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{{Infobox Radio station
{{Short description|Radio station in Balch Springs–Dallas, Texas}}
| name = KSKY-AM
{{hatnote|Not to be confused with [[KSQY]], which brands as "K-SKY".}}
| image =
{{hatnote|Not to be confused with [[Griffing Sandusky Airport]], which used the ICAO code "KSKY".}}
| city = [[Balch Springs, Texas]]

| area = [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]/[[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], [[Texas]]
'''KSKY''' (660 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Balch Springs, Texas]], and serving the [[Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex]]. It is owned by the [[Salem Media Group]] and broadcasts a [[conservative talk radio|conservative talk]] [[radio format]].{{Infobox radio station
| branding = ''"AM 660 K-Sky"''
| name = KSKY
| slogan =
| logo = KSKY The Answer.png
| airdate = [[1941]]
| logo_size = 175px
| frequency = 660 kHz
| city = [[Balch Springs, Texas]]
| format = [[News]]/[[Talk radio|Talk]]
| area = [[Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex]]
| power =
| branding = ''660 AM The Answer''
| erp =
| airdate = {{start date|1941|9|28}}
| class =
| frequency = 660 [[kilohertz|kHz]]
| callsign_meaning = '''K Sky'''
| format = [[Conservative talk radio]]
| former_callsigns =
| power = 7,200 [[watt]]s day<br>600 watts night
| owner = [[Salem Communications]]
| coordinates = {{coord|33|02|27|N|96|56|51|W}}
| webcast =
| repeater = 94.9 [[KLTY|KLTY-HD2]] ([[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]])
| website = http://www.ksky.com/
| affiliations =
| class = B
| facility_id = 6591
| callsign_meaning = Former slogan: "From the [[Penthouse apartment|skyroof]] of the Hotel Stoneleigh"
| former_callsigns =
| owner = [[Salem Media Group]]
| licensee = Bison Media, Inc.
| webcast = [https://660amtheanswer.com/listenlive Listen Live]
| website = [https://660amtheanswer.com/ 660amtheanswer.com]
| affiliations = [[Compass Media Networks]]<br>[[Radio America (United States)|Radio America]]<br>[[Salem Radio Network]]<br>[[Townhall|Townhall Radio News]]
| sister_stations = [[KLTY]], [[KTNO (AM)|KTNO]], [[KWRD-FM]]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
}}
KSKY broadcasts by day at 7,200 [[watt]]s. Because [[AM 660]] is a [[clear channel station|clear channel frequency]] reserved for [[WFAN (AM)|WFAN]] in [[New York City]], KSKY must reduce power at night to 600 watts. It uses a [[directional antenna]] at all times. The [[transmitter]] is on Huffines Boulevard at Stonewall Drive in [[Lewisville, Texas]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=KSKY-AM 660 kHz – Balch Springs, TX |url=https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=Ksky&nav=home}}</ref> Programming is also heard on three FM [[broadcast relay station]]s or translators: 92.9 KGPJ-LP in [[Dallas]], 95.5 KRQP-LP in [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]] and 99.9 K260BP in [[Fort Worth]]. KSKY is also heard on [[KLTY]]'s secondary [[HD Radio]] signal at 94.9 HD2.


==Programming==
'''KSKY''' is an [[Amplitude modulation|AM]] [[radio]] station in the [[Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex]] with a [[talk show|talk format]] which generally favors views that are politically, culturally, and economically [[Conservatism|conservative]] or [[libertarian]]. KSKY broadcasts on 660 kHz in AM Stereo.
KSKY airs mostly [[radio syndication|nationally syndicated]] [[conservative talk]] hosts on its weekday schedule. One local program is heard in morning [[drive time]], hosted by [[Mark Davis (talk show host)|Mark Davis]]. The rest of the line up includes [[Hugh Hewitt]], [[Mike Gallagher (political commentator)|Mike Gallagher]], [[Dennis Prager]], [[Eric Metaxas]], [[Charlie Kirk]], [[Jay Sekulow]], [[Sebastian Gorka]] and [[This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal]].


