KSOC

KSOC

City	Gainesville, Texas
Broadcast area	Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex/Sherman/Denison/ Gainesville/Southern Oklahoma (Ardmore/Durant area)
Branding	Boom 94.5
Frequency	94.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Repeater(s)	KBFB 97.9 HD2
First air date	1958 (as KGAF)
Format	Classic hip hop
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	591 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	6386
Callsign meaning	K Soul Of the City (former branding)
Former callsigns	KGAF (1958-1981) KDNT (1981-1987) KZRK (1987-1989) KDGE (1989-2000) KTXQ (2000-2002)
Owner	Radio One (Radio One Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	KBFB
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	boom945.com

KSOC (94.5 FM, known on-air as Boom 94.5) is a radio station serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in Texas. The station airs a classic hip hop format. The station is licensed to Gainesville and is owned by Radio One. Co-owned with KBFB, its studios are located in the Valley View Center in North Dallas, and its transmitter is located in Collinsville.

KSOC broadcasts in HD.^[1]

History

94.5 FM signed on in 1958 as KGAF-FM and AM 1580 as an oldies format. The station was owned by the Leonard Brothers and the transmitter was east of Gainesville. KGAF would last until the 1980s when the 94.5 frequency would be sold off.

KDNT

94.5 was then sold to Mel Wheeler, who owned 106.1 (now KHKS). KDNT broadcast a country format, which was previously on 106.1. The country format would be moved to the newly acquired 94.5 frequency. 94.5 would never claim good ratings in the Dallas-Fort Worth market due to the location of the tower east of Gainesville which would have a rimshot signal into the Metroplex.

KZRK

In July 1987, with KSCS and KPLX competing for the country audience and were city-grade signals, KDNT and its country format were dropped and became KZRK "Z-Rock 94-5". Wheeler, owner of KDNT, had died and the station was sold once again.

KDGE

In July 1989, KZRK was sold to Evergreen Media, who would change the calls to KDGE, adjusted the format to alternative rock, and rebranded the station as "94-5 the Edge". Evergreen Media would be purchased by Chancellor Media in 1998. Chancellor would look to improve 94.5's current ERP at 78,000 watts. Part of the station's signal woes were solved when KDGE relocated its transmitter to its current location and increase the power to 98,000 watts.

94.5/102.1 swap

Before there was KSOC, there was KTXQ Q102 (on frequency 102.1), owned by SFX Broadcasting. Q102 was a popular rock station during the 1980s in the Metroplex, calling itself "Texas' Best Rock". It was frequented by rockers such as Van Halen and Joe Walsh. It also promoted the Texxas Jam, an annual summer concert.

In August 1998, SFX sold the station to AMFM, Inc. after Q102's ratings lagged, and changed it to Magic 102, an urban oldies station playing old school R&B and dance music. In November 2000, Clear Channel Communications would purchase AMFM, which put them over current ownership limits and they swapped frequencies with KDGE and the station's name was changed to Magic 94.5. The last song for 94.5 The Edge was "How Soon Is Now?" by The Smiths, with the first song of Magic 94.5 being "I Would Die 4 U" by Prince.^[2]

Urban AC years

94.5 K-Soul logo used from 2002-2011

Radio One would purchase KTXQ and KBFB, and shifted KTXQ to the Urban AC format on April 22, 2002 as KSOC 94.5 K-Soul, playing current R&B and classic soul.^[3] It was home to two syndicated shows: The Tom Joyner Morning Show (which previously aired on KKDA/K-104 and then-Urban AC rival KRNB-FM) and Love, Lust and Lies with Michael Baisden in the afternoons.

On July 18, 2011, KSOC dropped the "K-Soul" branding after 9 years. However, the format continued to run, although jockless at the time with Michael Baisden dropped from the station's schedule. The staff of KSOC has indicated that changes are coming to the station, and they've accepted feedback from their listeners.^[4]

Old School 94.5 ident

At 5 PM on July 29, 2011, KSOC rebranded as Old School 94.5, although the station's format remained urban adult contemporary per Mediabase & Nielsen BDS. The last song of "K-Soul" was A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke, followed by the first song of the new format being Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now by McFadden & Whitehead. KSOC's playlist has a diverse mix of classic R&B and soul music from the 1960s to early 1990s, much similar to its "Magic 102/94.5" predecessors, with fewer currents. As of October 2011, Tom Joyner has returned to the morning drive, Janet G handles the 9AM to 2PM shift, and Kenny J handles the 2PM to 7PM slot. The launch was helped by former radio personalities Skip Murphy & Company (previously on KKDA-FM).^[5]^[6]

Previous K-Soul ident.

