KTCK

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KTCK (1310 AM, known as "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") 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 stations in other markets have used The Ticket's name, format and even its logo in less-than-successful attempts to duplicate the station's success.

KTCK received the 2007 Marconi Award for "Best Sports Station in America" at the National Association of Broadcasters' annual conference on September 27, 2007. The station and various shows have been Marconi nominees in the past, but this is The Ticket's first win.

[edit] History

The 1310 kHz frequency has its origins as WRR^[2], which was licensed in August 1921 and became the first broadcast radio station in the state of Texas, and the 2nd in the nation. In 1948, WRR launched an FM station, the AM station played popular music while the FM station carried classical music. 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.

Formerly owned by Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff, The Ticket was purchased by Cumulus Media on May 5, 2006.^[3]

[edit] Show Lineup

KTCK currently airs original programming from 5:30 AM CST until 9 PM CST, Monday through Friday, 7 AM to 6 PM CST on Saturdays, and 8 AM to 6 PM CST on Sundays.

• Dunham and Miller a.k.a. The Gentle Musers - George "Captain Erection" Dunham, Craig "Junior" Miller. Also with Gordon "Gordo" Keith, Producer Mike "Fernando" Fernandez, Board Operator "Big Strong" Jeremy Moran, Rich "Dick Hicks" Phillips with Ticket Tickers, and Barb Smith with traffic.^[4]
• Norm Hitzges Show - Norm Hitzges, Producer Mark "Friedo" Friedman, Board Operator "Big Strong" Jeremy Moran, and Sean "Sea" Bass with Ticket Tickers ^[5]
• BaD Radio. - Bob "The Sturminator" Sturm, Dan "Big Mac" McDowell, Donovan "Stink" Lewis, Producer Tom "Flakeboy" Gribble, Board Operator Michael "Grubes" Gruber, and Sean "Sea" Bass with Ticket Tickers. (Bob & Dan also do the 'Dallas Stars Post-game Show'.) ^[6]
• The Hardline - Mike "The Old Gray Wolf" Rhyner, Corbett "Corby" Davidson (Snake, Cobra or Cobby), Producer Danny "The Afternoon Cloud" Balis, Board Operator Michael "Grubes" Gruber, Ty "The Powerdown" Walker with Ticket Tickers, and Barb Smith with "Stick it up your tailpipe" traffic. ^[7]
• The Ticket Top 10 - from 7pm-9pm with host Chris House and Steve Carbone on tickers.
• Train Station Fitness Show - 7am-8am Sat with George DeJohn and Dr X.^[8]
• The Teebox - Golf show with Rick Arnett and Craig Rosengarden, catch them Saturdays from 8am-10am.^[8]
• The Orphanage - The show features Dave "Gen X Davey" Lane and Danny Balis of The Hardline. Sat from 10am-noon^[8]
• Ben & Skin - "Big" Ben Rogers and "Skinny" Skin noon-2pm Saturdays. Mavericks post-game show, "fill-in" duo.
• Raceweek - Seasonal NASCAR show with Rich Phillips, Saturdays from 2pm-3pm.^[8]
• Ticket Sports Saturday - 3pm-6pm with Pete Stein and one of the following: Ty Walker, Stu Cedar, or Tommy Daniels. Producer Dave Wilson.^[8]
• The Mark Elfenbein Show - Mark Elfenbein, with Producer Stewart Cedar, Mike Sirois with Ticket Tickers, and Jaron Neihart Technically Directing. Airs on Sunday mornings 8-11 or during Dallas Cowboys season, when the team has a Noon CT kickoff, he goes from 7-10.^[8]
• The Throwdown - fill-in show comprising of Rich Phillips of the Musers and Kevin Scott an alumn of The Hardline.
• Quack & Black - fill-in show comprising of Rich Phillips (Quack) of the Musers and Donovan Lewis (Black) of BaD Radio.
• The Ranch Report - With Mickey Spagnola airs daily during each of the weekday shows during football season.

