| City of license | Dallas, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex |
| Branding | Sports Radio 1310: The Ticket |
| Slogan | All Sports, All the Time |
| Frequency | 1310 kHz |
| Repeaters | KTDK 104.1 KPLX 99.5 |
| First air date | 1921 as WRR |
| Format | Sports Talk |
| Power | 9,000 watts (day) 5,000 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 8773 |
| Callsign meaning | K The Ticket |
| Former callsigns | WRR (1920-1978) KAAM (1978-1994) |
| Affiliations | Dallas Stars (NHL) FC Dallas (MLS) Yahoo! Sports Radio |
| Owner | Cumulus Media (Susquehanna Radio Corp.) |
| Sister stations | KKLF, KLIF, KLIF-FM, KPLX, KSCS, WBAP-AM/FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | theticket.com |
KTCK (1310 AM; "SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket"), is a sports talk radio station based in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The station, currently owned by Cumulus Media, has been made popular by the incorporation of humor alongside the sports talk.
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.
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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 second in the United States. 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.
The Ticket's original lineup consisted of Skip Bayless, Curt Menefee, Mike Rhyner and Greg Williams, Chuck Cooperstein, and George Dunham and Craig Miller. Skip Bayless said the first words ever spoken on The Ticket.
On March 6, 2006, the station announced that it would be the flagship affiliate of the Dallas Cowboys radio network.[3] This success was followed up by Arbitron ratings which showed a 60% increase in listeners.[4] However, on January 23, 2009, KTCK and the Dallas Cowboys ended their three-year partnership.[5]
Formerly owned by Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff, The Ticket was purchased by Cumulus Media on May 5, 2006.[6]
On January 16, 2009, The Ticket along with the Dallas Stars issued a press release naming KTCK as the new flagship station for Dallas Stars hockey for five years starting with the 2009-10 season.[7]
On November 1st, 2011, Cumulus Media along with the FC Dallas of the Major League Soccer issued a press release naming KTCK as the new flagship station for FC Dallas soccer for five years starting with the 2012 season and ends with the 2016 season, before the agreement can be renewed, one year before the initial term to burst.
Weekday programming on the station includes "The Musers" hosted by George "Jub Jub" Dunham, Craig "Junior" Miller and Gordon "The Great Gordo" Keith, "The Norm Hitzges Show" hosted by Radio Hall of Fame member Norm Hitzges, "BaD Radio" hosted by Bob "Sports" Sturm, Dan "Big Mac" McDowell and Donovan "The Great Donovan" Lewis, "The Hardline" hosted by Mike "Old Grey Wolf" Rhyner and Corby "The Snake" Davidson, plus "The Ticket Top 10" with Jake Kemp, also known as Jake Z, and the syndicated The Dan Patrick Show. Notable weekend shows include The Train Station Fitness Show with George DeJohn, The TeeBox with Rick Arnett and Craig Rosengarden, The Orphanage with Danny Balis and Dave Lane, The Scrubs with David Newbury and Matt McClearin, "Cirque Du Sirois" with Mike and Cash Sirois, Ticket Sports Saturday with Ty Walker, Sean Bass, and Stewart Cedar, plus Race Week with Rich Philips. When normal Ticket shows are not on the air, the airwaves are filled with Sporting News Radio. The Dallas Stars broadcast team is Ralph Strangis on play-by-play with color analyst Daryl "Razor" Reaugh and the FC Dallas broadcast team is Ray Canevari on play-by-play with former MLS player and color analyst Steve Jolley starting in the 2012 MLS season.
SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket has won many awards over the years, including 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 was The Ticket's first win.[9]
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