Weekends feature shows on money and health, some of which are paid [[brokered programming]]. There are also repeats of weekday shows. Most hours begin with world and national news from co-owned [[Townhall|Townhall Radio News]].
== Program Schedule ==
==="This Morning" and "Morning in America"===
For the majority of KSKY listeners, the broadcast day (on a weekday) begins very early in the morning (at 4 a.m.) with the two nationally syndicated radio programs: the [[Wall Street Journal]] This Morning program,[http://online.wsj.com/public/us?] and then (from 5 a.m. to 6 a.m.) by former [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] [[Secretary of Education|Education Secretary]] [[William J. Bennett|Bill Bennett]]'s program "Morning in America." [http://www.bennettmornings.com/site]


==History==
==="The Mike Gallager Show"===
On September 28, 1941, KSKY first [[sign-on|signed on]]. It was owned by the Chilton Radio Corp. In 1963, Chilton sold KSKY. Prior to the sale, it flipped to a [[Christian radio|Christian format]], which aired until 2004 when it made the switch to [[conservative talk]]. For much of the station's existence, it was phonetically branded as K-Sky.
From 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., KSKY features a live, local radio show (which is also nationally syndicated in other major markets over the course of the day): the Mike Gallager Show. According to ''[[Talkers Magazine]]'', Mike Gallager is "the 6th most listened-to radio talk show host in the country" with approximately "3.75 million weekly listeners" in several of [[United States of America|America]]'s largest cities including: [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], the [[Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex|Dallas and Fort Worth area]], [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], and [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]].
[http://www.mikeonline.com/pg/jsp/general/bio.jsp;jsessionid=AA298607D182F377B9C71BFFAFA50DC6]


KSKY was sold to Salem in mid-2000. KSKY was also originally a [[Daytimer|daytime-only station]] until the recent{{when|date=December 2022}} format change and city of license change from Dallas to Balch Springs. KSKY applied for an FM frequency at [[KRVF|106.9]] in 1948, then turned down a chance to buy the [[KSPF|98.7]] frequency in 1957, and was awarded 91.3 in the 1960s (but no proof that it ever signed on has ever been found, with 91.3 has become a part of the non-commercial band.)
Gallager covers both issues of local importance to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area (like the recent Dallas restraunt [[smoking ban]]), as well as issues of national or international importance (like [[United States federal budget|federal spending]] or the [[Iraq War|war in Iraq]]).


During the station's early days, notables such as [[Jackie Gleason]], [[Skitch Henderson]], [[Vincent Price]], [[Jane Russell]], [[Jack Webb]] and [[Charlton Heston]] visited the station in person and performed live on KSKY.
==="The Laura Ingraham Show"===
Gallager is followed by another nationally syndicated talk show: the [[Laura Ingraham]] Show (from 9 a.m. to 12 noon). Ingraham's talk show, according to the fall, [[2005]] issue of Talkers Magazine, has the fifth largest audience among nationally heard talk show hosts. Ingraham often begins her show with the tag-line, "Your healthy radio addiction." Ingraham describes herself as "breaking stereotypes" by being a conservative female amongst so many conservative males in the world of radio talk. She is also a nationally-sought speaker and the [[author]] of several books on political topics.


<!-- Commented out: [[Image:Kskylogo2007.png|left|thumb|News/Talk 660 K-Sky logo used from 2004 to 2012. This is a variant used in 2007.{{deletable file-caption|Saturday, 4 February 2023|PROD}}|125px]] -->Salem Media announced on May 29, 2012, that KSKY would be rebranded as ''The Answer'', with the return of radio personality [[Mark Davis (talk show host)|Mark Davis]] (previously on [[WBAP (AM)|WBAP]]). Salem Communications Corporation’s Director of Spoken Word Format Phil Boyce explained the reason for the rebranding: “This station will truly be an answer for so many things going on in the Metroplex and the world, with smart hosts who know how to help you understand all of those things, not to mention great news, traffic, weather, and information.”<ref>[http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2012/05/as-mark-davis-makes-leap-to-am-660-ksky-says-its-now-has-the-answer.html/ As Mark Davis makes leap to AM 660, KSKY says it now has ‘The Answer’] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120602044536/http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2012/05/as-mark-davis-makes-leap-to-am-660-ksky-says-its-now-has-the-answer.html/ |date=June 2, 2012 }} – ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]'' (released May 29, 2012).</ref> Most sister stations with similar conservative talk programming in Salem's portfolio were also eventually rebranded as "The Answer".
==="The Dennis Prager Show"===
Ingraham is followed by the nationally syndicated [[Dennis Prager]] Show (from 12 noon to 2 p.m.). Prager describes himself as an advocate of [[Judeo-Christian]] values and other conservative values. Although often thought of as being a political conservative, Prager describes himself, politically, as a "passionate [[centrist]]" and sometimes as a "[[John F. Kennedy|JFK]] [[liberalism|liberal]]." Prager considers himself to be a critic of both contemporary liberalism and the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Finally, Prager describes himself as a [[judism|Jew]] with a moral compass. [http://www.dennisprager.com/moralcompass.html]


