KLIF (AM)

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KLIF

City of license	Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Broadcast area	Dallas/Fort Worth
Branding	570 KLIF
First air date	November 9, 1947
Frequency	570 kHz
Format	News/Talk
Callsign meaning	OaK Cliff
Affiliations	Fox News
Owner	Cumulus Media
Website	http://www.klif.com/

KLIF is a news and talk AM radio station licensed to Dallas, Texas.

The station signed on on November 9, 1947 with the callsign KLIF at 1190 kHz.

KFXR was known as "Mighty 1190" KLIF, which had its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, playing Top 40 hits and news, with high-profile disc jockeys. It was, until the mid-1970s, the top-rated radio station in the area, at one point, commanding 50% of the radio audience. The top 40 format of KLIF was also copied by Don Pierson and Ben Toney as a working model to create Wonderful Radio London from the off coast of southern England between 1964 and 1967.

On February 5, 1990, Susquehanna Radio Corporation purchased the 570 kHz frequency from Anchor Media Ltd. which ran KLDD-AM at that dial position^[1]. That purchase became final on November 29, 1990. Beginning at 5 AM that morning, KLIF simulcast on both frequencies for one week, and then began broadcasting on 570 kHz permanently^[2]. Susquehanna Radio Corporation, a division of kitchenware maker Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff, was sold to Cumulus Broadcasting in 2005.

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