KTCK

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KTCK

City of license	Dallas, Texas
Broadcast area	KTCK: Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Branding	Sports Radio 1310: The Ticket
First air date	1920 as WRR
Frequency	KTCK: 1310 kHz
Format	Sports Talk
Power	KTCK: 9,000 watts daytime 5,000 watts nighttime
Class	KTCK: B
Callsign meaning	K The Ticket
Former callsigns	WRR (1920-1978), KAAM (1978-1994)
Owner	Cumulus Media (KRBE LICO, Inc.)
Website	theticket.com

KTCK (1310 AM, "SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket"), is a Dallas, Texas based sports talk radio station. The station is known for the irreverent banter and humorous skits (aka "bits", or, when they fail, "failed bits") associated with its shows.

The sometime controversial station has posted strong ratings in the Dallas radio market, especially its Arbitron top-rated shows ^[1] The Hardline and Dunham and Miller, which have been the anchors of the station's success throughout its existence. Numerous other stations have stolen The Ticket's name, format, and even it's logo in less-than-successful attempts to duplicate the station's success.

The 1310 kHz frequency first began to be used in 1920–1921 when WRR signed on as a communication service for the Dallas police and fire departments. Later, when WRR launched an FM band transmitter, the AM station played popular music while the FM station carried classical. 1310 was split from WRR-FM in 1978 and became the first of several incarnations of KAAM when it was owned by the same company that owned KAFM (92.5 MHz) until gaining its current call sign in 1994.

1 Show Lineup
2 Notable personalities of the past
3 P-1's
4 Dallas Cowboys football
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Show Lineup

Dunham and Miller a.k.a. The Gentle Musers - George Dunham, Craig "Junior" Miller. Also with Gordon Keith, Producer Mike Fernandez, Board Operator Jeremy Moran, Rich Phillips with Ticket Tickers, and Barb Smith with traffic
Norm Hitzges Show - Norm Hitzges, Producer Mark Friedman, Board Operator Jeremy Moran, and Sean Bass with Ticket Tickers
BaD Radio. - Bob Sturm, Dan McDowell, Donovan Lewis, Producer Tom Gribble, Board Operator Michael "Grubes" Gruber, and Sean Bass with Ticket Tickers. (Bob & Dan also do the 'Dallas Stars Post-game Show'.)
Why Today Doesn't Suck - an extended crosstalk segment between BaD Radio and The Hardline. Also includes an unknown caller named Line 4 Guy.
The Hardline - Mike Rhyner (the Old Gray Wolf, who has an extremely attractive daughter at USC and loves to get people fired from the station i.e. Rocco Pendola), Greg "The Hammer" Williams, Corby (Snake, Cobra) Davidson, Producer Danny (The Afternoon Cloud) Balis, Board Operator Michael "Grubes" Gruber, Ty Walker with Ticket Tickers, and Barb Smith with traffic.
Ben & Skin - Mavericks post-game show, "fill-in" duo, and hosts of a weekly Saturday noon-2pm show.
Quack & Black - fill-in show comprising of Rich Phillips (Quack) of the Musers and Donovan Lewis (Black) of BaD Radio.
The Mark Elfenbein Show- Mark Elfenbein, with Producer Stewart Cedar, Sean Bass with Ticket Tickers, and Jaron Neihart Technically Directing. Airs on Sunday mornings 8-11 or during Dallas Cowboys season which they have a Noon CST kickoff he goes from 7-10
The Ranch Report - With Mickey Spagnola airs daily during each of the weekday shows during football season.
Raceweek - Seasonal NASCAR show with Rich Phillips, Saturdays at 2pm.
The Orphanage The show features Gen X Davey and Danny Balis of The Hardline.

[edit] Notable personalities of the past

Doug Anderson - Host of The Ender- Now doing HS basketball in Dallas on KTXA-21
Chris Arnold - The Chris Arnold Show
Skip Bayless - Skip Bayless Show (spoke the first words ever heard "live" on The Ticket)
Kevin Blanford - The Hot Spot
Jimmy Christopher - former Ticker guy and long-time member of the station. Also known as Jimmy "The Saint" Christopher.
Chuck Cooperstein - Chuck Cooperstein Show
Kate Delaney (aka Sports Princess) - The Sports Princess. Went on to host a National Talk Show/America Tonight after a stint at WFAN in New York City
Mark Followill - former Ticket Ticker man for The Hardline, host of The Ender, and current local television play-by-play announcer for the Dallas Mavericks.
Kevin "Expo" Fox (aka "Gravy Belly" or "Gravy Tits") - former board operator for The Hardline
Dale Hansen - Dale Hansen Show, often controversial DFW sports journalist/boob.
Richard "Big Dick" Hunter - The P-1 Wild Ass Circus, now on 105.3 KLII Free FM
"Psycho" Dave Martin - board operator for The Hardline and BaD Radio
Timm Mathews - TV Timm Mathews Show
Max Miller - Max Miller Show
Curt Menefee - Curt Menefee Show
Justin Neeley- Board-op for The Hardline
Rocco Pendola - Rocco Pendola Show
Steve Porcari- Formerly of Toto, former engineer and board operator
David Robinson Also. He was the co-host of the Hot Spot with Kevin Blanford. .
Kevin Scott- Former Ticker guy for "The Hardline"; Former Co-Host of "The Throwdown"; now hosting his own show on ESPN radio in Austin
Mike Turley - producer for "The P-1 Wild Ass Circus"
Alexi Wall - the weekend board-op who had a series of classic lines during one of the best e-brakes ever. He uttered genius comments like "Vlade will be happy with that" and "All that and next". He also tried to report scores for the weekend games yet didn't have the actual scores.

[edit] P-1's

The station's fans are known as "P-1's". P-1 is a is a radio industry term defining a person who listens to one station almost exclusively. (The 'P' stands for preference.) Both The Hardline and Dunham and Miller starting using the term on-air early in the station's existence and it eventually made its way to other shows and even into some Ticket merchandise. Some of the original P-1's were part of a group The Hardline called "The Subculture." Members of The Subculture were John C., Delwin R., R.O., "Paul The Damn Viking", "Big Dave", "Mexican Junior", "Sideshow Bob", "Chicken Fried","Troy the T-Sip", Ameet("Skip at SMU"), Herman in Mesquite, "Pittsburgh Dave", "Greekman", "T-Bar", "Naked In Bed", "Big Anthony" and lastly, Chris Eaton (aka Sagger Pance, Furio Fan), a stroke-ridden groupie who edits inane parody songs and oversees an internet forum for other groupies.

[edit] Dallas Cowboys football

On March 6th, 2006, the station announced that it will be the flagship affiliate of the Dallas Cowboys. This success was followed up by Arbitron ratings which showed a 60% increase in listeners.[1]

Dallas Cowboys games are simulcast on KTCK's sister station, 93.3 KDBN "The Bone" and on 104.1 FM KTDK

[edit] References

[2] Dallas Morning News article showing a 60% increase in listeners.
[3] Dallas Morning News article in which rating numbers for KTCK and their chief rival are summarized.
DFWRadioArchives
Dallas-Fort Worth AM Station History. KNUS99.com
The Ticket's (KTCK, 1310 AM, 104.1FM) official web page.