KNIN-FM (92.9

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broadcasting a top 40 (CHR) format. The station serves the

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, area. KNIN-FM is owned by

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History

The station was built in late 1973 and early 1974, signing on as KBID and owned by the Mustang Broadcasting Company. The callsign changed to KNIN-FM in 1981 when KNIN (990 AM) acquired it. KNIN-FM was Wichita Falls' affiliate for Dan Ingram's ''Top 40 Satellite Survey''. In 1988, the station dropped its CHR formula to switch into a short-lived Rock 40 format, similar to Dallas-Fort Worth's

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right around the time KEGL began fading out their rock format, but had dropped its flavor in 1990. Moran Broadcasting Company sold KNIN-FM to Apex Broadcasting in 1997; Apex was bought by Clear Channel in 2000, and Clear Channel divested the station in 2007 to GAP Broadcasting of Dallas who later merged with current owner

in 2010.

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