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{{short description|Radio station in Benbrook–Dallas, Texas}}
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{{Infobox radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KFLC
| name = KFLC
| image =
| logo = TUDN Logo.svg
| city = [[Fort Worth, Texas]]
| city = [[Benbrook, Texas]]
| area = [[Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex]]
| country = US
| area = [[Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex]]
| branding = ''Univision America Dallas 1270 AM''
| branding = ''TUDN Radio Dallas 1270 AM''
| airdate = {{start date|1924}} as KFQB
| slogan =
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| frequency = 1270 [[kilohertz|kHz]] {{HD Radio}}
| airdate = 1929 as KSAT
| repeater =
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| frequency = 1270 [[kilohertz|kHz]] {{HD Radio}}
| format = [[All-news radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|Talk]]/[[Sports radio|Sports]]
| format = [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| language = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| language = [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| power = 50,000 [[Watt]]s ([[Daytime (astronomy)|day]])<br>5,000 Watts ([[night]])
| power = 50,000 [[watt]]s day<br>5,000 watts night
| class = B
| class = B
| facility_id = 34298
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| callsign_meaning =
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| former_callsigns = KSAT (1929-1930), KTAT (1930-1935), KGKO (1935), KTAT (1935-early 1940s), KFJZ (early 1940s-1984), KSSA (1984-1986), KESS (1986-1990), KSBN (1990-1991), KESS (1991-2004)
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| callsign_meaning =
| owner = [[Univision Radio]]
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KFQB (1924–1928)|KTAT (1928–1929)|KSAT (1929–1930)|KTAT (1930–1939)|KFJZ (1939–1984)|KSSA (1984–1986)|KESS (1986–1990)|KSBN (1990–1991)|KESS (1991–2004)}}
| licensee = [[KESS]]-AM License Corp.
| owner = Latino Media Network
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| webcast =
| licensee = Latino Media Network, LLC
| website =
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| webcast =
| affiliations = [[Univision America]]
| website = [https://www.univision.com/nacional/deportes KFLC Online]
| sister_stations = [[KDXX]], [[KESS-FM|KESS]], [[KFZO]], [[KLNO-FM|KLNO]]<br>''Also part of the Univision Cluster: TV Stations [[KUVN-TV|KUVN]] and [[KSTR-TV|KSTR]]''
| affiliations = [[TUDN Radio]]<br>[[FC Dallas]]<br>[[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]]
| operator =
| sister_stations = [[KFZO]]
}}
}}


'''KFLC''' (1270 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[Spanish language]] [[talk radio|talk]] [[radio station]] broadcasting in the [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]/[[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] metroplex. This station is licensed in [[Fort Worth, Texas]] under [[Univision Radio]].
'''KFLC''' (1270 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a commercial [[radio station]] [[city of license|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 23 studios in the [[Arts District, Dallas|Arts District]] in [[Downtown Dallas]]. KFLC airs a Spanish language sports [[radio format]], primarily airing programming from Univision's [[TUDN Radio]] Network, and also carries Spanish language play by play featuring [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]], [[Dallas Mavericks]], and [[FC Dallas]].

KFLC is a [[List of North American broadcast station classes|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.<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=KFLC-AM&h=N Radio-Locator.com/KFLC]</ref> During the day it operates with 50,000 [[watt]]s, the maximum power permitted for U.S. AM radio stations. At night, when AM band signals travel much greater distances, it reduces power to 5,000 watts to limit interference to other stations broadcasting on [[1270 AM]]. KFLC is licensed by iBiquity to broadcast a digital signal using the [[HD Radio|HD]] system.<ref>[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=34298 "Station Search Details: KFLC"] (FCC.gov)</ref><ref>http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=5 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208003609/http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=5 |date=February 8, 2016 }} HD Radio Guide for Dallas-Ft. Worth</ref> However, the HD signal shuts off at night. KFLC was also rebroadcasting on [[KDXX]]'s HD Radio subchannel 107.9 HD3 until Latino Media Network's full acquisition.


