KWFS-FM

KWFS-FM
City	Wichita Falls, Texas
Broadcast area	Wichita Falls metropolitan area
Branding	102.3 Blake-FM
Slogan	Plays New Country
Frequency	102.3 kHz
First air date	1961 (as KNTO at 95.1)
Format	Modern Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	137 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	1722
Callsign meaning	K Wichita FallS
Former callsigns	KNTO (1961-1980) KNTO-FM (5/1980-9/1980) KKQV (1980-1990) KWFS (1990-1995)
Former frequencies	95.1 MHz (1961-1973) 103.3 MHz (1973-1998)
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Wichita Falls License, LLC)
Sister stations	KBZS, KNIN-FM, KWFS-AM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1023blakefm.com

KWFS-FM (branded as 102.3 Blake-FM) is a radio station serving the Wichita Falls area with a Modern Country format. It broadcasts on FM frequency 102.3 MHz and is under ownership of Townsquare Media.

History

KWFS was originally known as KNTO (FM) and operated on 95.1 MHz. The letters stood for "North Texas and Oklahoma". KNTO went on air in August 1961, owned by a partnership of five local businessmen including Bob Lipscomb, Bill Thacker, and three others. KNTO operated from the Onaway Trail tower (same as today) with 3,100 watts horizontal only at 430 feet above average terrain. Studios were on Galveston Drive (near present I-44) before moving to the Onaway Trail building. The format was EZ listening/Beautiful Music.

The station was not an instant success. There was some income from Muzak brand background music played on the station's SCA channel.

Oilman Stephen M. Gose bought the station in 1965, and sold in 1968. The next owners were a partnership of Ralph C. Parker, Owner of Mobile Phone of Texas, Inc and Joe Edd Sweatt, a local General Contractor, who have recently built Mr. Gose's new residence. They hired a new manager Bill Spurgeon, who took the station to hard rock. The KNTO call letters stayed but the logo was modified to include a peace symbol. The station gained popularity with the younger generation, but not with advertisers. The format was changed to "Conservative Contemporary"). Local DJ's during the hard rock era for the station included Bill Daniels and Jerry Johnson.

In 1973 the station was sold to WDAS AM/FM Philadelphia owner Max M. Leon, and his son Steve. The station filed for and received a grant to move to 103.3 MHz with 100,000 watts horizontal and vertical at 450 feet. In 1977 the format was changed to smooth jazz, and in 1977 to Disco-rock.

The FCC investigated some character qualification issues at WDAS. The renewal of KNTO was delayed. In 1978 a deal was struck to sell KNTO to AM 990 KNIN. This was never approved at the FCC. In 1980 a sale was allowed to "Sunshine Radio", a partnership of the Dorsey radios interests and the holdings of Anthony Brandon. They relaunched the station as "QV-103" KKQV with an almumish Top 40 format. The station dropped Texas State Network in favor of RKO Radio.

KKQV acquired the 1290 AM KTRN from Sammons-Ruff Communications in 1980. KTRN went from Top 40 to Country.

103.3 KKQV later changed to KWFS with oldies, then to country. KWFS was adopted as the 1290 AM letters and a -FM suffix was added to the FM.

The station changed channels in 1998 to 102.3 as part of a swap that put 103.3 on air as a rimshotter of Dallas-Fort Worth.

On November 15, 2012 KWFS-FM rebranded as "102.3 Blake FM".^[1]

Call letter history:

KWFS-FM from 03/01/1995 KWFS from 03/12/1990 KKQV from 09/29/1980 KNTO-FM from 05/21/1980

References

↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/79642/blake-fm-launches-in-wichita-falls/

External links

102.3 Blake FM - Official Site

Query the FCC's FM station database for KWFS

Radio-Locator information on KWFS

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KWFS

Radio stations in the Wichita Falls, Texas market

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.5 89.9 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.5 92.9 94.9 95.5 96.3 98.7 99.9 100.5 100.9 102.3 103.9 104.7 106.3 107.1

By AM frequency	1290

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475

By callsign	K202DR K211ED K263AK K296FE KBZS KCBK KGVB KLUR KMCU KMOC KNIN KOLI KQXC KWFB KWFS KWFS-FM KWKL KXPN-FM KXXN KYYI KZAM KZKL WNG722 WXK31

Nearby radio markets Abilene Dallas–Fort Worth Lawton Oklahoma City Sherman–Denison See also List of radio stations in Texas

