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{{Infobox Radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KRNB
| name = KRNB
| image = [[File:KRNB 1057 2010.png|175px]]
| logo = KRNB 1057 2010.png
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| city = [[Decatur, Texas]]
| logo_upright = .8
| area = [[Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex]]/[[Decatur, Texas|Decatur]]/[[Bowie, Texas|Bowie]]/
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| city = [[Decatur, Texas]]
[[Gainesville, Texas|Gainesville]]/[[Jacksboro, Texas|Jacksboro]]/[[Weatherford, Texas|Weatherford]]
| country = US
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| branding = ''Smooth R&B 105.7''
| area = [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]]
| slogan =
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| frequency = {{Frequency|105.7|[[MHz]]}}
| airdate = 1996
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| branding = ''Smooth R&B 105.7''
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| frequency = 105.7 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
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| language = [[American English|English]]
| format = [[Urban adult contemporary]]
| format = [[Urban adult contemporary]]
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| language = [[American English|English]]
| affiliations = [[Premiere Networks]]
| share = 3.0 {{down}}
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| owner = Service Broadcasting Corporation
| share as of = March 2017
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| sister_stations = [[KKDA-FM]]
| share source = [[Nielsen Audio]][http://ratings.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb024]
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1996|p=fy}}
| power =
| callsign_meaning = <!--do not apply special formatting-->[[Rhythm and Blues]]
| erp = 93,000 [[watt]]s
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
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| haat = 576 meters
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| facility_id = 9747
| class = C
| class = C
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| facility_id = 9747
| erp = 93,000 watts
| callsign_meaning = '''K''' [[Rhythm and blues|'''R'''hythm a'''N'''d '''B'''lues]]
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| haat = 576 meters
| former_callsigns =
| webcast = {{listenlive|https://listen.streamon.fm/krnb}}
| affiliations =
| website = {{URL|https://krnb.com/}}
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| owner = Service Broadcasting Corporation
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| sister_stations = [[KKDA-FM]]
| webcast = [http://den-a.plr.liquidcompass.net/player/flash/audio_player.php?id=KRNBFM&uid=216 Listen Live]
| website = [http://www.krnb.com/ krnb.com]
}}
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'''KRNB (105.7 [[MHz]])''' is an [[urban adult contemporary]]-formatted radio station in the [[Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex]]. It is owned by Service Broadcasting Corporation alongside its sister station [[KKDA-FM]]. Its studios are located in [[Grand Prairie, Texas]] and the transmitter/antenna tower is located north of its city of license, [[Decatur, Texas]].
'''KRNB''' (105.7 [[MHz]]), branded ''Smooth R&B 105.7'', is an [[urban adult contemporary]]–formatted radio station in the [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex]], owned by Service Broadcasting Corporation alongside sister station [[KKDA-FM]]. Its studios are located in [[Arlington, Texas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://krnb.com/blog/smooth-rb-105-7-moving-new-location/|title=Smooth R&B 105.7 Has Moved To A New Location -|date=January 11, 2018|access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref> and the station's transmitter is located north of its city of license, [[Decatur, Texas]]. In addition to its format, it is the DFW affiliate of ''[[The Steve Harvey Morning Show]]'' and it carries a ''[[Quiet Storm]]'' program at night.


==History==
==History==
[[File:KRNB Old.png|left|thumb|150px|The first KRNB logo used 1996-2003.]]
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KRNB was first launched at 6 a.m. on September 16, 1996, with an Urban Adult Contemporary format playing [[R&B]] music, hence the call sign. (Coincidentally, it is the western reflection of an R&B station in Philadelphia called [[WRNB]].)<ref>{{cite news|title=New FM station will offer R&B|date=1995-10-22|publisher=[[Dallas Morning News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New station a 'smooth operator'|date=1996-09-17|publisher=[[Dallas Morning News]]}}</ref> At the time its only other competitor for the rest of the decade was KRBV, which went off the air as an R&B station in 1998 due to a transmitter problem that caused low ratings. In the early years of the station, it was home to ''[[Tom Joyner|The Tom Joyner Morning Show]]'' until 2002 when its new competitor [[KSOC-FM]] took over the affiliation to the show. (This marked the second station Tom Joyner DJ'ed in the Metroplex as he worked at KKDA-FM before.)
KRNB was first launched at 6 a.m. on September 16, 1996, with an Urban Adult Contemporary format playing [[R&B]] music, hence the call sign. (Coincidentally, it is the western reflection of an R&B station in Philadelphia called [[WRNB]].)<ref>{{cite news|title=New FM station will offer R&B|date=October 22, 1995|publisher=[[Dallas Morning News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New station a 'smooth operator'|date=September 17, 1996|publisher=[[Dallas Morning News]]}}</ref> At the time, its only other competitor for the rest of the decade was KRBV, which went off the air as an R&B station in 1998 due to a transmitter problem that caused low ratings. In the early years of the station, it was home to ''[[Tom Joyner|The Tom Joyner Morning Show]]'' until 2002, when new competitor [[KZMJ|KSOC]] took over the affiliation to the show. (This marked the second station Tom Joyner DJ'ed in the Metroplex, as he worked at KKDA-FM before.)


