KATH (910

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) is an AM

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licensed to

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, and serving the northern sections of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It features a

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talk and teaching

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, based Catholic broadcasting company, took over operation of KATH on October 1, 2006 along with

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850 AM. Guadalupe Radio broadcasts Catholic programs in English on KATH and in Spanish on KJON. KATH broadcasts at 1,000

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s by day. But to avoid interference with other stations on 910 AM, at night it reduces power to 500 watts. The

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is off East University Drive ( U.S. Route 380) in

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History

KRRV

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the air on October 15, 1936 at 1310 AM (at 100 watts, then 250 watts,), moved to 880 AM in June 1940 (at 1,000 watts,), and finally settled at 910 AM by 1949. The

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stood for "

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." During the 1950s, it played

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during the day and

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at nights. The station shifted to full-time Top 40 by the 1960s and continued until October 1974, when KRRV shifted back to country. The next year, in July 1975, the call letters were changed to KIKM, to match sister station, ''KIKM-FM''. The station is owned by Albert W. Brown, who also operated McKinney's KAWB. reverted to an

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format until 1986, when country returned again briefly, then adult standards in 1988 as KBLN. The KXEB call letters were assigned on March 16, 1990. For a number years following, the station went through several different formats. For a few years in the 1990s,

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operated the station as part of his radio group. Throughout the 1990s, the station aired brokered Asian-language programming, ABC Radio's

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"Unforgettable" and "Stardust"

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s and gospel music. KXEB also simulcast briefly with sister station 101.7 KTCY-FM. Several

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music formats were heard under the names "Radio Fiesta Mexicana" and "Solo Exitos". On March 21, 2005, KXEB aired its first day of programming as an Air America Radio

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. It carried a line-up of progressive talk show hosts. KXEB debuted its current Catholic talk programming on October 1, 2006, ending its affiliation with Air America Radio. On January 23, 2007, the new owners changed the call sign from KXEB to KATH.

References

External links

DFW Radio Archives DFW Radio/TV History
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