and 1980s. From 1972 to 1975 the format was "Cosmic Cowboy" first wave; Jerry Jeff Walker, Rusty Weir, BW Stevenson, etc. The Dallas-Fort Worth market was left without a single CHR station throughout parts of the early 1980s, but it wasn't until the first few quarters of 1983 when the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex added its second CHR station after KAFM dropped its short-lived adult contemporary formats. It was known as "92½ FM" with its slogan "Maximum Hits". In 1986, it was rebranded as "Z92.5" with its slogan "Your Power Station Z92.5". Its current call sign KZPS originated from that rebrand, with the last two letters representing "Power Station", a MOR format, and an adult contemporary format.
From 1971 to 1978, the station was owned by the family of former Dallas Mayor J. Erik Jonsson. It was sold to Bonneville International in the summer of 1978.
The year 1987 was a hard one for Top 40/CHR in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as two of the four CHR stations flipped to new formats. KZPS flipped to classic hits in February, and its nearby successor KTKS flipped to Smooth Jazz later that September. That left KHYI as the only mainstream Top 40 station in the metroplex, while KEGL continued its success of being a rock-based Top 40 format, but gradually died down by the late 1980s. However, AC station KVIL-FM also gained major success with a small mix of CHR as well, making it more dominant in the market.
KZPS's classic hits format gradually transitioned to classic rock, and added the syndicated John Boy and Billy morning show in 1995. The station imaging switched to "Ninety Two Five KZPS, the Classic Rock station". John Boy and Billy were later replaced by local hosts Sam "Bo" Roberts and "Long" Jim White ("Bo and Jim") in mornings.