KNON

KNON (89.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a community radio format. Licensed to Dallas, Texas it serves the Dallas-Fort Worth area and is owned by Agape Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. KNON (for NON-commercial[1]) is a non-profit, listener-supported radio station, deriving its main source of income from on-air pledge drives, underwriting or sponsorships by local small businesses, and benefit events. KNON was picked Best Radio Station in Dallas in 2011 by The Dallas Observer and D-Magazine. In 2012 KNON was picked Best Radio Station for Music by the Dallas Observer.

KNON
CityDallas, Texas
Broadcast areaDallas-Fort Worth
Frequency89.3 MHz (HD Radio)
SloganThe Voice of the People
Programming
FormatCommunity, Variety
Ownership
OwnerAgape Broadcasting Foundation, Inc.
History
First air dateAugust 6, 1983
Call sign meaningNON-commercial
Technical information
Facility ID601
ClassC1
ERP55,000 watts
HAAT259 meters (850 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°35′24″N 96°58′21″W
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.knon.org

KNON is on the air 24 hours, seven days a week. The volunteer disc jockeys play their own music or conduct talk shows during programs targeted to various demographic profiles. KNON has a small paid staff of 4 full-time people.

KNON broadcasts in HD.[2]

History

KNON began broadcasting in 1983 using 90.9 MHz.[3] Its predecessor on the frequency was KCHU, a non-commercial station that began broadcasting on August 28, 1975.[4] KCHU operated until August 1977, when it went off the air owing to financial shortfalls.[4] The 90.9 frequency was transferred to Agape Broadcasting as KNON in 1979.[5] The station remained silent through 1980, which was then a license renewal year in Texas (radio stations then operated on a three-year license cycle). By 1984,[6] Criswell Bible Institute (now Criswell College) had begun operating KCBI-FM from a downtown Dallas rooftop with 1,500 watts on 89.3 FM. They aspired to raise power and height and to relocate to the Cedar Hill, Texas tower farm, and faced limitations.

By the mid-1980s, a number of groups, among which the Criswell Bible Institute was the most prominent, petitioned the FCC to have the 90.9 FM frequency assigned to another broadcaster.[7] Criswell had cited past operational deficiencies on KNON's part as justification for the frequency reallocation.[7] The end result was a swap of frequencies between KCBI and KNON in May 1988.[8] The KNON online history museum can be found here.

On the night of October 20, 2019, the KNON studios and offices suffered a direct hit from a tornado, and were heavily damaged. There were no injuries at the station.[9]

Programs

KNON carries over 60 different shows, all of which are hosted by local volunteer D.J.s.

Music formats include:

  • Gospel
  • The KNON Morning Blend(7am - 9am) (playing selections from all of the music heard on KNON)
  • Including recently nominated for a 2016 Dallas Observer Award, The Tuesday Morning Blend with host Nil Ferrin, and co-host and booking producer
  • Veronica Young [10]
  • R&B
  • Latin Energy
  • Texas Renegade Radio
  • Texas Blues Radio
  • Rock (Roulette Radio, Rockabilly Revue, Sonic Assembly, Notes from the Underground, Hard Time Radio, Lone Star Dead, Mansion of Madness, Magic Time Warp, The Dungeon, Sonic Burrito)
  • Jazz
  • Specialty (Zydeco, Jewish Music, Hip-Hop, Ethiopian, Native American)

Talk shows include:

  • Lambda Weekly Hosted by Patti Fink, Lerone Landis and David Taffet, it focuses upon issues relevant to LGBT residents in the Dallas-Fort Worth area
  • Church Info Forum - hosted by Rev. Marion Barnett
  • Workers Beat with Gene Lantz

Syndicated

See also

References
  1. Meaning of Call Letters and Link to Full Website (accessed March 6, 2013)
  2. http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=10 Archived 2015-11-23 at the Wayback Machine HD Radio Guide for Dallas-Ft. Worth
  3. "3rd Year Anniversary Pledge Drive". The KNON Scrapbook. Dallas, TX: Agape Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. (IV): 2. 1986.
  4. "KCHU 20th Anniversary and Memorial Page". The Wild Bohemian Home Page. Colin Pringle. 1995. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  5. "Call Sign History: DKNON". CDBS Public Access. FCC. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  6. "Call Sign History: KNON". CDBS Public Access. FCC. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  7. Thaxton, Robert (1985). "Community Radio U.S.A.". The KNON Scrapbook. Dallas, TX: Agape Broadcasting Foundation, Inc. (Winter 1985): 2.
  8. "Call Sign History: KCBI". CDBS Public Access. FCC. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  9. "Tornado Strikes KNON Studios". 2019-10-21.
  10. http://tuesdaymorningblend.com/

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