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<html> <head><meta charset="windows-1252"><meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us"><meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 6.0"><meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"><meta name="description" content="A history of radio stations and radio ratings in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas"><meta name="keywords" content="Dallas Radio History, Dallas Fort Worth, DFW, Radio History, Radio Stations, KLIF 1190, DFW Radio History, DFW Radio Archives, Early Texas Radio, Dallas Radio History, Fort Worth Radio History, WFAA, WBAP, KFJZ, KRLD, KTAT, Dorsey, Chapman, Joyner, KNUS 99, KNUS99, Dallas Arbitron, Dallas Radio Ratings, DFW Radio Ratings, Dallas Radio Archives, Texas Radio History"> <title>DFW RADIO ARCHIVES - Documenting the History of Radio in Dallas and Fort Worth</title> <style type="text/css">textarea{position:absolute}</style> </head> <body> <img border="0" height="90" src="MainTe1.jpg" width="971"/>     <div id="layer9" style="position: absolute; width: 752px; height: 70px; z-index: 8; left: 24px; top: 108px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #179797"> <table border="0" cellspacing="3" id="table8" width="101%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> DOCUMENTING THE HISTORY OF RADIO IN NORTH TEXAS </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="20"> INCLUDING 50 YEARS' WORTH OF NIELSEN/ARBITRON RATINGS </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>   <div id="layer8" style="position: absolute; width: 135px; height: 352px; z-index: 7; left: 785px; top: 196px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dfwradioarchives" style="font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: #3B5998; text-decoration: none;" target="_TOP" title="DFW Radio Archives">Become a fan of </a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dfwradioarchives" style="font-family: "lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-variant: normal; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; color: #3B5998; text-decoration: none;" target="_TOP" title="DFW Radio Archives">DFW Radio Archives</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dfwradioarchives" target="_TOP" title="DFW Radio Archives"><img src="https://badge.facebook.com/badge/373837339601.3792.192244652.png" style="border: 0px;"/></a>  </div> <div id="layer1" style="position: absolute; width: 490px; height: 100px; z-index: 1; left: 23px; top: 197px"> <table border="0" id="table1" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="6"> 1920 - 1965 </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" colspan="6"> A year-by-year look at the evolution of radio in north Texas </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/origins2.htm">Origins</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1920s.htm">1920s</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1930s.htm">1930s</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1940s.htm">1940s</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1950s.htm">1950s</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1960s.htm">1960s</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div id="layer2" style="position: absolute; width: 490px; height: 251px; z-index: 2; left: 23px; top: 298px"> <table border="0" id="table2" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td colspan="10">1966 - 2015</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="10"> Highlights from each year, along with the top ten stations from each Nielsen/Arbitron survey. </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="10"> (From 1966 to 1973, Arbitron measured Dallas and Fort Worth as separate markets. Only the top five stations are ranked during those years.) </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1966.htm">1966</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1967.htm">1967</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1968.htm">1968</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1969.htm">1969</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1970.htm">1970</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1971.htm">1971</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1972.htm">1972</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1973.htm">1973</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1974.htm">1974</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1975.htm">1975</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1976.htm">1976</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1977.htm">1977</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1978.htm">1978</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1979.htm">1979</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1980.htm">1980</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1981.htm">1981</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1982.htm">1982</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1983.htm">1983</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1984.htm">1984</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1985.htm">1985</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1986.htm">1986</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1987.htm">1987</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1988.htm">1988</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1989.htm">1989</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1990.htm">1990</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1991.htm">1991</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1992.htm">1992</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1993.htm">1993</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1994.htm">1994</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1995.htm">1995</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1996.htm">1996</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1997.htm">1997</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1998.htm">1998</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1999.htm">1999</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2000.htm">2000</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2001.htm">2001</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2002.htm">2002</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2003.htm">2003</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2004.htm">2004</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2005.htm">2005</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2006.htm">2006</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2007.htm">2007</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2008.htm">2008</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2009.htm">2009</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2010.htm">2010</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2011.htm">2011</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2012.htm">2012</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2013.htm">2013</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2014.htm">2014</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/2015.htm">2015</a></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> <td align="center"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div id="layer14" style="position: absolute; width: 234px; height: 121px; z-index: 12; left: 534px; top: 196px"></div>       <div id="layer5" style="position: absolute; width: 492px; height: 170px; z-index: 4; left: 21px; top: 727px"> OTHER RATINGS SERVICES <table border="0" bordercolor="#179797" id="table4" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="116"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/Crossley.htm" style="text-decoration: none">CROSSLEY Dallas 1935-1946</a></td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/Hooper1258.htm" style="text-decoration: none">HOOPER Dallas 1959</a></td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="110"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/more.htm#Birch" style="text-decoration: none">BIRCH D/FW 1987-1991</a></td> <td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="118"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/more.htm#AccuRatings" style="text-decoration: none">ACCURATINGS</a> <a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/more.htm#AccuRatings" style="text-decoration: none">D/FW 1993-1998</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div id="layer11" style="position: absolute; width: 493px; height: 236px; z-index: 1; left: -1px; top: 171px">MORE FROM THE ARCHIVES <table border="0" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#FFFFFF" cellspacing="9" id="table6" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="justify" width="225"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/Broadcasting.htm" style="text-decoration: none">KLIF/KBOX COLLECTION Trade magazine advertisements from the 50s and 60s for Dallas' two giant top 40 stations</a></td> <td align="justify"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/archive2menu.htm" style="text-decoration: none">RADIO SCHEDULES Newspaper listings from Dallas and Fort Worth from the 20s, 30s and 40s</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="justify" width="225"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/FirstAMs.htm" style="text-decoration: none">PIONEER AMs IN TEXAS An exclusive documentation of the first forty radio stations to broadcast in the state</a></td> <td align="justify"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/FirstFMs.htm" style="text-decoration: none">PIONEER FMs IN TEXAS An exclusive documentation of the first forty FM radio stations to broadcast in the state.</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="justify" width="225"><a href="http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Station-Albums/WBAP-WGKO-WFAA-Album.pdf" style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank">1941 WFAA/WBAP/KGKO "FAMILY ALBUM"</a></td> <td align="justify"></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div>   </div> <div id="layer4" style="position: absolute; width: 491px; height: 135px; z-index: 4; left: 22px; top: 550px"> THE RECORD BOOK <table border="0" id="table5" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="center" width="148"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/records.htm#CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF" style="text-decoration: none">THE #1 LIST Top stations by survey 1966 to now</a></td> <td align="center" width="160"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/records.htm#RATINGS ACHIEVEMENTS" style="text-decoration: none">RECORD STREAKS</a> <a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/records.htm#RATINGS ACHIEVEMENTS" style="text-decoration: none">Ratings achievements in the diary era (1966-2008)</a></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/records.htm#HIGHEST SHARES RECORDED BY FREQUENCY" style="text-decoration: none">RECORD HIGHS Highest ratings by frequency in the diary era (1966-2008)</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table>   </div> <div id="layer12" style="position: absolute; width: 768px; height: 118px; z-index: 10; left: 17px; 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