Country radio stations in the state of Texas

Stations	KABW – Baird KACQ – Lometa KACT – Andrews KACT-FM – Andrews KAGG – Madisonville KAJA – San Antonio KALP – Alpine KAML – Kenedy-Karnes City KAND – Corsicana KARX - Claude KASE-FM – Austin KATP – Amarillo KATX – Eastland KAUM – Colorado City KAXA – Mountain Home KAYD-FM – Silsbee KBCT – Waco KBCY – Tye KBEC – Waxahachie KBEX – Dalhart KBEY – Burnet KBPC – Crockett KBST-FM – Big Spring KBUK – La Grange KCAR – Clarksville KCCT – Corpus Christi KCKL – Malakoff KCKM – Monahans KCLW – Hamilton KCOM – Comanche KCTI – Gonzales KCTX-FM – Childress KCWM – Hondo KCYY – San Antonio KDCD – San Angelo KDHN – Dimmitt KDLK-FM – Del Rio KDRX – Laughlin Air Force Base KEAN-FM – Abilene KEBE – Jacksonville KERC – Kermit KETX-FM – Livingston KEYE – Perryton KFLP-FM – Floydada KFST-FM – Fort Stockton KFTX – Kingsville KFWR – Jacksboro KFXE – Ingram KFYN – Bonham KFYN-FM – Detroit KGAS-FM – Carthage KGKL-FM – San Angelo KGNC – Amarillo KGVL – Greenville KHBR – Hillsboro KHEY-FM – El Paso KHFX – Cleburne KHJQ – Concan KHKX – Odessa KHLB – Mason KHOS-FM – Sonora KIKT – Cooper KILT-FM – Houston KIMP – Mount Pleasant KIUN – Pecos KIVY-FM – Crockett KIXS – Victoria KJCS – Nacogdoches KJDL - Lubbock KJDL-FM – Levelland KKBQ – Pasadena KKCN – Ballinger KKLY – El Paso KKUB – Brownfield KKUS – Tyler KKYN-FM – Plainview KKYR-FM – Texarkana KKYX – San Antonio KLLL-FM – Lubbock KLSR-FM – Memphis KLUR – Wichita Falls KLXK – Breckenridge KMBL – Junction KMHT – Marshall KMIL – Cameron KMKS – Bay City KMKT – Bells KMOO-FM – Mineola KMUL-FM – Muleshoe KMVL-FM – Madisonville KNAF – Fredericksburg KNAF-FM – Fredericksburg KNAL - Port Lavaca KNEL-FM – Brady KNES – Fairfield KNFM – Midland KNUE – Tyler KNUZ – San Saba KOGT – Orange KOKE-FM – Thorndale KOLI – Electra KOLJ – Quanah KOMX – Pampa KOOK – Junction KOOV – Kempner KORA-FM – Bryan KOUL – Benavides KOXE – Brownwood KOYN – Paris KPAN – Hereford KPAN-FM – Hereford KPET – Lamesa KPIR – Granbury KPLX – Fort Worth KPSO-FM – Falfurrias KPUR-FM – Canyon KQBB – Center KQBR – Lubbock KQRP-LP – Malakoff KQTY – Borger KQTY-FM – Borger KRBL – Idalou KRMX – Marlin KRNH – Kerrville KRPT – Devine KRRG – Laredo KRUN – Ballinger KRVA-FM – Campbell KRVF – Kerens KRXT – Rockdale KRYS-FM – Corpus Christi KSAM-FM – Huntsville KSAQ – Charlotte KSCH – Sulphur Springs KSCN – Pittsburg KSCK-LP – Sterling City KSCS – Fort Worth KSEM – Seminole KSEY-FM – Seymour KSNY-FM – Snyder KSSL – Post KSTA – Coleman KSTV-FM – Dublin KSWA – Graham KTEX – Mercedes KTFW-FM – Glen Rose KTHP – Hemphill KTHT – Cleveland KTKO – Beeville KTTX – Brenham KTWL – Hempstead KTXM – Hallettsville KTXO – Goldsmith KUKA – San Diego KULM-FM – Columbus KULP – El Campo KUSJ – Harker Heights KUZN – Centerville KVET-FM – Austin KVLG – La Grange KVMC – Colorado City KVMK – Wheelock KVOU-FM – Uvalde KVRP – Stamford KVRP-FM – Haskell KVST – Willis KWBC – College Station KWED – Seguin KWFS-FM – Wichita Falls KWRD – Henderson KWSP-LP – Kerrville KXAX-LP - Livingston KXDJ – Spearman KXEZ-Farmersville KXOX – Sweetwater KYKM – Yoakum KYKR – Beaumont KYKS – Lufkin KYKX – Longview KYOX - Comanche KYXX – Ozona KYYK – Palestine KYYW – Abilene WACO-FM – Waco WTAW-FM - Buffalo

Defunct:	KDLP-LP – Ace KRHC – Burnet KSTB – Crystal Beach KTON – Belton KUOL – San Marcos