On January 22, 2014, at 9 AM, following the Tom Joyner Morning Show, KSOC returned to the "K-Soul" branding, this time as K-Soul 94.5, launching with 94 hours of commercial-free music. While keeping a gold based presentation, KSOC updated its library to bring back tracks from the 1990s and 2000s.^[7] As of late March 2014, KSOC simulcasts on sister station KBFB's secondary HD broadcast on 97.9 HD2 for those in the immediate DFW area and southern neighbors who are not in this station's pre-determined coverage area.

Flip to Old School Hip-Hop

On November 14, 2014, at 6 PM, KSOC changed their format to classic hip hop, branded as Boom 94.5. As before, they provided 94 hours of commercial-free music.^[8] With the recent format change, the syndicated "Tom Joyner Morning Show", for which K-Soul was the home station, was dropped, a change he noted the following Monday morning on his show, where he told DFW listeners to download the free app for the iPhone or Android or listen on a different affiliate. A month after the format switch, ratings have jumped from a 2.8 share to a 3.4 according to Nielsen & Mediabase (who oddly enough kept KSOC in the Urban AC panel), cracking the Top 10 station list above its urban counterpart KBFB.^[9]

References

↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=10 HD Radio Guide for Dallas-Ft. Worth
↑ 94.5 The Edge Becomes Magic 94.5 - Format Change Archive (accessed June 30, 2012)
↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2002/RR-2002-04-26.pdf
↑ What Is Going On With 94.5? - thesoulofdfw.com (accessed July 26, 2011)
↑ KSOC Dallas becomes "Old School 94.5." - Radio-Info.com (released August 1, 2011)
↑ 94.5 KSoul Revamps As Old School 94.5 - Format Change Archive (accessed October 4, 2011)
↑ KSOC Returns to K-Soul
↑ Classic Hip Hop Duel Breaks Out in Dallas
↑ - Radio Online (accessed December 22, 2014)

External links

KSOC Boom 94.5 official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KSOC

Radio-Locator information on KSOC

Radio stations in the Dallas–Fort Worth market

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 92.9 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.5 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

By AM frequency	540 570 620 660 700 730 770 820¹ 850² 870² 890 910 970 990 1040² 1080¹ 1110² 1140 1160 1190 1220 1270 1310 1340 1360 1390 1420 1440 1460 1480 1540 1570 1600 1630 1700

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 (Dallas) 162.525 (Corsicana) 162.525 (Mineral Wells) 162.550 (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 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 KTFW KTNO KTXG KTXV KVCE KVIL KVTT² KWRD-FM KXEZ KXI87 KYDA KYQX KZEE KZMP KZMP-FM KZPS KZZA WBAP¹ WNG651 WRR

Internet radio	The Indie-Verse

Defunct	KTDK-FM 104.1

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.

Radio stations in the Sherman/Denison, Texas area

By FM frequency	89.7 90.5 91.5 92.1 93.1 94.5 95.3 97.5 99.3 100.7 102.5 103.3 104.9 106.3 107.3

By AM frequency	750 1420 1500 1580 1700

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475

By callsign	K257EV KAWA KESN KFYN KGAF KHA99 KHYI KJIM KKLF KLAK KLBC KMAD-FM KMKT KSEO KSOC KTXG KWRD-FM KXEZ KYFB KZMP WXK22 KQDR

Nearby radio markets Dallas–Fort Worth Lawton Oklahoma City Paris Tyler–Longview Wichita Falls See also List of radio stations in Texas

Radio One

Key people

Cathy Hughes (Chairman and CEO)

Radio shows

The Tom Joyner Morning Show (via Reach Media under contract)
Russ Parr Morning Show (via AURN)
The Yolanda Adams Morning Show
The Donnie Simpson Show

Radio stations

Mainstream urban	KBFB KBXX WCDX WCKX WENZ WERQ-FM WGPR¹ WHHL WHTA WIZF WKYS WQNC WQOK

Urban adult contemporary	KMJQ WAMJ WBMO WDMK WFXC WFXK WKJM WKJS WMMJ WRNB WTLC-FM WUMJ WWIN-FM WZAK

Urban gospel	WJMO WNNL WPPZ-FM WPRS-FM WPZE WPZR WPZS WPZZ WTLC WWIN WYCB

Urban talk	WCHB WDBZ WERE WOL WOLB WTPS

CHR	WNOW-FM

Rhythmic CHR	WHHH

Rhythmic Oldies	WFUN-FM WOSF WOSL

Classic hip hop	KROI KSOC WPHI-FM W275BK

China Radio International	WILD

Other

WDNI-CD (Telemundo) TV One Interactive One

¹ Owned by International Free and Accepted Modern Masons and operated by Radio One under an LMA.

Coordinates: 33°32′10″N 96°49′55″W / 33.536°N 96.832°W / 33.536; -96.832

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