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| Broadcast area | Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex |
| Frequency | 570kHz |
| Branding | News and Information 570 KLIF |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | News/talk |
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| Ownership | |
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| KPLX,KSCS,KTCK,KTCK-FM,WBAP,WBAP-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | June 26, 1922 (1922-06-26) |
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Call sign meaning | From its time on1190 AM for Dallas'Oak Cliff neighborhood |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 35061 |
| Class | B |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 32°56′41″N96°56′25″W / 32.94472°N 96.94028°W /32.94472; -96.94028 |
| Repeater | 96.3 KSCS-HD2 (Fort Worth) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KLIF (570kHz) is acommercialAMradio stationlicensed toDallas, Texas. The station is owned byCumulus Media and broadcasts anews/talkformat to theDallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.[2] Thestudios are in theVictory Park district in Dallas, just north ofdowntown.
KLIF broadcasts with5,000 watts by day, but decreases its power to2,400 watts at night to protect other stations on570 kHz. Itstransmitter site is shared with co-owned1310kHzKTCK, on Ledbetter Road inIrving.[3] It uses adirectional antenna at all times, with a two-tower array. Programming is also heard on theHD Radiodigital subchannel of co-owned 96.3KSCS-HD2.
KLIF is one of the two talk stations owned by Cumulus in the Dallas Metroplex.Sister stations820kHzWBAP and 93.3WBAP-FM have mostly local hosts while much of KLIF's schedule is made up ofnationally syndicated talk shows. KLIF's sole local weekday program is a morning news and interview show hosted by Clayton Neville and Sybil Summers.[4] The rest of the day, KLIF carriesMarkley, Van Camp, & Robbins,The Brian Kilmeade Show,The Sean Hannity Show,Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla, Rich Valdés America at Night andCoast to Coast AM withGeorge Noory. Weekends include shows on money, health, gardening, home repair and cars, as well asbrokered programming. Syndicated weekend hosts includeDana Loesch andBill Cunningham. Most hours begin withFox News Radio.
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The history of KLIF 570 can be traced back to two stations: WFAA in Dallas, whichsigned on in 1922, and KGKO in Wichita Falls, which signed on in 1926. The call letters of both stations were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call signs.
WFAA radio signed on June 26, 1922. It shared its frequency with WBAP in Fort Worth. As both stations grew, but neither were willing to give up the frequency to the other, they finally found resolution by co-purchasing KGKO 570 inWichita Falls and moving it toArlington on May 1, 1938. KGKO had signed on September 9, 1926. Inititally, 570 kept the KGKO call letters, while 820 was either WBAP or WFAA depending on which station was on the air. While WFAA was on 820, WBAP was responsible for the programming on 570 and vice versa.
In 1947, the KGKO call letters on 570 were deleted, and it became either WBAP or WFAA depending on which station was not on 820. Regardless of which station was on 570 or 820, thenetwork affiliation remained consistent on each frequency (ABC on 570 and NBC on 820). This basic dual time sharing arrangement lasted until May 1, 1970, when 570 became WFAA full time with amiddle of the road music format.
WFAA's music format lasted until November 1976, when the station began a talk radio format that lasted until July 2, 1983. At that point, the station began broadcasting inAM stereo withclassic rock and the callsign KRQX.[6] The station flipped on January 26, 1987, to a 1950s and 1960soldies format, with new callsign KLDD. In January 1990, the station switched to asimulcast ofKKWM-FM as KKWM.
On February 5, 1990,Susquehanna Radio Corporation purchased KKWM from Anchor Media Ltd.[7] That purchase became final on November 29, 1990. Beginning at 5:00 that morning, KLIF, which had previously been on1190 AM, simulcast on both the 570 and 1190 frequencies for one week, and then began broadcasting on 570 kHz permanently.[8] Susquehanna Radio Corporation, a division of kitchenware makerSusquehanna Pfaltzgraff, was sold to Cumulus Broadcasting in 2005.