After KRBV changed formats, KRNB was the sole Urban AC for two years, but due to its transmitter location, it was easier to pick up in the northern and western portions of the Metroplex but harder to pick up in the Southern and Eastern portions, especially in the southern half of Dallas and downtown Dallas. Then it got new competition: KSOC changed formats from [[Urban Oldies|Jammin' Oldies]] to Urban AC. So KRNB modified its format to an [[Urban Oldies|R&B Oldies]] format by playing only R&B music from the 1970s to the 1980s, and changed its branding from ''105.7 KRNB'' to ''Old School 105.7'' (pronounced 5-dot-7). The modification did not last long; KRNB reverted to Urban AC in 2005, changed the name back to ''105.7 KR&B'' ("&" in place of "N") and became the home of ''[[Steve Harvey|The Steve Harvey Morning Show]]'' through Premiere Radio Networks, a division of [[Clear Channel]]. (Before that, Harvey used to have a morning show on [[KBFB]] by syndicate of sister station [[KSWD (FM)#KKBT|KKBT]] in Los Angeles.) Like many Urban AC stations across the country, KRNB has a nighttime ''[[Quiet Storm]]'' show. In 2010, KRNB has rebranded to "Smooth R&B 105.7" while keeping its current format. Typically, an Urban AC station doesn't play a [[Hip hop music|rap song]] in their playlists. However, KRNB has added very few R&B-influenced rap tracks such as "[[The Way You Move]]" (featuring [[Sleepy Brown]]) by [[Outkast]], "[[How Do U Want It]]" (featuring [[K-Ci & JoJo]]) by [[Tupac Shakur]], and "[[Big Poppa]]" by [[The Notorious B.I.G.]]<ref>[http://krnb.tunegenie.com/ KRNB On-Air Playlist] (accessed January 15, 2011)</ref>
After KRBV changed formats, KRNB was the sole Urban AC for two years. However, due to its transmitter location, it was easier to pick up in the northern and western portions of the Metroplex, but harder to pick up in the Southern and Eastern portions, especially in the southern half of Dallas and downtown Dallas. In 2002, KSOC changed formats from [[Urban Oldies|Jammin' Oldies]] to Urban AC; as a result, KRNB modified its format to [[Urban Oldies|R&B Oldies]] by playing only R&B music from the 1970s to the 1980s, and changed its branding from ''105.7 KRNB'' to ''Old School 105.7''. The modification did not last long; KRNB reverted to Urban AC in 2005, changed the name back to ''105.7 KR&B'' ("&" in place of "N") and became the home of The Steve Harvey Morning Show through Premiere Radio Networks, a division of [[Clear Channel Communications|Clear Channel]]. (Before that, Harvey used to have a morning show on [[KBFB]] by syndicate of sister station [[KKLQ (FM)#KKBT|KKBT]] in Los Angeles). In 2010, KRNB rebranded to "Smooth R&B 105.7" while keeping its current format. Harvey's morning show was dropped in September 2018 in favor for a local morning show called "The Morning Rush" hosted by comedian [[Rudy Rush]] and reality TV personality and model [[Claudia Jordan]]. However, in November 2019, "The Morning Rush" was canceled, and ''The Steve Harvey Morning Show'' returned. Like many Urban AC stations across the country, KRNB has a nighttime Quiet Storm show.


