KRDY
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City of license | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
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Broadcast area | Greater San Antonio, Texas |
Branding | Radio Luz |
Slogan | Iluminando mente y corazon |
Frequency | 1160 kHz |
First air date | May 31, 1978 (as KFHM) |
Format | Spanish Christian |
Power | 10,000 watts day 1,000 watts night |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 26310 |
Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Callsign meaning | Kids Radio DisneY (former affiliation) |
Former callsigns | KFHM, KVAR, KENS |
Owner | Salem Media Group (South Texas Broadcasting, Inc.) |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | www |
KRDY (1160 AM) is an AM radio station which serves the Greater San Antonio, Texas area. The station is owned by Salem Media Group, through licensee South Texas Broadcasting, Inc.[1]
Contents
History
KFHM: 1978‒1991
On May 31, 1978, KFHM began broadcasting as a Tejano/Latin music AM radio station.
KVAR: 1991‒1993
On August 26, 1991, the station changed its call letters from KFHM to KVAR.
KENS: 1993‒2004
On October 15, 1993, the station changed its call letters from KVAR to KENS and adopted a news/talk radio format.
KRDY: 2004‒present
On February 27, 2004, the station changed its call letters from KENS to KRDY.[2]
On June 4, 2013, Radio Disney announced that it would be selling 7 radio stations, which included KRDY, in an attempt to increase revenue and focus more on stations serving Top 25 markets.[3]
On September 28, 2013, KRDY dropped the Radio Disney affiliation and went silent.[4]
In October 2013, Radio Disney Group filed to sell KRDY and KDIS-FM to Salem Communications Corporation, owner of several other San Antonio-area radio stations.[5] Salem's purchase, at a price of $2 million, was consummated on February 7, 2014.
References
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Radio Disney Places Stations On The Market - Radio Insight (released June 4, 2013)
- ↑ Notification of Suspension of Operations KRDY - United States Federal Communications Commission
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KRDY
- Radio-Locator Information on KRDY
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KRDY
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