- KESN
Infobox Radio station
name = KESN
city =Allen, Texas
area = Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex/Ardmore/
Durant/Sherman/Gainesville
branding = "103.3 FM ESPN"
slogan = "First For Sports in Dallas/Fort Worth"
airdate = Early 1990s as KEMM
frequency = 103.3 MHz HD Radio
103.3 HD-2 for simulcast of KNIT (ESPN Deportes)
format = Sports
power =
erp = 98,000watt s
haat = 606 meters
class = C
facility_id = 58265
coordinates =
callsign_meaning = ESPN
former_callsigns = KEMM (early 1990s-2001)
owner = Disney/ABC Radio
licensee = KESN Assets, LLC
sister_stations =KMKI , KNIT
webcast = [http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/player?station=dallas KESN Live Feed]
website = [http://www.espn1033.com/ espn1033.com]
affiliations =ESPN Radio Dallas Mavericks (NBA)Texas Christian University (NCAA)KESN is a Dallas/Fort Worth,
Texas based sports talk radio station. It is owned and operated by theWalt Disney Company as anESPN Radio affiliate.History
From 1983-2000, 103.3 FM for Dallas/Fort Worth was licensed out of
Greenville, Texas , and held the call letters KEMM. The station then ran acountry music format. KEMM went dark onSeptember 28 ,2000 . The license city and tower were moved toAllen, Texas in 2001 and the station was re-born onApril 27 ,2001 as KESN with the new all-sports format. Fourteen outlying stations were rearranged and relocated to make way for this frequency to beam into DFW, all at ABC/Disney's expense.KESN is the flagship for
Dallas Mavericks basketball andTexas Christian University football and men's basketball. Among its most notable local programs is "Galloway and Company," hosted byRandy Galloway .Despite different owners and a merger of ABC Radio Networks to
Citadel Broadcasting ; KESN, WBAP-AM, andWFAA-TV maintain a strong partnership (as WFAA is the local ABC television affiliate). Matter in fact, in 2006, "103.3 ESPN" welcomed WFAA-TV personalityDale Hansen , formerDallas Cowboys radio analyst and host on rival stationKTCK , to the station. KTCK is now the Cowboys' flagship station and many speculated that Hansen leaving KTCK for KESN was due to his criticism of the team, though the official explanation was that Hansen's ratings did not justify his salary request.Share ratings for KESN's primary shows lag behind that of KTCK, Sportsradio 1310, "The Ticket," their chief sports-talk radio rival in the Dallas/Fort Worth market [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/columnists/bhorn/stories/061006dnspohorn.312e767.html] In current ratings books, KESN has had many more
cume listeners than KTCK. Which means that, as the ratings show, while more total people may listen to KESN at various points throughout the day, roughly twice as many people are listening to KTCK at any given time.Its new sister station KNIT, which airs
Spanish language sports programming, can be heard on 1480 AM and 103.3 HD-2 (HD Radio needed). [http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/08/13/espn-launch-1480-espn-deportes-radio-dallas/]103.3 FM ESPN's Line-Up6:00AM- 9:00AM- Mike and Mike in the morning9:00AM- 11:00AM- Colin Cowherd11:00AM- 2:00PM- The Michael Irvin Show with Hall of Famer Michael Irvin and Kevin Kiley2:00PM- 6:00PM- Galloway and Co.6:00PM- 7:00PM- The Hour of Hansen
External links
* [http://www.espn1033.com/ ESPN 103.3 Official Site]
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* [http://www.knus99.com Mike Shannon's Dallas-Fort Worth Radio and TV History]
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