[[Image:KRNB-FM logo.png|left|thumb|150px|''KR&B 105.7'' logo used from 2005 to 2010.]]
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In addition to Steve Harvey, KRNB's current on-air personalities include KJ Midday, Sean Andre, Tony Mathis and Ron Chavis, and Lynne Haze.
KRNB's current on-air personalities include Rudy Rush, Claudia Jordan, Sean Andre, Keith Solis, Lynne Haze and Janet G.


Since 2002, it has competed with KSOC (for a time branded as "K-Soul" from 2002 to 2011 and again in 2014; and as "Old School 94.5" from 2011 to 2014) with an Urban AC format. However, as of November 15, 2014, KSOC flipped to [[classic hip hop]], leaving KRNB as the sole Urban AC station in the metroplex.
Since 2002, it has competed with KSOC (for a time branded as "K-Soul" from 2002 to 2011 and again in 2014; and as "Old School 94.5" from 2011 to 2014) with an Urban AC format. However, as of November 15, 2014, KSOC flipped to [[classic hip hop]], leaving KRNB as the sole Urban AC station in DFW until September 11, 2017, when KSOC (now [[KZMJ]]) returned to Urban AC as "Majic 94.5".<ref>{{cite web|title=Majic Is Back In Dallas As KSOC Flips Back To Urban AC - RadioInsight|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/119673/majic-back-dallas-ksoc-flips-back-urban-ac/|website=RadioInsight|date=September 11, 2017}}</ref>


==Former KRNB==
==Former KRNB==
The original KRNB-FM was a tribal run student radio station in Neah Bay, Washington. Starting in 1976 the station provided news, weather and information for the Makah Indian Tribe. Located on the high school campus it was billed as "The Native American Voice of the Pacific Northwest" and operated at 10 watts with an international reach extreme southern Vancouver Island in Canada just across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The station broadcast a wide range of formats including easy listening, contemporary 70s pop and at night album oriented rock. In 1982 the KRNB call letters surfaced in Memphis TN as "MAGIC 101" an R&B station now [[KJMS]].
The original KRNB-FM was a tribal run student radio station in Neah Bay, Washington. Starting in 1976 the station provided news, weather and information for the Makah Indian Tribe. Located on the high school campus it was billed as "The Native American Voice of the Pacific Northwest" and operated at 10 watts with an international reach extreme southern Vancouver Island in Canada just across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The station broadcast a wide range of formats including easy listening, contemporary 70s pop and at night album oriented rock. In 1982, the KRNB call letters surfaced in [[Memphis, Tennessee]] as "Magic 101" an R&B station, now [[KJMS]].

==Signal==
Unlike most of the area's FM stations like sister KKDA-FM, which transmit their signals from [[Cedar Hill, Texas|Cedar Hill]], KRNB transmits its signal from an unincorporated area East of [[Alvord, Texas|Alvord]] in [[Wise County, Texas|Wise County]]. Therefore, KRNB's signal is much stronger in the Northwestern parts of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex as well as the cities of [[Decatur, Texas|Decatur]], [[Bowie, Texas|Bowie]], [[Gainesville, Texas|Gainesville]], and [[Sherman, Texas|Sherman]], to as far north as South of [[Ardmore, Oklahoma]], but is considerably weaker in Dallas and areas Southeast of the city itself, causing problems for its listeners.


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
<references />


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.krnb.com/ KRNB official website]
* {{officialwebsite|https://krnb.com/}}
*{{FM station data|KRNB}}
* {{FM station data|9747|KRNB}}
*[http://www.dfwradioarchives.info DFW Radio Archives]
* {{URL|https://www.dfwretroplex.com/|DFW Radio and TV History}}
*[http://www.dfwretroplex.com DFW Radio/TV History]
* {{URL|https://dfwradioarchives.com/|DFW Radio Archives}}


{{Dallas Fort Worth Radio}}
{{Dallas Fort Worth Radio}}
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Latest revision as of 01:12, 10 October 2024

KRNB
Broadcast areaDallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Frequency105.7 MHz
BrandingSmooth R&B 105.7
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatUrban adult contemporary
AffiliationsPremiere Networks
Ownership
OwnerService Broadcasting Corporation
KKDA-FM
History
First air date
1996 (28 years ago) (1996)
Call sign meaning
Rhythm and Blues
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID9747
ClassC
ERP93,000 watts
HAAT576 meters
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitekrnb.com

KRNB (105.7 MHz), branded Smooth R&B 105.7, is an urban adult contemporary–formatted radio station in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, owned by Service Broadcasting Corporation alongside sister station KKDA-FM. Its studios are located in Arlington, Texas[2] and the station's transmitter is located north of its city of license, Decatur, Texas. In addition to its format, it is the DFW affiliate of The Steve Harvey Morning Show and it carries a Quiet Storm program at night.

