KZPS-FM

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KZPS

City of license	Dallas, Texas
Broadcast area	Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Branding	92.5 KZPS
First air date	1948 as KRLD-FM
Frequency	92.5 (MHz) 92.5 HD-2 for Americana
Format	Classic Rock
ERP	100,000 watts
Class	C
Callsign meaning	Your Power Station
Former callsigns	KRLD (1948-1972) KAFM (1972-1986)
Owner	Clear Channel (AMFM Texas Licenses Limited Partnership)
Website	kzps.com

KZPS is a radio station broadcasting on 92.5 FM in the Dallas/Fort Worth market in Texas. The station is owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications and airs a classic rock format. The call letters date back to 1986. Before the classic rock format was adopted in 1990, the station tried various formats: top 40, classic hits and jazz, and classic hits only.

The history of the 92.5 signal dates back to the late 1940s, when the call letters KRLD were established and the FM outlet simulcasted Dallas station KRLD-AM. The station was one of only three 24-hour FM stations in the Dallas market in the 1960s. A progressive rock format was instituted in the early 1970s; oddly, some of the same music from that era is heard in the current classic rock format.

The call letters changed to KAFM in 1972, and the station underwent an almost bewildering number of format changes through the 1970s and into the 1980s, before settling on the current, long-standing classic rock format. A number of different owners have controlled the signal, beginning with Metromedia and Times Herald Printing. Clear Channel bought the station from Evergreen Media, who had acquired KZPS from Bonneville Broadcasting in 1997. Notable disk jockeys from the many who have worked at the station include Sam "Bo" Roberts and "Long" Jim White ("Bo and Jim") and Jon Dillon, all of whom are still currently working at KZPS.

Listeners can also hear Americana music on 92.5 HD-2 (HD Radio needed).