KGGR

KGGR is an AM urban contemporary gospel radio station that serves the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, airing only during the Daytime hours on AM 1040 because this station shares the same frequency with "clear channel" station WHO in Des Moines, Iowa. The station could be heard in and around Dallas over FM translator station K273BJ at 102.5 MHz 24 hours a day but that station began simulcasting KTNO 1440. The station has had its gospel format since 1990, and is owned by Mortenson Broadcasting. It's a sister station to KHVN.

History

The station went on air in 1947 as KIXL. The station was owned by Variety Broadcasting led by Lee Segall, and included celebrity stockholders Greer Garson and William Holden. Later on, it founded a sister station, KIXL-FM/104.5, later known as KEZT and now as KKDA-FM. Segall programmed a long-running and successful beautiful music format on KIXL, which was simulcast on KIXL-FM ("104 on both dials").

In the 1970s and 1980s the station was owned by Crawford and aired during daylight hours only as KPBC, featuring contemporary Christian music until a new 24-hour station at 770 kHz was created by Crawford.