History

[edit]

KRNB was first launched at 6 a.m. on September 16, 1996, with an Urban Adult Contemporary format playing R&B music, hence the call sign. (Coincidentally, it is the western reflection of an R&B station in Philadelphia called WRNB.)[3][4] At the time, its only other competitor for the rest of the decade was KRBV, which went off the air as an R&B station in 1998 due to a transmitter problem that caused low ratings. In the early years of the station, it was home to The Tom Joyner Morning Show until 2002, when new competitor KSOC took over the affiliation to the show. (This marked the second station Tom Joyner DJ'ed in the Metroplex, as he worked at KKDA-FM before.)

After KRBV changed formats, KRNB was the sole Urban AC for two years. However, due to its transmitter location, it was easier to pick up in the northern and western portions of the Metroplex, but harder to pick up in the Southern and Eastern portions, especially in the southern half of Dallas and downtown Dallas. In 2002, KSOC changed formats from Jammin' Oldies to Urban AC; as a result, KRNB modified its format to R&B Oldies by playing only R&B music from the 1970s to the 1980s, and changed its branding from 105.7 KRNB to Old School 105.7. The modification did not last long; KRNB reverted to Urban AC in 2005, changed the name back to 105.7 KR&B ("&" in place of "N") and became the home of The Steve Harvey Morning Show through Premiere Radio Networks, a division of Clear Channel. (Before that, Harvey used to have a morning show on KBFB by syndicate of sister station KKBT in Los Angeles). In 2010, KRNB rebranded to "Smooth R&B 105.7" while keeping its current format. Harvey's morning show was dropped in September 2018 in favor for a local morning show called "The Morning Rush" hosted by comedian Rudy Rush and reality TV personality and model Claudia Jordan. However, in November 2019, "The Morning Rush" was canceled, and The Steve Harvey Morning Show returned. Like many Urban AC stations across the country, KRNB has a nighttime Quiet Storm show.

KRNB's current on-air personalities include Rudy Rush, Claudia Jordan, Sean Andre, Keith Solis, Lynne Haze and Janet G.

Since 2002, it has competed with KSOC (for a time branded as "K-Soul" from 2002 to 2011 and again in 2014; and as "Old School 94.5" from 2011 to 2014) with an Urban AC format. However, as of November 15, 2014, KSOC flipped to classic hip hop, leaving KRNB as the sole Urban AC station in DFW until September 11, 2017, when KSOC (now KZMJ) returned to Urban AC as "Majic 94.5".[5]

Former KRNB

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The original KRNB-FM was a tribal run student radio station in Neah Bay, Washington. Starting in 1976 the station provided news, weather and information for the Makah Indian Tribe. Located on the high school campus it was billed as "The Native American Voice of the Pacific Northwest" and operated at 10 watts with an international reach extreme southern Vancouver Island in Canada just across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The station broadcast a wide range of formats including easy listening, contemporary 70s pop and at night album oriented rock. In 1982, the KRNB call letters surfaced in Memphis, Tennessee as "Magic 101" an R&B station, now KJMS.

Signal

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Unlike most of the area's FM stations like sister KKDA-FM, which transmit their signals from Cedar Hill, KRNB transmits its signal from an unincorporated area East of Alvord in Wise County. Therefore, KRNB's signal is much stronger in the Northwestern parts of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex as well as the cities of Decatur, Bowie, Gainesville, and Sherman, to as far north as South of Ardmore, Oklahoma, but is considerably weaker in Dallas and areas Southeast of the city itself, causing problems for its listeners.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KRNB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Smooth R&B 105.7 Has Moved To A New Location -". January 11, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
  3. ^ "New FM station will offer R&B". Dallas Morning News. October 22, 1995.
  4. ^ "New station a 'smooth operator'". Dallas Morning News. September 17, 1996.
  5. ^ "Majic Is Back In Dallas As KSOC Flips Back To Urban AC - RadioInsight". RadioInsight. September 11, 2017.
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