KTCK (1310 AM AM radio began with the first, experimental broadcast on Christmas Eve of 1906 by Canadian experimenter Reginald Fessenden, and was used for small-scale voice and music broadcasts up until World War I. San Francisco, California radio station KCBS claims to be the direct descendant of KQW, founded by radio experimenter Charles "Doc"; "SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket"), is a sports talk Sports radio is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A popular format with an almost exclusively male demographic in most areas[citation needed], sports radio is characterized by an often-boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both hosts and callers; political commentary is rare[ radio station Radio broadcasting is an audio broadcasting service, broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to a receiving antenna. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast common programming, either in syndication or simulcast or both. Audio broadcasting also can be done via cable FM, local based in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. The metropolitan area is further divided into two metropolitan divisions: Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington. Residents of the area informally refer to it as the Dallas/. The station, currently owned by Cumulus Media Cumulus Media, Inc. is the second largest Owner and Operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States, operating 347 stations in 68 markets as of December 31, 2008. The Company's headquarters are located in Atlanta, Georgia. Cumulus has focused on owning radio stations located in medium sized media markets. Unlike some others in the radio, has been made popular by the incorporation of humor alongside the sports talk.

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

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History

The 1310 kHz The hertz is the SI unit of frequency defined as the number of cycles per second of a periodic phenomenon. One of its most common uses is the description of sine wave, particularly those used in radio and audio applications frequency has its origins as WRR[2], 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 In telecommunications and Signal Processing, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency (contrast this with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant). In analog applications, the difference between the instantaneous and the station; the AM station played popular music Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal", and stands in contrast to art music, and traditional music which was disseminated orally. Although popular music sometimes is known as "pop music", the "two terms are not interchangeable. Popular music is a generic term for music of all ages while the FM station carried classical music Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times. The central norms of this tradition became codified between 1550 and 1900, which is known as the common practice period. 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 broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations. A call sign can be formally assigned by a government agency, informally adopted by individuals or organizations, or even cryptographically encoded to disguise a station's in 1994.

The Ticket's original lineup consisted of Skip Bayless Skip Bayless is an American journalist on ESPN2's ESPN First Take and its afternoon show 1st and 10. Bayless previously wrote regular columns for ESPN.com and its "Page 2" section, Curt Menefee Curt Menefee , is an American sportscaster who is the host of the Fox network's NFL show Fox NFL Sunday. His co-hosts are Jimmy Johnson, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Michael Strahan, Mike Rhyner and Greg Williams Greg "Greggo" Williams is an American radio personality. He was most recently co-host of the syndicated sports talk program The Show with John Clay and Greggo. Williams broadcast from a studio in Fort Worth, Texas, although the flagship station for the program was KSEY in Wichita Falls, Texas. The show ceased production at the end of, Chuck Cooperstein, and George Dunham George William Dunham is an American radio personality and member of the "Dunham & Miller" morning show, heard 5:30-10:00 AM on sports radio KTCK 1310 AM in Dallas, Texas. Dunham co-hosts the show with long time friend and college roommate Craig Miller, as well as Gordon Keith and Craig Miller. Skip Bayless said the first words ever spoken on The Ticket.

On March 6, 2006, the station announced that it would be the flagship affiliate of the Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are an American football team that plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League (NFL). They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The team plays its home games at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, which finished construction in time for the radio network.[3] This success was followed up by Arbitron ratings which showed a 60% increase in listeners.[4] However, on January 23, 2009, KTCK and the Dallas Cowboys ended their three-year partnership.[5]

Formerly owned by Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff, The Ticket was purchased by Cumulus Media on May 5, 2006.[6]

On January 16, 2009, The Ticket along with the Dallas Stars The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The franchise transferred to Dallas for the 1993–94 NHL issued a press release naming KTCK as the new flagship station for Dallas Stars Hockey for five years starting with the 2009-10 season.[7]

