KZPS

KZPS

City	Dallas, Texas
Broadcast area	Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Branding	Lone Star 92.5
Frequency	92.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1948 (as KRLD-FM)
Format	Classic rock HD2: Adult Alternative "iHeart Eclectic"
ERP	99,000 watts
HAAT	508 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	6378
Transmitter coordinates	32°35′19″N 96°58′05″W / 32.58861°N 96.96806°W / 32.58861; -96.96806Coordinates: 32°35′19″N 96°58′05″W / 32.58861°N 96.96806°W / 32.58861; -96.96806
Callsign meaning	former Z92.5 branding / Your Power Station
Former callsigns	KRLD-FM (1948–1972) KAFM (1972–1986)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (AMFM Texas Licenses LLC)
Sister stations	KDGE, KDMX, KEGL, KFXR, KHKS
Webcast	Listen Live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	lonestar925.com

KZPS (92.5 FM, known as "Lonestar 92.5") is a radio station serving the Dallas/Fort Worth market in Texas. The station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications until September 2014) and airs a popular classic rock format.

The station's studios are located along Dallas Parkway in Farmers Branch (although it has a Dallas address), and the transmitter site is in Cedar Hill.

The station's current format also involves the dropping of conventional 30-second and 60-second ads in favor of sponsored hours with disk jockeys promoting sponsors conversationally.

History

The frequency debuted in 1948 with the KRLD-FM call sign. The station initially simulcast with Dallas station KRLD. The station was one of only three 24-hour FM stations in the Dallas market in the 1960s. A progressive rock format was instituted in the early 1970s.

Z92.5 Your Power Station

The call letters changed to KAFM in 1972, and the station underwent a number of format changes through the 1970s and 1980s, including Top 40 as "Your Power Station Z92.5" as its current calls KZPS originated from as the J. Eric Johnson family (KRLD, Inc from 1971 to 1978) before selling it to Bonneville International in the Summer of 1978. 92.5 was flipped to classic hits in 1987 and jazz before settling on a long-standing classic rock format, bringing John Boy and Billy on board in 1995, with the station imaging being "Ninety Two Five KZPS, the classic rock station" but they were replaced by local Bo and Jim in the Mornings.

A number of different owners have owned the station, beginning with Times Herald Printing Company then KRLD, Inc. owned by family of former Dallas Mayor J. Eric Johnson. Clear Channel bought the station from Evergreen Media, which had acquired it from Bonneville International in 1997.

Notable disk jockeys of the many who have worked at the station include Sam Roberts, "Long" Jim White ("Bo and Jim"), Jay Philpot (mid-days, now in Baltimore), Jon Dillon (afternoon drive for the longest of all the KZPS DJs but released by Clear Channel in 2012), Stubie Doak (nights), Pamela Steele (mid-days), Benn McGregor ("McGregor" - 1982–86 writer/producer, co-host of "Morning Drive" with Andy Barber 1984–1985), Jerry Vigil (mid-days, production director), Pete Thomson (afternoons), John Shomby (program director), and Paul Donovan (evenings).

As "Lone Star 92.5"

On April 23, 2007, KZPS rebranded itself as "Lone Star 92.5" and adopted a Texas-themed classic rock/country hybrid format that was previously heard on 92.5 HD2.^[1] About a year later, KZPS changed back to its previous classic rock playlist, keeping the "Lonestar 92.5" branding.

KZPS-HD2

Since KZPS rebranded as "Lone Star 92.5", the classic rock format was briefly heard on 92.5 HD-2 (HD Radio). On April 2008 when KZPS returned to classic rock, 92.5 HD-2 switched to an Adult Alternative format branded as "The Music Summit" (previously on KDMX-HD2). As of October 2013, it is simulcasting from iHeartRadio's "World Class Rock" network utilizing the same format as before.^[2] Since April 2015, it was renamed to "The iHeart Current" and a month later, renamed again as "iHeart Eclectic".^[3]

References

↑ First Listen: Clear Channel’s New Lone Star 92.5/Dallas (Published April 24, 2007, Retrieved May 16, 2014)
↑ KZPS-HD2 World Class Rock - TuneIn (accessed October 1, 2013)
↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=10 HD Radio Guide for Dallas-Ft. Worth

External links

KZPS official site

Query the FCC's FM station database for KZPS

Radio-Locator information on KZPS

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.

Classic rock radio stations in the state of Texas

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By callsign	KBUS KDRL KFZX KHMR KHXS KJXJ KKTX-FM KLUB KNFX KONE KPUS KQXX-FM KRVL KRXB KTAL KTBQ KTKX KWBY-FM KWFR KXIT KXXF KYGL KYYI KZEP-HD2 KZPS

By city	Beeville Bloomington Bryan Burkburnett Conroe Dalhart Dallas Franklin Gardendale Gregory Kerrville Kilgore Lake Jackson Lovelady Lubbock Merkel Nacogdoches Pampa Paris Ranger San Angelo San Antonio Terrell Hills Texarkana Texarkana Winnie

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 active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

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