KFXR (AM)

KFXR (1190 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Dallas, Texas, and serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

While it is owned by iHeartMedia, KFXR does not have access to two of the most popular talk programs syndicated by iHeart's Premiere Networks.

Live sports include Texas Tech Red Raiders football and men's basketball, along with FC Dallas soccer games.

[3] The station was owned by Trinity Broadcasting, with studios in a 12th floor penthouse apartment in Cliff Towers.

In 1954, KLIF switched from a varied music and talk format to one that focused on hit songs with periodic news.

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.

[5] A temporary automated format of CNN Headline News was put on AM 1190 along with the call letters KLAF while Greystone built new studios and planned a new approach.

Greystone added local news in the morning and afternoon drive time along with syndicated talk shows, including Bruce Williams and Larry King, to the Headline News format, changing the call sign to KYII - "Keeping You Instantly Informed".

That same year, KUII added the Rush Limbaugh show to the lineup; it had previously aired on weekend afternoons on KLIF.

Gordon McLendon, Jimmy Rabbitt, Paxton Mills, Ralph Baker Jr., Charlie Van Dyke, Michael O'Shea, Dick Heatherton, Chuck Murphy, Dave Ambrose, Jim Tabor, Mike Selden, Ron Chapman, Johnny Dark, Hal Martin, Ken Dowe, Rod Roddy, Cuzzin Lennie, Wes Wise, Bob McCord, Brant Miller, John London, Randy Robbins, Russ Knight, Jim O'Brian, Chuck Dunaway, Ken Knox, Dick Kemp, Dick McCurdy, Jack Woods, Don Keys, Barry Kaye, Bill Stewart, Don Keyes, Buddy McGregor, George Michael, Deano Day, Gary Mack, Don Berns, Ken Reed, Stan Richards, Larry Wilson, Rex Miller, Mike Scott, Don McGregor, Lee Douglas, Jay Lawrence, Bill Ennis, Don Robertson, Bill Robbins, Gary Hamilton, Van Winkle, Coyote, Tony Booth, Gary Owens, Rex Jones and Brice Armstrong, Jack Murray, Nick Alexander, Randy Robbins, Jim Davis, Paxton Mills, Cat Simon, Truckin' Tom Kent.

It was about this time that Morton Downey Jr. brought his syndicated radio show to Dallas and hosted it out of the station.

Downey remained at the station for another year or so before moving on, eventually hosting a national weekday television show.

On September 11 of that year, KLUV (AM) flipped to "Smokin' Oldies", playing 1950s and 1960s hits, many of them no longer heard on the FM station's format.

Fox Sports Radio programming continued until late-March 2004, when the station switched to an all-Beatles format.

As HLN relied less on rolling news coverage and more on personality talk, KFXR's format changed from the network's simulcast back to classic country in December 2009.

[18][19] Initially retaining the "CNN 1190" branding, in early 2010, KFXR rebranded as simply "1190 AM" to reflect on the current format and affiliation.

On May 13, 2024, KFXR shifted its format to conservative talk and added Glenn Beck, Clay Travis and Buck Sexton to its program lineup.

"CNN 1190" logo prior to 2010.
former logo