Programming

Weekday programming on the station includes "The Musers" hosted by George "Jub Jub" Dunham George William Dunham is an American radio personality and member of the "Dunham & Miller" morning show, heard 5:30-10:00 AM on sports radio KTCK 1310 AM in Dallas, Texas. Dunham co-hosts the show with long time friend and college roommate Craig Miller, as well as Gordon Keith, Craig "Junior" Miller and Gordon "The Great Gordo" Keith Gordon Keith is an American radio host on KTCK SportsRadio 1310 AM "The Ticket" in Dallas, Texas. He has shared hosting duties with George Dunham and Craig "Junior" Miller since 1995, "The Norm Hitzges Show" hosted by Radio Hall of Fame member Norm Hitzges Norman R. Hitzges is an author and sports talk radio host at KTCK (1310 AM, "SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket") in Dallas, Texas. Hitzges moved to (former rival) KTCK after sister station KLIF removed sports talk programming from its lineup, "BaD Radio" hosted by Bob "Sports" Sturm, Dan "Big Mac" McDowell and Donovan "The Great Donovan" Lewis, "The Hardline" hosted by Mike "Old Grey Wolf" Rhyner and Corby "The Snake" Davidson, plus "The Ticket Top 10" with Chris House, and the syndicated The Dan Patrick Show The Dan Patrick Show is a syndicated sports talk show hosted by former ESPN personality Dan Patrick. It is currently produced by DirecTV Sports Group and is syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks. The three-hour program broadcasts live every day beginning at 9 a.m. Eastern/6 a.m. Pacific time on Fox Sports Radio. Beginning August 3, 2009, the show. Notable weekend shows include The Train Station Fitness Show with George DeJohn, The TeeBox with Rick Arnett and Craig Rosengarden, The Orphanage with Danny Balis and Dave Lane, Ticket Sports Saturday with Ty Walker, Sean Bass, and Stewart Cedar, Race Week with Rich Philips, plus a Sunday morning show hosted by Mark Elfenbein. When normal Ticket shows are not on the air, the airwaves are filled with Sporting News Radio Sporting News Radio is a United States sports radio network that broadcasts sports news, talk, scores, and highlights 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Dallas Stars The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The team was founded during the 1967 NHL expansion as the Minnesota North Stars, based in Bloomington, Minnesota. The franchise transferred to Dallas for the 1993–94 NHL broadcast team is Ralph Strangis on play-by-play with color analyst Daryl "Razor" Reaugh.

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 The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association representing the interests of for-profit, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters in the United States. The NAB represents more than 8,300 terrestrial radio and television stations as well as broadcast networks' 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.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Dallas Morning News article in which comparative ratings are summarized.". http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/columnists/bhorn/stories/061006dnspohorn.312e767.html.
  2. ^ Dallas Radio Origins
  3. ^ "Dallas Cowboys on Radio". DallasCowboys.com. http://dallascowboys.com/dcradio.cfm.
  4. ^ Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Arts & Entertainment
  5. ^ [1]
  6. ^ Cumulus Media Inc. Completes Formation of Cumulus Media Partners and Acquisition of Susquehanna Radio
  7. ^ http://stars.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=404535
  8. ^ Horn, Barry (2006-04-17). "Hansen headed to ESPN Radio". Dallas Morning News The Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area, with a circulation of 263,810 subscribers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in October 2009. It was founded on October 1, 1885, by Alfred Horatio Belo as a satellite publication of the Galveston Daily News, of Galveston, Texas. Today it has one of the 20.
  9. ^ Horn, Barry (2010-04-28). "The Ticket radio station fires producer Mike Bacsik for Twitter comments". Dallas Morning News The Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area, with a circulation of 263,810 subscribers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in October 2009. It was founded on October 1, 1885, by Alfred Horatio Belo as a satellite publication of the Galveston Daily News, of Galveston, Texas. Today it has one of the 20. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/042810dnspobasik.4199268.html.
  10. ^ . . Retrieved Nov. 13, 2008.

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