KKLF (1700 AM) is a

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licensed to

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. Although the station's signal covers portions of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, it mainly serves areas of

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that are north and east of the Metroplex. This station broadcasts on the

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. It is owned by Claro Communications, Ltd., with Gerald Benavides as the licensee. It broadcasts a

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, using the monikers "Jalapeño Radio". The DJs speak both

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and English. KKLF transmits with a daytime power of 5,000 watts, & a nighttime power of 1,000 watts to avoid interfering with other stations on 1700 AM. The

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is off West Forest Grove Road in

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. KKLF is licensed by

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for digital

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transmission but is not currently transmitting a digital signal. Because the license to broadcast HD Radio is perpetual, the station could resume digital broadcasts at any time. Programming can also be heard on 60-watt

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K239DA at in Richardson.

History

KKLF originated as the expanded band "twin" of an existing station on the standard AM band. KDSX was first licensed in 1948 to the Grayson Broadcasting Corporation in Denison, originally for daytime-only on . In 1951, the station moved to 950 kHz, and in 1954 its community-of-license was changed to Denison-

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. KDSX first aired a

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format. It also spawned FM station KDSX-FM in 1967 (now

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). On March 17, 1997 the

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(FCC) announced that 88 stations had been given permission to move to newly available " Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KDSX authorized to move from 950 to 1700 kHz."FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations"
(FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997. A construction permit for the expanded band station was assigned the call letters KTBK on June 1, 1998. The FCC's policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency. It was ultimately decided to transfer full operations to the expanded band station, and on January 10, 2006 the license for original station on 950 kHz, after successively changing its call letters to KKLF, KYNG and KZRA, was cancelled.
in the FCC Licensing and Management System In 2005, the station on 1700 AM changed its own call letters to KKLF, and also relocated to Richardson. In 2011,

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put KKLF and 11 other stations into a trust run by Scott Knoblauch (via Volt Radio, LLC) in preparation for Cumulus' acquisition of

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. As a result, the station's simulcast of KLIF ended in favor of an all-

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format via the 24/7 Comedy Radio network. Originally, the current format would have launched on February 1, 2012, but it was delayed due to numerous missteps. KKLF officially changed formats to all-comedy on February 14. In November 2013, KKLF was sold to Claro Communications through licensee Gerald Benavides, who previously owned DFW low-powered station KVFW-LD; the purchase was consummated on March 5, 2014 at a price of million. On March 14, 2014, the station flipped from Comedy to

music as "Kick 1700". In November 2016, the station switched formats and started broadcasting classic hits, sports and news in Spanish with a new name as Banda 13 Radio. In an application for STA filed with the

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, Claro stated that a residence is near the KKLF night tower. The night tower site is the site for a proposed daytime operation with 10,000 watts with the same 90-degree-tall tower as is used for night operations. Because of the residence, KKLF has been granted an STA authorizing 1,000 watts unlimited operation.

References

External links

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DFW Radio/TV History

FCC History Cards for operation on 1220 and 950 kHz
(covering 1947-1980 as KDSX) {{Sherman-Denison Radio Radio stations established in 1951 KLF 1951 establishments in Texas