KRDY

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KRDY
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City of license San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
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.luzsanantonio.com

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]

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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  3. Radio Disney Places Stations On The Market - Radio Insight (released June 4, 2013)
  4. Notification of Suspension of Operations KRDY - United States Federal Communications Commission
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