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

Townsquare Media

(formerly Regent Communications, and including former Gap Broadcasting Group and Double O Radio)

Alabama	WBEI WFFN WNPT-FM WTBC WTSK WTUG-FM

Arkansas	KMJI KOSY KYGL

Colorado	KARS-FM(+FM1)** KBKL KEKB KEXO KKNN KKPL KMAX-FM KMXY KTRR KUAD-FM

Connecticut	WINE WRKI

Idaho	KAWO KCIX KEZJ-FM KFXD KIDO KLIX KLIX-FM KSAS-FM KSNQ KXLT-FM

Illinois	WDBQ-FM WKGL-FM WLIQ WROK WXLP WXXQ WZOK

Indiana	WDKS WGBF WGBF-FM WJLT WKDQ

Iowa	KBEA-FM KBOB KCRR KDAT KHAK KIIK-FM KJOC KKHQ-FM KLYV KOEL KOEL-FM KRNA KRQN* KXGE WDBQ WJOD

Kentucky	WBKR WOMI

Louisiana	KEEL KFTE** KHLA KHXT KJEF KJMH KLCL KMDL KNGT KPEL KPEL-FM KROF KRUF KTDY KTSR KVKI-FM KWKH KXKS-FM

Maine	WBLM WBPW WBZN WCYY WDEA WEBB WEZQ WJBQ WJZN WMME-FM WOZI WQCB WQHR WTVL WWMJ

Massachusetts	WBSM WFHN

Michigan	WBCK WBXX WCRZ WFGR WFMK WFNT WGRD-FM WITL-FM WJIM WJIM-FM WKFR-FM WKMI WLCO WLHT-FM WMMQ WNWZ WQUS WRCL WRKR WTRV WVFN WWBN

Minnesota	KBMX KDCZ KDHL KDZZ KFIL KFIL-FM KKCB KLDJ KLZZ KMXK KOLM KQCL KRFO KRFO-FM KROC KROC-FM KVGO KWWK KXSS KYBA KZRV WEBC WJON WWJO

Missouri	KHMO KICK-FM KRRY KSDL KSIS KXKX

Montana	KBAZ KBUL KCHH(+K236AB) KCTR-FM KENR(+FM1) KGVO KGVO-FM KISN KKBR KLYQ KMHK KMMS KMMS-FM KMPT KPRK KSEN KXLB(+K254AL) KYSS-FM(+K252BM) KZIN-FM KZMY

New Hampshire	WHOM WOKQ WPKQ WSAK WSHK

New Jersey	WADB WCHR-FM WENJ WFPG WJLK WKXW WOBM WOBM-FM WPGG WPUR WSJO

New York	WAAL WBKT WBLK WBUF WCHN WCZX WDBY WDHI WDLA WDLA-FM WDOS WEOK WFRG-FM WGNA-FM(+W235AY) WHWK WIBX WIYN WKNY WKXP WKXZ(+W232AT) WLZW WMSX WNBF WODZ-FM WPDA WPDH WQBJ WQBK-FM WQSH(+W256BU) WRRB WRRV WSRK WTBD-FM WTMM-FM WWYL WYOS WYRK WZAD WZOZ

North Dakota	KACL KBYZ KKCT KLXX KUSB

Oklahoma	KLAW KVRW KZCD

South Dakota	KDEZ KIKN-FM KKLS-FM KMXC KSOO KSOO-FM KXRB KYBB

Texas	KAFX-FM KATP KBAT KBZS KEAN-FM KELI KEYJ-FM KFMX-FM KFYO KGEE KGKL KGKL-FM KISX KIXS KIXZ KKAM KKCL-FM KKCN KKTX-FM KKYR-FM KLAQ KLTD KLUB KMND KMWX KMXJ-FM KNFM KNIN-FM KNRX KNUE KODM KOOC KPRF KPWW KQBR KQVT KROD KSFA KSII KSLI KSSM KTBQ KTEM KTUX KTYL-FM KULL KUSJ KVLL-FM KWFS KWFS-FM KXSS-FM KYKS KYYW KZBT KZII-FM

Washington	KATS(+K232CV) KDBL KEYW KFFM KFLD KIT KMGW KOLW KORD-FM KUTI KXRX

Wyoming	KCGY KGAB KIGN KKTL KLEN KOWB KRNK KRVK KTRS-FM KTWO KWYY

Defunct	KRIL WPUT

Live events	Country Jam USA Mountain Jam (50%) North American Midway Entertainment WE Fest

Websites	King Loudwire Noisecreep XXL

Radio networks	Michigan Talk Network

License held by a divestiture trust; sale pending. *License held by a third party.

Coordinates: 33°53′53″N 98°32′35″W / 33.898°N 98.543°W / 33.898; -98.543

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