On January 1, 2014, KSKY began airing the [[Sean Hannity]] show 2–5 pm CT, in a move also from crosstown WBAP.
==="The Michael Medved Show"===
Prager's show is followed by a self-described politically conservative [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jew]] who is also nationally syndicated: the [[Michael Medved]] Show (from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.). The show reaches more than 2 million listeners in 140 markets, and, as with others in the talk radio format, Medved does comment of political issues--however, Medved describes his show as being at the "intersection of [[politics]] and [[popular culture|pop culture]]." Also, since Medved is a [[movie critic]] (he has reviewed movies for [[CNN]], the ''[[New York Post]]'', and the [[PBS]] show "[[Sneak Previews]]"), he also gives movie reviews on his show and then (sometimes) offers social or political commentary about the content of the movie.


==References==
==="The Savage Nation"===
{{reflist}}
Medved is followed by the nationally syndicated [[Michael Savage (commentator)|Michael Savage]] who hosts ''The Savage Nation'' (from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.). ''The Savage Nation'' is estimated to reach over eight million listeners on 377 stations; it ranks third nationwide behind [[Rush Limbaugh]] and [[Sean Hannity]].
Savage describes himself as being an "independent-minded individualist," and says he "fits no stereotype," however Savage also describes himself as "a compassionate conservative" who "attacks big government and liberal media bias," but speaks favorably of environmental protection and animal rights. [http://www.ksky.com//savage.aspx]

'''Note:''' According to [[Talk Radio Network]], [[Michael Savage (commentator)|Michael Savage]] will move to [[KLIF (570)]] beginning [[September 4]], [[2006]].

==="The Hugh Hewitt Show"===
Following Savage, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., is the nationally syndicated [[Hugh Hewitt]] Show. Hewitt, a [[professor]] of [[law]] at [[Chapman University]] Law School, has an unusual feature in his radio show: his group of "Smart Guys." Hewitt has said that having these "Smart Guys" available for his show helps to "add a perspective unavailable on other shows."
[http://www.ksky.com//hewitt.aspx]

==="The Dave Ramsey Show"===
Finally, from 11 p.m. to 12 midnight, KSKY broadcasts 1 hour (of the 3 hour) nationally syndicated [[Dave Ramsey]] Show. Ramsey's radio program (which is heard on over 275 stations throughout the United States) is different from the other shows in the KSKY line-up. Regarding his radio show, Ramsey says the focus is, "life, love, and relationships, and how they happen to revolve around [[money]]." Some of Ramsey's favorite topics include: personal finance, credit repair, investments and retirement planning, and small business financial issues (among other topics). Ramsey's show bills itself has having a weekly radio audience of "over 2 million listeners." [http://www.daveramsey.com/etc/cms/index.cfm?intContentID=3484]

===Weekend Programing===
Weekend programing at KSKY includes some original local programing on non-political topics (like gardening with "The Dirt Doctor" Howard Garrett), some nationally syndicated shows on non-political topics (like health or real estate), and religious programing on Sunday (such as "Love Worth Finding" with the Reverend Adrian Rogers).


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.660amtheanswer.com/ 660 Am The Answer Homepage]
===KSKY Program Guides===
*[http://www.ksky.com/ KSKY Homepage]
* [http://www.dfwretroplex.com DFW Radio/TV History]
*[http://www.ksky.com/programguide.aspx?Day=2 KSKY Weekday Program Guide]
* [http://www.dfwradioarchives.info/1940s.htm#1941 DFW Radio Archives]
{{AM station data|6591|KSKY}}
*[http://www.ksky.com/programguide.aspx?Day=6 KSKY Saturday Program Guide]
*[http://www.ksky.com/programguide.aspx?Day=0 KSKY Sunday Program Guide]
* [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=13234 STA Information]
* [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=13232 STA Information]

* [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=44623 FCC History Cards for KSKY]
===KSKY Nationally Syndicated Radio Talk Shows===
*[http://online.wsj.com/public/us Wall Street Journal This Morning]
*[http://www.bennettmornings.com/ Bill Bennett Morning in America]
*[http://www.mikeonline.com/ The Mike Gallager Show]
*[http://www.lauraingraham.com/ The Laura Ingraham Show]
*[http://www.dennisprager.com/ The Dennis Prager Show]
*[http://www.michaelmedved.com/ The Michael Medved Show]
*[http://www.homestead.com/prosites-prs/index.html "The Savage Nation"]
*[http://www.hughhewitt.com/ The Hugh Hewitt Show]
*[http://www.daveramsey.com/ The David Ramsey Show]


