KAAM

KAAM
City	Garland, Texas
Broadcast area	Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Branding	Legends 770
Slogan	Music you "love," Pros you trust
Frequency	770 kHz
First air date	1990 as KPBC
Format	Oldies/MOR
Power	10,000 Watts (day) 1,000 Watts (Night)
Class	B
Facility ID	17303
Transmitter coordinates	33°1′58.00″N 96°34′31.00″W / 33.0327778°N 96.5752778°W / 33.0327778; -96.5752778
Callsign meaning	Keep Absolutely Awesome Music^[1]
Former callsigns	KPBC (1990-1999)
Owner	Donald B. Crawford, Jr. (DJRD Broadcasting, LLC)
Website	www.kaamradio.com

KAAM, known as "K-Double-A-M", is an AM radio station broadcasting in the Dallas/Fort Worth "Metroplex" with a format of nostalgic/oldies, plus financial, health and lifestyle programs. This station is licensed in Garland, Texas, USA and is owned and operated by DJRD Broadcasting, LLC. KAAM is a Class B station operating on the frequency of 770 AM.

History

The KAAM format began when the city of Dallas sold WRR, its AM station on 1310 kHz, to Bonneville Broadcasting in January 1978. In 1921, WRR (now known as KTCK) had been the first licensed radio station west of the Mississippi River, and only the second in the U.S. Because the city was going to retain the WRR call letters for its classical music FM station, Bonneville changed the 1310 call letters of the AM station to KAAM and added an FM station on 92.5 with the callsign KAFM. KAAM lasted on 1310 for many years, finally selling the station to Susquehanna Radio Corporation on February 8, 1994, which changed the call letters to KTCK (The "Ticket") and the format to all-sports.

Meanwhile, KPBC (the call letters stood for Percy B. Crawford, founder of Crawford Broadcasting) originally broadcast on 1040 kHz as a daytime-only station and changed frequencies to 770 kHz when Crawford completed the construction to create KPBC 770 in 1990 as a 24/7 station. The call letters were changed to KAAM on October 19, 1999.

In 1999, KAAM (formerly on AM 620 kHz) and its Nostalgic/Oldies format were once again revived on 770 kHz in Garland, Texas, by another owner/enthusiast. This time, the station is branded as Legends 77. It was since then divested by Crawford in Mid-2007 and sold to his son, Don Crawford, Jr.

On March 1, 2010, KAAM added a talk block to its weekday lineup. From 1pm to 4pm daily, a rotation of medical and financial programs dubbed "Ask the Pros" takes the place of regular music programming.

KAAM formerly broadcast using HD Radio, however discontinued in 2010. Because the license to broadcast digital "HD Radio" is perpetual, the station could resume digital broadcasts at any time.

According to an editorial message broadcast by Don Crawford, Jr., current owner, the 2013 rating statistics indicate that KAAM is the most listened to AM radio station airing the Nostalgic format in the United States online via the internet. KAAM is streamed online via the popular TuneIn app ^[2]

Hermann Bockelmann's weekly program "Europe Today" is being re-aired weekly as "The Best of Bockelmann"

Personalities

Current weekday on-air personalities as of November 10, 2014 include Jack Davis hosting "The AM Show", Mark Rivers hosting "MidDays", and Julie DeHarty hosting "Afternoon Drives."^[3]

Former notable personalities include Hermann Bockelmann (died September 12, 2013),^[4] Ken "Hubcap" Carter (died February 2004);^[5] Jim Thomas; "Deacon" Don Evans (died July 2001);^[6] Leon McWhorter (aka Jay Roberts); Robin Jones; "McGregor" (Benn); Stubie Doak; Dave Mitchell; Russ Martin; Jack Bishop; Linda Martin; Cary Richards; Dave Tanner; Maryrose; Eddie Hubbard (died in March 2007)^[7] and Jaan "McCoy" Kalmes (died October 18, 2014)^[8]

References

↑ DFWRETROPLEX.com - History of Radio in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX - AM List (accessed September 29, 2015)
↑ http://tunein.com
↑ "Legends KAAM 770 AM radio". Facebook post. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
↑ Hermann Bockelmann at Find a Grave
↑ Ken "Hubcap" Carter at Find a Grave
↑ Donald "Deacon" Evans at Find a Grave
↑ Eddie Hubbard at Find a Grave
↑ Jaan Hillar Kalmes at Find a Grave.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KAAM

Radio-Locator Information on KAAM

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KAAM

Radio stations in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex market

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By FM frequency	88.1 88.3 88.5 88.5 88.7 89.1 89.3 89.5 89.7 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.3 91.7 92.1 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.9 96.3 96.7 97.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 98.7 99.1 99.5 100.3 100.7 101.1 101.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.1 106.7 106.9 107.1 107.5 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.4 (Dallas) 162.525 (Corsicana) 162.525 (Mineral Wells) 162.55 (Fort Worth)

Digital radio	570 1080 1270 1700 88.5-1 89.3-1 92.5-1 92.5-2 94.1-1 94.5-1 96.3-1 96.3-2 97.1-1 97.1-2 97.5-1 97.9-1 97.9-2 98.7-1 98.7-2 98.7-3 99.5-1 99.5-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 100.3-3 101.1-1 102.1-1 102.1-2 102.9-1 102.9-2 103.7-1 103.7-2 105.3-1 105.3-2 105.3-3 106.1-1 106.1-2 107.1-1 107.5-1 107.5-2 107.5-3 107.9-1 107.9-2

By callsign	K273BJ KAAM KAND KATH KAWA KBEC KBFB KBOC KBXD KCBI KCLE KDFT KDGE KDKR KDMX KDXX KEC55 KEC56 KEGL KEOM KERA KESN KESS-FM KEXB KFCD KFJZ² KFLC KFWR KFXR KFZO KGGR² KHFX KHKS KHSE KHVN KHYI KJKK KJON² KJRN KKDA KKDA-FM KKGM KKLF KKXT KLAK KLIF KLIF-FM KLNO KLTY KLUV KMNY KMQX KMVK KNON KNOR KNTU KPIR KPLX KPYK KRLD¹ KRLD-FM KRNB KRVA KRVF KSCS KSKY KSOC KSQX KTCK KTCK-FM KTCU-FM KTFW-FM KTNO KTXG KTXV KVCE KVIL KVTT² KWRD-FM KXEZ KXI87 KYDA KYQX KZEE KZMP KZMP-FM KZPS KZZA WBAP¹ WNG651 WRR

Defunct	KTDK-FM 104.1 The Indie-Verse

Satellite radio local traffic/weather XM Channel 225 Sirius Channel 154 Nearby radio markets Abilene Brownwood Killeen–Temple Lawton Oklahoma City Paris Sherman–Denison Tyler–Longview Waco Wichita Falls See also List of radio stations in Texas ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² = Daytime-only AM radio station.

Oldies radio stations in the state of Texas

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By callsign	KAAM KCLL KCOL-FM KDAV KDDD-FM KDOK KGAF KGLK-HD2 KHRO KITY KKCL-FM KKVR KLDE KLUV-HD2 KMCM KMQX KNEL KNTX KOTY KPUR KSST KSHN KVLR KWMC

By city	Amarillo Bowie Brady Dallas Del Rio Dumas El Paso Eldorado Gainesville Garland Groves Kerrville Lake Jackson Llano Lorenzo Lubbock Mason Odessa San Angelo Sulphur Springs Sunset Valley Weatherford

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas See also Oldies Classic Hits

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