==History==
==History==
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&nbsp;kHz with 100 watts.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763052&view=1up&seq=115 "New Stations"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', June 2, 1924, page 3.</ref> (Some station accounts trace its history to an earlier station, WPA,<ref>"Wooden Bowl Vital Part of West's First Radio Station", ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', June 28, 1966, Section 1, page 4.</ref> 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&nbsp;kHz.<ref name="history">[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=37795 FCC History Cards for KFLC] (FCC.gov)</ref> On November 11, 1928, as part of the implementation of the [[Federal Radio Commission]]'s [[General Order 40]], KFQB was assigned to 1240&nbsp;kHz.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221814&view=1up&seq=246 "Broadcasting Stations, by Wave Lengths, Effective November 11, 1928"], ''Commercial and Government Radio Stations of the United States'' (edition June 30, 1928), page 174</ref>
KFLC calls were once used in Dallas at 1330&nbsp;kHz in 1924 for a temporary station set up at the [[State Fair of Texas]].


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,<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435066938390&view=1up&seq=80 "Alterations and Corrections"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', January 31, 1927, page 6.</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1949-10-30 |title=Norris Turned to Radio To Spread Religion Afar |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-norris-turned-t/160260756/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |page=Radio & TV, 3 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
The station that became today's KFLC signed on in 1924 at 1180&nbsp;kHz as '''KFJZ'''. KFJZ later moved to 1140, 1200, 1370 (1928) and 1240 (1939) before settling on its permanent home of 1270 in the early 1940s. During the 1960s and 1970s, KFJZ was a leading [[Top 40]] station in Fort Worth. The [[KFJZ (AM)|KFJZ]] call letters were reassigned to frequency 870&nbsp;kHz and is now a Spanish Catholic station. In 1980 the station changed format to [[Music of Your Life]] (having moved the Top 40 format onto [[KEGL|KFJZ-FM]] 97.1).


In late 1928, A. P. Barrett purchased the station after forming the Texas Air Transport Broadcast Company,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1928-11-15 |title=Station 'KFQB' Purchased By A. P. Barrett |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-whitewright-sun-barrett-smith-using/19086745/ |access-date=2024-12-04 |work=The Whitewright Sun |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> and the call sign was changed to KTAT.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435066938382&view=1up&seq=285 "Alterations and Corrections"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', December 31, 1928, page 7.</ref> A year later, the call sign was changed to KSAT,<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435066938374&view=1up&seq=148 "Alterations and Corrections"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', November 20, 1929, page 10.</ref> although a few months after that it was changed back to KTAT.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435066938374&view=1up&seq=262 "Alterations and Corrections"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', April 30, 1930, page 10.</ref> In 1935, the station was briefly shifted to 570&nbsp;kHz, before returning to 1240&nbsp;kHz.<ref name="history"/>
[[Marcos A. Rodriguez]] purchased the station in November 1986 and moved the Spanish Format from FM (see [[KLTY]]) to the AM dial. AM 1270 has been a Spanish-language station since under various calls, including '''KESS''' (from 1986 until 2004, when the current KFLC calls were instituted).


===KFJZ===
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The station has operated from towers sites in Birdville (north east Fort Worth), 4801 West Vickery (now site of a school) in south west Fort Worth, and the present site on the Arlington/Fort Worth line. From 1976 to 2006 the station operated at 5,000 watts on six towers (nominal power while actual input was 5,400 watts by day and 4,600 by night). A refit spearheaded by station engineering manager Patrick Parks and VP/Engineering David Stewart led to a rebuild, new towers, and a power increase to 50,000 watts. Matt Folkert at duTreil, Lundin and Rackley designed the new digital capable phasing and distribution system.
The original KFJZ was first licensed in September 1923 to the 112th Cavalry of the Texas National Guard.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510008420265&view=1up&seq=182 "New Stations"], ''Radio Service Bulletin'', October 1, 1923, page 2.</ref> By 1939, it was operating on 1370&nbsp;kHz as the key outlet of the Texas State Network. At this point, the network's General Manager, [[Elliott Roosevelt (general)|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.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112106763169&view=1up&seq=236 "List of Broadcasting Stations: Deletions from List"] ''Radio Service Bulletin'', September 15, 1939, page 14.</ref> 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.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/broadcasting17unse#page/n505/mode/1up/ "KTAT Becomes KFJZ In Fort Worth Transfer As Latter Goes Off the Air"], ''Broadcasting'', September 1, 1939, page 24.</ref>


On March 29, 1941, under the provisions of the [[North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement]], most U.S. stations operating on 1240&nbsp;kHz, including KFJZ, moved to 1270&nbsp;kHz.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015080119129&view=1up&seq=9 ''List of Radio Broadcast Stations as of March 29, 1941''], page 9.</ref> During the 1960s and 1970s, KFJZ was a leading [[Contemporary hit radio|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 [[KEGL|KFJZ-FM]] 97.1.
The first station to broadcast Dallas Mavericks basketball games in Spanish.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} KFLC is now part of the [[Univision America]] Talk Radio network as of July 4.<ref>[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/58402/univision-to-launch-national-talk-network Univision To Launch National Talk Network] - ''[http://www.radioinsight.com Radio Insight]'' (Released May 30, 2012)</ref> The name was changed to '''Univision America Dallas 1270'''.

