KTCK (AM)

KTCK
City Dallas, Texas
Broadcast area Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Branding SportsRadio 1310 & 96.7 The Ticket
Slogan All Sports, All the Time
Frequency 1310 kHz
Repeater(s) KTCK-FM 96.7
First air date 1921 (as WRR)
Format Sports Talk
Power 25,000 watts (day)
5,000 watts (night)
Class B
Facility ID 8773
Transmitter coordinates 32°56′41″N 96°56′24″W / 32.94472°N 96.94°W / 32.94472; -96.94
Callsign meaning K The Ticket
Former callsigns WRR (1920-1978)
KAAM (1978-1994)
Affiliations Dallas Stars (NHL)
NBC Sports Radio
SB Nation Radio
Owner Cumulus Media Inc.
(Radio License Holding SRC LLC)
Sister stations KLIF, KLIF-FM, KPLX, KSCS, KTCK-FM, WBAP
Webcast Listen Live (via iHeartRadio)
Website theticket.com

KTCK (1310 AM; "SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket"), is a sports talk radio station based in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The station, currently owned by Cumulus Media, has been made popular by the incorporation of humor alongside the sports talk. It rebroadcasts on 96.7 FM. The station's studios are located in the Victory Park district in Dallas just north of downtown, and the transmitter site is in Coppell.

The sometime controversial station has posted strong ratings in the Dallas radio market, especially its Arbitron top-rated shows[1] The Hardline and the Dunham and Miller Show, which have been the anchors of the station's success throughout its existence.

History

The 1310 kHz frequency has its origins as WRR, which was licensed in August 1921 and became the first broadcast radio station in the state of Texas, and the second in the United States. In 1948, WRR launched an FM station; the AM station played popular music while the FM station carried classical music until 1975 when WRR 1310 became the first station in the Dallas/Fort Worth area to have an all-news format until its 1978 sale to Bonneville International. 1310 was split from WRR-FM in 1978 and became the first of several incarnations of KAAM when it was owned by the same company that owned KAFM (92.5 MHz) until gaining its current call sign in 1994.

The Ticket's original lineup consisted of Skip Bayless, Curt Menefee, Mike Rhyner and Greg Williams, Chuck Cooperstein, and George Dunham and Craig Miller. Skip Bayless was the first host to inaugurate the station's sports format.

The Ticket's station logo used 2001-2013 when it simulcast on KTDK 104.1 FM.

On March 6, 2006, the station announced that it would be the flagship affiliate of the Dallas Cowboys radio network.[2] This success was followed up by Arbitron ratings which showed a 60% increase in listeners.[3] However, on January 23, 2009, KTCK and the Dallas Cowboys ended their three-year partnership.[4]

Formerly owned by Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff, The Ticket was purchased by Cumulus Media on May 5, 2006.[5]

On January 16, 2009, The Ticket along with the Dallas Stars issued a press release naming KTCK as the new flagship station for Dallas Stars hockey for five years starting with the 2009-10 season.[6]

On August 7, 2013, it was announced that Cumulus Media would take over operations of rival station ESPN 103.3 through a long term local marketing agreement (LMA) with Disney. Programming on both stations would remain the same. The deal would take effect once Cumulus closed on the spin-off of repeater KTDK 104.1 in Sanger to Whitley Media.[7][8] Cumulus surrendered the license for KTDK 104.1 to the FCC, as it was necessary to divest one of its FM frequencies due to the LMA with KESN-FM.

On October 7, 2013, it was announced that The Ticket would begin simulcasting on 96.7 FM, which displaced the simulcast of WBAP News/Talk 820 AM (WBAP is now on The Ticket's former simulcast spot KPLX 99.5 HD2). Dan Bennett, the vice president/market manager of Cumulus Broadcasting in Dallas confirmed this move. The format flips took effect on October 21.[9] However, the station logo on The Ticket's official website had not yet been updated as it still had the 104.1 FM frequency until hours later.

Programming

The Musers 5:30-10:00 AM

•George Dunham

•Craig "Junior" Miller

•Gordon Keith

The Norm and D Invasion 10:00 AM-12:00 PM

•Norm Hitzges

•Donovan Lewis

BaD Radio 12:00-3:00 PM

•Bob "Sports" Sturm

•Dan McDowell

The Hardline 3:00-7:00 PM

•Corby Davidson

•Mike Rhyner

The Ticket Top 10 7:00-9:00 PM

•Jon Fahy

The Train Station Fitness Show 6-8 AM

•George DiGianni

The Teebox 8-10 AM

•Rick Arnett

•Craig Rosengarden

Not a Podcast 10 AM-12 PM

•Justin Montemayor

•Mike "The Machine" Marshall

Cirque du Sirois 12-2 PM

•Mike Sirois

•Cash Sirois

The Kickaround 2-4 PM

•Andy Swift

•Peter Welpton

Race Week

•Carlson Leal

The Shake Joint 8-10 AM

•Jake Kemp

•Sean Bass

Other Programs

When locally-based Ticket shows are not on the air, the airwaves are filled with SB Nation Radio. The Dallas Stars broadcast team is a simulcast of the television announcing team of Dave Strader on play-by-play with color analyst Daryl "Razor" Reaugh. Owen Newkirk and Bruce Levine host the radio pre-game, intermission, and post-game shows. On weeknight s after The Ticket Top 10 the nationally syndicated CBS radio show Ferrall on the Bench with Scott Ferrall can be heard.

Notable former hosts

Awards

SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket has won many awards over the years, including the 2007 Marconi Award for "Best Sports Station in America" at the National Association of Broadcasters' annual conference on September 27, 2007. The station and various shows have been Marconi nominees in the past, but this was The Ticket's first win.[11] The Ticket was again recognized as "Sports Station of the Year," winning a second Marconi Award in 2013.[12]

In popular culture

The FX drama Justified made frequent use of the names of "Ticket" personalities for supporting characters as writer/producer VJ Boyd is a former Dallas resident and an active fan of KTCK.[13] Boyd continued this practice in his scripts for NBC's The Player.

References

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