KSOC
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| City | Gainesville, Texas |
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| Broadcast area |
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex/Sherman/Denison/ Gainesville/Southern Oklahoma (Ardmore/Durant area) |
| Branding | Boom 94.5 |
| Slogan | Classic Hip-Hop and Throwback R&B |
| Frequency | 94.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Repeater(s) | KBFB 97.9 HD2 |
| First air date | 1958 (as KGAF-FM) |
| Format | Classic hip hop |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 1.7 (Holiday 2016, Nielsen Audio[2]) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 591 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 6386 |
| Callsign meaning | K Soul Of the City (former branding) |
| Former callsigns | KGAF-FM (1958-1981) KDNT (1981-1987) KZRK (1987-1989) KDGE (1989-2000) KTXQ (2000-2002) |
| Owner |
Radio One (Radio One Licenses, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KBFB-FM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | boom945.com |
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex/Sherman/Denison/
KSOC (94.5 FM, known on-air as Boom 94.5) is a radio station serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex in Texas. The station airs a classic hip hop format. The station is licensed to Gainesville and is owned by Radio One. Co-owned with KBFB, its studios are located in the Valley View Center in North Dallas, and its transmitter is located in Collinsville.
KSOC broadcasts in HD.
94.5 FM signed on in 1958 as KGAF-FM and AM 1580 as an oldies format. The station was owned by the Leonard Brothers and the transmitter was east of Gainesville. KGAF would last until the 1980s when the 94.5 frequency would be sold off.
94.5 was then sold to Mel Wheeler, who owned 106.1 (now KHKS). KDNT broadcast a country format, which was previously on 106.1. The country format would be moved to the newly acquired 94.5 frequency. 94.5 would never claim good ratings in the Dallas-Fort Worth market due to the location of the tower east of Gainesville which would have a rimshot signal into the Metroplex.
In July 1987, with KSCS and KPLX competing for the country audience and were city-grade signals, KDNT and its country format were dropped and became KZRK "Z-Rock 94-5". Wheeler, owner of KDNT, had died and the station was sold once again.
On June 30, 1989, after Ed Wodka bought the station, KZRK changed call letters to KDGE, adjusted the format to alternative rock, and rebranded the station as "94.5 The Edge". The first song on "The Edge" was "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" by The Ramones.Bonneville International bought the station in late 1994, while Evergreen Media would purchase it in 1996; Evergreen would merge with Chancellor Media in 1998. Chancellor would look to improve 94.5's current ERP at 78,000 watts. Part of the station's signal woes were solved when KDGE relocated its transmitter to its current location and increase the power to 98,000 watts.
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