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| Broadcast area | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex |
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| Frequency | 1040kHz |
| Branding | KGGR 1040 AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban gospel |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | June 8,1947 as KIXL |
Former call signs | KIXL (1947–1973), KPBC (1973–1990) |
Call sign meaning | GreatGospelRadio |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Class | D |
| Power | 3,300watts day 2,800 wattscritical hours |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°46′43″N96°43′52″W / 32.77861°N 96.73111°W /32.77861; -96.73111 |
| Translator(s) | 106.9 K295DA (Dallas) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kggram.com |
KGGR (1040AM) is acommercialradio station,licensed toDallas, Texas and serving theDallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It is owned by MARC Radio Group, through licensee MARC Radio Dallas, LLC, and airs anurban gospelradio format, in place since 1990. Thecall sign stands forGreatGospelRadio.
KGGR is adaytimer station. By day, it transmits with 3,300watts; however, sinceAM 1040 is aclear channel frequency reserved forClass AWHO inDes Moines,Iowa, KGGR mustsign-off at night to avoid interference. Duringcritical hours, the station broadcasts at 2,800 watts. It uses anon-directional antenna, located off Military Parkway in South Dallas.[1]
On June 8,1947, the stationsigned on the air as KIXL. The station was owned by Variety Broadcasting led by Lee Segall, and included celebrity stockholdersGreer Garson andWilliam Holden. Later on, it founded a sister station, KIXL-FM on 104.5MHz, later known as KEZT and now asKKDA-FM. Segall programmed a long-running and successfulbeautiful music format on KIXL, which was simulcast on KIXL-FM ("104 on both dials").
In the 1970s and 1980s, the station was owned byCrawford Broadcasting as KPBC, featuringContemporary Christian music until a new 24-hour station at 770 kHz was created by Crawford.
Studios were located at 1401 South Akard in Dallas from 1947 to 1973, at 3201 Royalty Row inIrving (same as presentKAAM), and in south west Dallas after the mid nineties. KGGR increased its day power to 3,300 watts in the early 2000s, but still as adaytimer. It moved to studios located at Highway 67 beside Executive Air Park (former Red Bird Airport). AnFM translator was licensed to rebroadcast KGGR on 102.5 MHz in January 2009. K273BJ 102.5 no longer simulcasts KGGR, but 94.9KLTY-FM-HD2, which airs aSpanish-languageContemporary Christian format known as "El Pez" (The Fish). KGGR does simulcast from a new translator, K295DA (106.9 MHz) in Dallas.
KGGR's former sister stationsKHVN andKKGM were purchased byiHeartMedia and they became affiliates of theBlack Information Network, leaving KGGR as the only Gospel-formatted station in the metroplex.
On December 30, 2021, Florida-based MARC Radio Group announced its intent to acquire KGGR and K295DA fromMortenson Broadcasting for $650,000.[2] The sale was consummated on April 13, 2022.
32°46′43″N96°43′51″W / 32.77861°N 96.73083°W /32.77861; -96.73083