===Later years===
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.<ref>In 1924, the KFLC call sign had been assigned to a temporary station on 1330&nbsp;kHz located at the [[State Fair of Texas]] in Dallas.</ref>

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The station has operated from transmitter tower sites in Birdville (north east Fort Worth), 4801 West Vickery (now site of a school) in south west Fort Worth, and the present site on the [[Arlington, Texas|Arlington]]/Fort Worth line. From 1976 to 2006, the station operated at 5,000 watts on six towers (nominal power while actual input was 5,400 watts by day and 4,600 by night). A refit spearheaded by station engineering manager Patrick Parks and VP/Engineering David Stewart led to a rebuild, new towers, and a power increase to 50,000 watts. Matt Folkert at duTreil, Lundin and Rackley designed the new digital capable phasing and distribution system.

Even before switching to the current all-sports format, KFLC was the first station to broadcast [[Dallas Mavericks]] basketball games in Spanish. By the early 2000s, KFLC began eliminating music programming most of the day to air local Spanish-language talk shows. Starting on July 4, 2012, the station became part of the [[Univision America]] [[Talk radio|Talk Radio]] network,<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/58402/univision-to-launch-national-talk-network/ "Univision To Launch National Talk Network"] by Lance Venta, May 20, 2012. (radioinsight.com)</ref> and adopted the slogan "Univision America Dallas 1270". In 2015, KFLC ended the Univision America news/talk format in favor of Spanish-language [[Contemporary Christian music]] as "Amor Celestial 1270" (translated as "Heavenly Love 1270").

On December 20, 2016, Univision announced that KFLC would be a charter [[network affiliate]] of [[Univision Deportes Radio]], a Spanish-language sports network, which launched on April 19, 2017<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/109792/univision-to-launch-univision-deportes-radio/ "Univision To Launch Univision Deportes Radio"] by Lance Venta, December 19, 2016 (radioinsight.com)</ref> and was renamed TUDN Radio on July 20, 2019. KFLC also signed up to air Texas Rangers baseball games until at least 2019. (KESS had previously broadcast Rangers games from 1999 to 2010.) KFLC continued to carry Dallas Mavericks games as well as adding FC Dallas [[Major League Soccer|soccer]] games. This move filled the Spanish Sports hole after [[KAMM (AM)|KZMP]] 1540 AM swapped from [[ESPN Deportes Radio]] to a simulcast of an FM Regional Mexican station. KZMP later returned to ESPN Deportes, until that network shut down on September 8, 2019, leaving KFLC once again as the metroplex's lone Spanish sports station.

On June 3, 2022, Univision announced it would sell a package of 18 radio stations across 10 of its markets, primarily AM outlets in large cities (including KFLC) and entire clusters in smaller markets such as [[McAllen, Texas]], and [[Fresno, California]], for $60&nbsp;million to a new company known as Latino Media Network (LMN); Univision proposed to handle operations for a year under agreement before turning over operational control to LMN in the fourth quarter of 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=June 3, 2022 |title=Latino Media Network To Acquire Univision Radio Properties in Ten Markets |language=en-US |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227505/latino-media-network-to-acquire-univision-radio-properties-in-ten-markets/ |access-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-date=June 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606143409/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227505/latino-media-network-to-acquire-univision-radio-properties-in-ten-markets/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The sale was consummated on December 30, 2022. LMN took over operations of KFLC and sister station [[KFZO]] by the end of October 2023.