[edit] Notable current and past personalities

• Doug Anderson - host of The Ender - now doing high school 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 "The Saint" Christopher - former Ticket guy and long-time member of the station
• Chuck Cooperstein - host of Chuck Cooperstein Show
• Kate Delaney (aka Sports Princess) - The Sports Princess. Went on to host a national talk show called "America Tonight" after a stint at WFAN in New York City
• Dennis "Nascar Dennis" Deweerd - former co-host of MotorSports Weekly with IndyCarTim
• Mark Followill - former Ticket Ticker man for The Hardline, host of The Ender, and current play-by-play announcer for the Dallas Mavericks on Fox Sports Southwest and on KTXA 21
• Kevin "Expo" Fox (aka "Gravy Belly") - former board operator for The Hardline.
• Timm "IndyCarTim" Hamm - former co-host of MotorSports Weekly and current phone contributor on various shows
• Dale Hansen - Dale Hansen Show, often controversial D/FW sports journalist and WFAA-TV sports anchor, now on KESN^[9]
• Richard "Big Dick" Hunter - The P-1 Wild Ass Circus, now evenings on Live 105.3 as The Wild Ass Circus
• Bill Jones - former co-host of the original Ticket weekend show, The Press Box
• Doyle King - Traffic Reporter
• Joe "LJ" Letsche- former producer of the Max Miller Show and the Bob Sturm Show. Current reporter, producer of the Dallas Cowboys radio network and fill in producer of all other shows. Nicknamed "Little Joe" by Max Miller, which was later shortened to "LJ" by Bob Sturm (also P.A. voice of Max Goldsmith Stadium, for all Lewisville and Marcus football games)
• "Psycho" Dave Martin - board operator for The Hardline and BaD Radio[1]
• Gary Pearce - The Pierced Ear Show
• Timm Mathews - TV Timm Mathews Show
• Max Miller - Max Miller Show, current traffic-copter reporter for News 1080 KRLD
• Curt Menefee - Curt Menefee Show, current host of Fox NFL Sunday
• Justin Neeley - former board-op for The Hardline
• Rocco Pendola - Rocco Pendola Show
• Steve Porcari - former engineer and board operator
• John Rhadigan - former co-host of the original Ticket weekend show, The Press Box, currently seen on Fox Sports Net Southwest
• David Robinson (Also) - co-host of The Hot Spot with Kevin Blanford
• Kevin Scott - former Ticker guy for The Hardline; former co-host of The Throwdown; former co-host of The Beatdown on ESPN Radio in Austin, Texas. Now doing Dallas Cowboys pre-pre-game show and occasionally guest hosting The Hardline
• Mike Turley - producer for "The P-1 Wild Ass Circus", now evenings on Live 105.3 as The Wild Ass Circus
• "Sports" Leila - former Ticket Ticker chick and current TV reporter, and proud Denton High Bronco alum
• Alexi Wall - former weekend board-op.
• Greg "The Hammer" Williams - former co-host of The Hardline. Currently unemployed.^[10]
• Robert Wilonsky - frequent guest on The Hardline
• Richard "T-Bar" Boggs - Ticket promotions wizard and strip bar expert

[edit] Dallas Cowboys football

On March 6, 2006, the station announced that it will be the flagship affiliate of the Dallas Cowboys radio network.^[11] This success was followed up by Arbitron ratings which showed a 60% increase in listeners.^[12]

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

[edit] P-1's

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The station's most dedicated 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 started using the term on-air early in the station's existence and it eventually made its way to other shows and even onto 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. from Copeville", "RoboFan", "IndyCarTim", "Paul The Damn Viking", "Big Dave", "Mexican Junior", "Sideshow Bob", "Doug Sanders Not The Golfer", "Limerick Man", "Glenda in North Dallas", "T-Bar", "Blue in The Grove", "Emperor's Son", "Dog in Parker County", "Chicken Fried", "Matt the Kneecap", "Troy the T-Sip" (now known as "Cowboy Troy"), Ahmit ("Skip @ SMU"), "Dr. Matt", "Herman in Mesquite", "Pittsburgh Dave", "J.D. in Grapevine", "Greekman", "Naked In Bed", "Big Anthony", "Johnboy", "Dick Hicks's First Son", "Deadbeat in Mesquite", "Rogers in Hammerstein", and "Francois".

[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.

[edit] External links

Reference sites

• Query the FCC's AM station database for KTCK
• Radio Locator Information on KTCK
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KTDK
• Radio Locator information on KTDK
• DFW Radio Archives

Station host sites

• Bob's Blog, Live! from Lewisville (Bob Sturm of BaD Radio)
• Bob and Dan's website
• Gordon Keith's website
• Norm's website
• Ben & Skin's website
• Rocco Pendola's blog
• Grubes.com