An event which foreshadowed KLIF's future success in the news/talk format was theassassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Even though it was aTop 40 station, KLIF News was always quick to report news bulletins when they came in. The station was one of the first media outlets on the air with reports of the shooting.[9]
KLIF 1190 AM changed to talk radio in 1986 and became one of the market's leading talk radio stations before other competitors soon emerged.KRLD, its primary competitor, was mostlyall news but with talk shows nights and weekends.
KLIF had a "classic" lineup of hosts.[10] Kevin McCarthy, with a more centrist point of view, held the midday spot with interviews and conversational radio.David Gold had the late afternoon shift with his brand ofconservatism. The station's morning show featured Norm Hitzges on sports. Up until then,sports talk had primarily aired in afternoons and evenings in most U.S. cities. That lineup made the station one of the most respected Dallas-Fort Worth talk radio stations.[11] Community leaders and politicians listened regularly, according to a Dallas magazine report.
It was during this time when KLIF achieved its highest ratings ever as a news-talk station, the only time it ever cracked the Top 10 after its Top 40 heyday.[12]
During the 1995O.J. Simpson trials, KLIF simulcasted the audio ofKDFI's trial wrap ups.
Competition in the form of all-sports radio began to hurt KLIF's ratings. Other stations offered more opinionated talk show hosts. As a result, the station's ratings plummeted, barely garnering a 1.0 share.
Despite different owners, KLIF andKDFW maintain a partnership. KLIF is affiliated withFox News Radio, while KDFW is the localFoxO&O (owned and operated) station. In January 2015, KLIF began carryingWestwood One News from its parent company's news operation. On August 30, 2020, KLIF once again became an affiliate of Fox News Radio after Westwood One News ended operations. KDFW-TV provides some local news and weather coverage.
KLIF is licensed to transmit a digital signal usingiBiquity's "HD Radio" system but stopped in 2009. Because the license to broadcast digital "HD Radio" is perpetual, the station could resume digital broadcasts at any time. Meanwhile, this station's signal had been retransmitted on sister stationKLIF-FM-HD2. KLIF-FM temporarily stopped its digital (HD Radio) simulcast in late November 2011 and resumed in early January 2012. As of February 2013, thesimulcast has been moved toKSCS-HD2.
For many years, KLIF ran 5,000watts of power around the clock from atransmitter site inCoppell nearNorth Lake. In July 2016, KLIF filed an application for aconstruction permit to diplex from theKTCK transmitter site, on Ledbetter Road inIrving, and decrease night power to 2,400 watts.[13] The switch to the Irving site was made several years later. While Cumulus has profited from sales of other transmitter sites such as WMAL (AM) and KABC (AM), the North Lake land is owned by an electric utility and was rented by 570.
Cumulus Media acquiredCitadel Broadcasting in late 2011, bringing KLIF and its larger rivalWBAP-AM-FM under common ownership. To reflect the common ownership between the two stations, KLIF began swapping programming with WBAP and retooled its AM/PM drive to anall-news radio format, designed to compete againstCBS Radio-owned KRLD.[14]
Afternoon host Chris Krok was transferred to WBAP for a local talk show in the evening hours, while morning host Jeff Bolton was dismissed. The weekday lineup for KLIF included the local 'DFW Morning News with Dave Williams',Glenn Beck,Sean Hannity, andCoast to Coast AM. KLIF switched "The Dana Show" to weekends, putting "Markley, Van Camp and Robbins" in her weekday slot in early 2022.[15] KLIF also serves as an overflow forNFL on Westwood One Sports in case sister sports stationKTCK-AM-FM are carrying local sporting events (e.g.Dallas StarsNHL games) on the same evening. KLIF runsFox News Radio's top-of-the-hour newscasts.
Hosts previously heard on KLIF includeDavid Gold,Norm Hitzges, andKevin McCarthy.