Since March 2, 2022, KFLC--prior to its sale to Latino Media Network--aired [[Dallas Stars]] hockey games vs. the [[Los Angeles Kings]] and again in 2023 vs. the [[Arizona Coyotes]] in Spanish as part of the hockey team's annual celebration of ''Noche Mexicana''.<ref>[https://nhl.com/stars/news/univisions-tudn-radio-dallas-to-broadcast-dallas-stars-vs-los-angeles-kings-game-march-2/c-331184314 Univision's TUDN Radio Dallas to broadcast Stars vs. Kings game March 2] - [[Dallas Stars]] (accessed March 2, 2022)</ref> The annual Spanish hockey broadcasts have since moved to then-sister stations [[KDXX]] and [[KESS-FM]] for 2024 and future seasons.<ref>[https://www.nhl.com/stars/news/dallas-stars-to-host-hispanic-heritage-night-on-tuesday-march-12 Stars to host Hispanic Heritage Night on Tuesday, March 12] - [[National Hockey League|NHL]]/[[Dallas Stars]] (published March 5, 2024)</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{AM station data|KFLC}}
{{AM station data|34298|KFLC}}
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=37795 FCC History Cards for KFLC] (covering 1927-1981 as KFQB / KTAT / KSAT / KFJZ)
*[http://www.dfwradioarchives.info DFW Radio Archives]
*[https://www.dfwradioarchives.info DFW Radio Archives] (dfwradioarchives.info)
*[https://www.dfwretroplex.com DFW Radio/TV History] by Mike Shannon (dfwretroplex.com)


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{{TUDN Radio}}
{{Univision Communications}}
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{{Sports Radio Stations in Texas}}
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Latest revision as of 03:03, 4 December 2024

KFLC
Broadcast areaDallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Frequency1270 kHz (HD Radio)
BrandingTUDN Radio Dallas 1270 AM
Programming
Language(s)Spanish
FormatSports
AffiliationsTUDN Radio
FC Dallas
Texas Rangers
Ownership
Owner
  • Latino Media Network
  • (Latino Media Network, LLC)
KFZO
History
First air date
1924 (1924) as KFQB
Former call signs
  • KFQB (1924–1928)
  • KTAT (1928–1929)
  • KSAT (1929–1930)
  • KTAT (1930–1939)
  • KFJZ (1939–1984)
  • KSSA (1984–1986)
  • KESS (1986–1990)
  • KSBN (1990–1991)
  • KESS (1991–2004)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID34298
ClassB
Power50,000 watts day
5,000 watts night
Links
Public license information
WebsiteKFLC Online

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 23 studios in the Arts District in Downtown Dallas. KFLC airs a Spanish language sports radio format, primarily airing programming from Univision's TUDN Radio Network, 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.[2] 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 greater distances, it reduces power to 5,000 watts to limit interference to other stations broadcasting on 1270 AM. KFLC is licensed by iBiquity to broadcast a digital signal using the HD system.[3][4] However, the HD signal shuts off at night. KFLC was also rebroadcasting on KDXX's HD Radio subchannel 107.9 HD3 until Latino Media Network's full acquisition.

History

[edit]

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.[5] (Some station accounts trace its history to an earlier station, WPA,[6] 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.[7] On November 11, 1928, as part of the implementation of the Federal Radio Commission's General Order 40, KFQB was assigned to 1240 kHz.[8]

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,[9] 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.[10]

In late 1928, A. P. Barrett purchased the station after forming the Texas Air Transport Broadcast Company,[11] and the call sign was changed to KTAT.[12] A year later, the call sign was changed to KSAT,[13] although a few months after that it was changed back to KTAT.[14] In 1935, the station was briefly shifted to 570 kHz, before returning to 1240 kHz.[7]

KFJZ

[edit]

The original KFJZ was first licensed in September 1923 to the 112th Cavalry of the Texas National Guard.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17]

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.[18] 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.

Later years

[edit]

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.[19]

The station has operated from transmitter tower sites in Birdville (north east Fort Worth), 4801 West Vickery (now site of a school) in south west Fort Worth, and the present site on the Arlington/Fort Worth line. From 1976 to 2006, the station operated at 5,000 watts on six towers (nominal power while actual input was 5,400 watts by day and 4,600 by night). A refit spearheaded by station engineering manager Patrick Parks and VP/Engineering David Stewart led to a rebuild, new towers, and a power increase to 50,000 watts. Matt Folkert at duTreil, Lundin and Rackley designed the new digital capable phasing and distribution system.

Even before switching to the current all-sports format, KFLC was the first station to broadcast Dallas Mavericks basketball games in Spanish. By the early 2000s, KFLC began eliminating music programming most of the day to air local Spanish-language talk shows. Starting on July 4, 2012, the station became part of the Univision America Talk Radio network,[20] and adopted the slogan "Univision America Dallas 1270". In 2015, KFLC ended the Univision America news/talk format in favor of Spanish-language Contemporary Christian music as "Amor Celestial 1270" (translated as "Heavenly Love 1270").