{{Dallas Fort Worth Radio}}
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{{Salem Communications}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in Texas}}


[[Category:Radio stations in Dallas-Fort Worth]]
[[Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Conservative talk radio]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1941]]
[[Category:1941 establishments in Texas]]
[[Category:Radio stations in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|SKY]]
[[Category:Salem Media Group radio stations]]

Latest revision as of 19:02, 5 January 2025

Not to be confused with KSQY, which brands as "K-SKY".
Not to be confused with Griffing Sandusky Airport, which used the ICAO code "KSKY".

KSKY (660 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Balch Springs, Texas, and serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. It is owned by the Salem Media Group and broadcasts a conservative talk radio format.

KSKY
Broadcast areaDallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Frequency660 kHz
Branding660 AM The Answer
Programming
FormatConservative talk radio
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Radio America
Salem Radio Network
Townhall Radio News
Ownership
Owner
KLTY, KTNO, KWRD-FM
History
First air date
September 28, 1941 (1941-09-28)
Call sign meaning
Former slogan: "From the skyroof of the Hotel Stoneleigh"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID6591
ClassB
Power7,200 watts day
600 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
33°02′27″N 96°56′51″W / 33.04083°N 96.94750°W / 33.04083; -96.94750
Repeater(s)94.9 KLTY-HD2 (Arlington)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Website660amtheanswer.com

KSKY broadcasts by day at 7,200 watts. Because AM 660 is a clear channel frequency reserved for WFAN in New York City, KSKY must reduce power at night to 600 watts. It uses a directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is on Huffines Boulevard at Stonewall Drive in Lewisville, Texas.[2] Programming is also heard on three FM broadcast relay stations or translators: 92.9 KGPJ-LP in Dallas, 95.5 KRQP-LP in Arlington and 99.9 K260BP in Fort Worth. KSKY is also heard on KLTY's secondary HD Radio signal at 94.9 HD2.

Programming

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KSKY airs mostly nationally syndicated conservative talk hosts on its weekday schedule. One local program is heard in morning drive time, hosted by Mark Davis. The rest of the line up includes Hugh Hewitt, Mike Gallagher, Dennis Prager, Eric Metaxas, Charlie Kirk, Jay Sekulow, Sebastian Gorka and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.

Weekends feature shows on money and health, some of which are paid brokered programming. There are also repeats of weekday shows. Most hours begin with world and national news from co-owned Townhall Radio News.

History

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On September 28, 1941, KSKY first signed on. It was owned by the Chilton Radio Corp. In 1963, Chilton sold KSKY. Prior to the sale, it flipped to a Christian format, which aired until 2004 when it made the switch to conservative talk. For much of the station's existence, it was phonetically branded as K-Sky.

KSKY was sold to Salem in mid-2000. KSKY was also originally a daytime-only station until the recent[when?] format change and city of license change from Dallas to Balch Springs. KSKY applied for an FM frequency at 106.9 in 1948, then turned down a chance to buy the 98.7 frequency in 1957, and was awarded 91.3 in the 1960s (but no proof that it ever signed on has ever been found, with 91.3 has become a part of the non-commercial band.)

During the station's early days, notables such as Jackie Gleason, Skitch Henderson, Vincent Price, Jane Russell, Jack Webb and Charlton Heston visited the station in person and performed live on KSKY.

Salem Media announced on May 29, 2012, that KSKY would be rebranded as The Answer, with the return of radio personality Mark Davis (previously on WBAP). Salem Communications Corporation’s Director of Spoken Word Format Phil Boyce explained the reason for the rebranding: “This station will truly be an answer for so many things going on in the Metroplex and the world, with smart hosts who know how to help you understand all of those things, not to mention great news, traffic, weather, and information.”[3] Most sister stations with similar conservative talk programming in Salem's portfolio were also eventually rebranded as "The Answer".

On January 1, 2014, KSKY began airing the Sean Hannity show 2–5 pm CT, in a move also from crosstown WBAP.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KSKY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "KSKY-AM 660 kHz – Balch Springs, TX".
  3. ^ As Mark Davis makes leap to AM 660, KSKY says it now has ‘The Answer’ Archived June 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine – The Dallas Morning News (released May 29, 2012).
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