For the Lewisville, Texas radio station that held the call sign KESS-FM at 107.9 FM from 2003 to 2013, see
KFZO
.
Radio station in Benbrook, Texas
KESS-FM
(107.1
MHz
) is a
commercial
radio station
licensed
to
Benbrook, Texas
, and serving communities in the western sections of the
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
. It is owned and operated by the
Uforia Audio Network
, a division of
TelevisaUnivision
. It has a
Spanish-language
contemporary hit
radio format
,
simulcast
with co-owned 107.9
KDXX
in
Lewisville, Texas
.
KESS has an
effective radiated power
(ERP) of 100,000
watts
, the maximum for non-
grandfathered
FM stations. The
transmitter
is off Tin Top Estates Road in
Horseshoe Bend
.
[1]
While simulcast partner KDXX has a signal covering
Dallas
,
Fort Worth
and communities north of the Metroplex, into
Oklahoma
, KESS has a signal covering communities west of Fort Worth. KESS broadcasts using
HD Radio
technology.
[2]
History
[
edit
]
The station had been branded as "Estereo Latino" until February 19, 2009, when "La Que Buena" was moved from 107.9 FM (KESS-FM) and simulcast on 99.1 FM (
KFZO
). The
Reggaeton
station known as "La Kalle" was then moved to 107.9 FM and retooled to
Latin Pop/CHR
.
On June 23, 2011, KDXX changed its format from a simulcast of Regional Mexican-formatted
KFZO
99.1 FM to Spanish
adult hits
, branded as "Recuerdo 107.1".
On June 28, 2012, KDXX changed the format back to Regional Mexican, branded as "La Jefa 107.1" and changed its
call sign
to KFZO.
[3]
On July 29, 2013 KFZO flipped to a simulcast of Spanish AC KDXX 99.1. The following month, on August 9, 2013, KFZO swapped call letters with KESS-FM.
On September 28, 2014, 107.1 rebranded as "Latino Mix".
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