On December 20, 2016, Univision announced that KFLC would be a charter network affiliate of Univision Deportes Radio, a Spanish-language sports network, which launched on April 19, 2017[21] and was renamed TUDN Radio on July 20, 2019. KFLC also signed up to air Texas Rangers baseball games until at least 2019. (KESS had previously broadcast Rangers games from 1999 to 2010.) KFLC continued to carry Dallas Mavericks games as well as adding FC Dallas soccer games. This move filled the Spanish Sports hole after KZMP 1540 AM swapped from ESPN Deportes Radio to a simulcast of an FM Regional Mexican station. KZMP later returned to ESPN Deportes, until that network shut down on September 8, 2019, leaving KFLC once again as the metroplex's lone Spanish sports station.

On June 3, 2022, Univision announced it would sell a package of 18 radio stations across 10 of its markets, primarily AM outlets in large cities (including KFLC) and entire clusters in smaller markets such as McAllen, Texas, and Fresno, California, for $60 million to a new company known as Latino Media Network (LMN); Univision proposed to handle operations for a year under agreement before turning over operational control to LMN in the fourth quarter of 2023.[22] The sale was consummated on December 30, 2022. LMN took over operations of KFLC and sister station KFZO by the end of October 2023.

Since March 2, 2022, KFLC--prior to its sale to Latino Media Network--aired Dallas Stars hockey games vs. the Los Angeles Kings and again in 2023 vs. the Arizona Coyotes in Spanish as part of the hockey team's annual celebration of Noche Mexicana.[23] The annual Spanish hockey broadcasts have since moved to then-sister stations KDXX and KESS-FM for 2024 and future seasons.[24]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KFLC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/KFLC
  3. ^ "Station Search Details: KFLC" (FCC.gov)
  4. ^ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=5 Archived February 8, 2016, at the Wayback Machine HD Radio Guide for Dallas-Ft. Worth
  5. ^ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, June 2, 1924, page 3.
  6. ^ "Wooden Bowl Vital Part of West's First Radio Station", Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 28, 1966, Section 1, page 4.
  7. ^ a b FCC History Cards for KFLC (FCC.gov)
  8. ^ "Broadcasting Stations, by Wave Lengths, Effective November 11, 1928", Commercial and Government Radio Stations of the United States (edition June 30, 1928), page 174
  9. ^ "Alterations and Corrections", Radio Service Bulletin, January 31, 1927, page 6.
  10. ^ "Norris Turned to Radio To Spread Religion Afar". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 30, 1949. p. Radio & TV, 3. Retrieved December 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Station 'KFQB' Purchased By A. P. Barrett". The Whitewright Sun. November 15, 1928. p. 2. Retrieved December 4, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Alterations and Corrections", Radio Service Bulletin, December 31, 1928, page 7.
  13. ^ "Alterations and Corrections", Radio Service Bulletin, November 20, 1929, page 10.
  14. ^ "Alterations and Corrections", Radio Service Bulletin, April 30, 1930, page 10.
  15. ^ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, October 1, 1923, page 2.
  16. ^ "List of Broadcasting Stations: Deletions from List" Radio Service Bulletin, September 15, 1939, page 14.
  17. ^ "KTAT Becomes KFJZ In Fort Worth Transfer As Latter Goes Off the Air", Broadcasting, September 1, 1939, page 24.
  18. ^ List of Radio Broadcast Stations as of March 29, 1941, page 9.
  19. ^ In 1924, the KFLC call sign had been assigned to a temporary station on 1330 kHz located at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas.
  20. ^ "Univision To Launch National Talk Network" by Lance Venta, May 20, 2012. (radioinsight.com)
  21. ^ "Univision To Launch Univision Deportes Radio" by Lance Venta, December 19, 2016 (radioinsight.com)
  22. ^ Venta, Lance (June 3, 2022). "Latino Media Network To Acquire Univision Radio Properties in Ten Markets". Archived from the original on June 6, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  23. ^ Univision's TUDN Radio Dallas to broadcast Stars vs. Kings game March 2 - Dallas Stars (accessed March 2, 2022)
  24. ^ Stars to host Hispanic Heritage Night on Tuesday, March 12 - NHL/Dallas Stars (published March 5, 2024)
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32°43′36.48″N 97°11′31.05″W / 32.7268000°N 97.1919583°W / 32.7268000; -97.1919583

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