WFAA

WFAA, virtual channel and VHF digital channel 8, is an ABC-affiliated television station serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex that is licensed to Dallas, Texas, United States. The station is owned by Tegna, Inc. WFAA maintains offices and primary studio facilities located at the WFAA Communications Center Studios on 606 Young Street in downtown Dallas (next to the offices of former sister newspaper The Dallas Morning News); the station operates a secondary studio facility (which is used for WFAA's newscasts) located at the Victory Park development next to the American Airlines Center; the station maintains transmitter facilities located south of Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill. It is one of only a few broadcast stations west of the Mississippi River to have the "W" initial prefix.

WFAA is the largest ABC affiliate by market size that is not owned and operated by the network, as well as one of only two television stations in the Dallas-Fort Worth market (along with CW affiliate KDAF (channel 33)) that is not owned by its affiliated network and the largest affiliate of any of the "Big Four" networks (ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox) not to be owned by that respective network.

KLIF (AM)

KLIF (570 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Dallas, Texas, USA. The station is owned by Cumulus Media. KLIF primarily broadcasts a talk format to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The station's studios are located in the Victory Park district in Dallas just north of downtown, and the transmitter site is in Coppell near North Lake.

Call sign history

The call letters KLIF achieved recognition in radio broadcasting through the efforts of Gordon McLendon. The station which formerly broadcast music and talk on 1190 AM, was Dallas' and one of the nation's biggest Top 40 radio stations.. Playing Top 40 music during the 1950s and 1960s, it achieved an over 50 share, an unparalleled ratings success.

The station saw success in music and talk radio broadcasting. In 1954, 1190 KLIF switched from a more varied music programming approach to one that focused on hit music with periodic news. McLendon collected the names of local leaders in business and government working them into news on the station. McLendon said there were only two things that radio could compete with television on: "music and news". KLIF was headquartered at KLIF Triangle Point Studios from 1964 to 1980. It is a street front building with large windows where pedestrians and Downtown Dallas shoppers could look in the studio and see the action of live broadcasts. KLIF was known for its promotions which included top 40 surveys with photo shoots of the broadcasters. Other types of photos were of the broadcast staff at live promotion events. KLIF did live shows in different parts of Dallas. The announcers often toured the city in the KLIF radio vehicles. When FM radio took over Top 40 music during the late 1970s, the station lost its dominance in Top 40 music and later switched to talk radio. The KLIF call letters and format were moved to 570 AM in 1990. The frequency KLIF formerly occupied now hosts competitor news station KFXR.