KDGE
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| City | Fort Worth-Dallas, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex |
| Branding | Star 102.1 |
| Slogan | More Music, More Variety Dallas-Fort Worth's Home for the Holidays (November-December) |
| Format |
Mainstream AC Christmas (Nov. to Dec.) |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 2.8  (January 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 98,480 watts |
| HAAT | 485 meters (1788 feet) |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 9620 |
| Callsign meaning | K EDGE (former branding) |
| Former callsigns | KFMF (1961-1962, CP) KJIM-FM (1962-1967) KFWT-FM (1967-1970) KFWD (1970-1978) KTXQ (1978-2000) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia (Capstar TX LLC) |
| Sister stations | KDMX, KEGL, KFXR, KHKS, KZPS, KODA (Houston) |
| Webcast | Listen Live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | star1021online.com |
KDGE (102.1 MHz, "Star 102.1") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to both Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas. It is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, and is broadcasting a Mainstream Adult Contemporary format.
The station's studios are located along Dallas Parkway in Farmers Branch, Texas (although it has a Dallas address). The transmitter site is off West Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill.
102.1 FM was authorized by the Federal Communications Commission in 1960 to broadcast as KFMF, but the station was not immediately built. KJIM AM 870 (now KFJZ) purchased the KFMF construction permit and it signed on the air on April 10, 1962 as KJIM-FM. At first, KJIM-FM simulcast the daytime-only AM sister station, to allow programming to be heard after sunset. Later, KJIM-FM switched to an automated easy listening instrumental format. KJIM-AM-FM acquired a UHF-TV permit in the mid-1960s to construct Channel 21 (today KTXA-TV). The company sold off AM 870 to raise capital.
In 1966, KJIM-FM changed its call letters to KFWT-FM and improved its signal, going from 2900 watts at 165 feet to 100,000 watts at 1,000 feet HAAT from the antenna tower that would also transmit Channel 21. (Channel 21 went on the air in 1967 and signed off in 1970, returning under new ownership in 1980.) KFWT-FM was sold to Marsh Media of Amarillo, Texas and subsequently changed its call letters to KFWD. In 1973, the station flipped to album rock, and was bought by the Southern Media Company in 1975.
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