KTCK

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KTCK-AM

City of license	Dallas, Texas
Broadcast area	Dallas/Fort Worth
Branding	Sports Radio 1310: The Ticket
First air date	1922 (as WRR)
Frequency	1310 kHz
Format	Sports/Talk
Callsign meaning	K The Ticket
Owner	Cumulus Media
Webcast	List Online
Website	http://www.theticket.com/

KTCK (1310 AM, "SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket"), is a Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas based sports talk radio station. The radio station went on the air in January 1994. The station is known for the irreverent banter and humorous skits (aka "failed bits") associated with its shows.

The sometime controversial station has posted decent ratings in the Dallas radio market, especially its Arbitron top-rated shows ^[1] The Hardline and Dunham and Miller which have been the anchors of the station's success throughout its existence.

The 1310 kHz frequency first began to be used in 1920–1921 when WRR signed on as a communication service for the Dallas police and fire departments. Later, when WRR launched an FM band transmitter, the AM station played popular music while the FM station carried classical. 1310 was split from WRR-FM in 1978 and became one of several incarnations of KAAM until gaining its current call sign in 1994.

Contents 1 Show Lineup 2 Notable personalities of the past 3 Dallas Cowboys football 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Show Lineup

• Dunham and Miller a.k.a. The Gentle Musers - George Dunham, Craig Miller. Also with Gordon Keith, Producer Mike Fernandez, Board Operator Jeremy Moran, Rich Phillips with Ticket Tickers, and Barb Smith with traffic
• Norm Hitzges Show - Norm Hitzges, Producer Mark Friedman, and Board Operator Jeremy Moran
• Bad Radio. - Bob Sturm, Dan McDowell, Donovan Lewis, Producer Tom Gribble, Board Operator Michael "Grubes" Gruber, Ty Walker (aka "the powerdown") with Ticket Tickers
• Why Today Doesn't Suck - an extended segment featuring BaD Radio & The Hardline. Also includes Line 4 Guy and a massive number of Norm drops.
• The Hardline - Mike Rhyner, Greg Williams, Corby Davidson, Producer Danny Balis, Board Operator Michael "Grubes" Gruber, and Barb Smith with traffic
• The Throwdown - Rich Phillips and Kevin Scott. Generally used only as a "fill-in". Now that K Scott has left for Austin, this show is presumably dead.
• Ben & Skin - Mavericks post-game show and hosts of a weekly Saturday noon-2pm show.
• The Mark Elfenbein Show - Mark Elfenbein, with Producer Stewart Cedar, Sean Bass with Ticket Tickers, and Jaron Neihart Technically Directing. Airs on Sunday mornings.
• The Ranch Report - With Mickey Spagnola, it airs daily in each of the weekday shows during football season.
• The Orphanage - Gen X Davey needed to keep his Saturday gig and recruited Deep Dish Danny (or his drinking buddies) to help him wax smarmy about local music.

[edit] Notable personalities of the past

• Doug Anderson - Host of The Ender
• Chris Arnold - The Chris Arnold Show
• Skip Bayless - Skip Bayless Show (spoke the first words ever heard "live" on The Ticket)
• Kevin Blanford - The Hot Spot
• Jimmy Christopher - former Ticker guy and long-time member of the station. Also known as Jimmy "The Saint" Christopher.
• Chuck Cooperstein - Chuck Cooperstein Show
• Kate Delaney (aka Sports Princess) - The Sports Princess
• Mark Followill - former Ticket Ticker man for The Hardline, host of The Ender, and current local television play-by-play announcer for the Dallas Mavericks.
• Kevin "Expo" Fox (aka "Gravy Belly" or "Gravy Tits") - former board operator for The Hardline
• Dale Hansen - Dale Hansen Show, often controversial DFW sports journalist.
• Richard "Big Dick" Hunter - The P-1 Wild Ass Circus, now on 105.3 KLII Free FM
• "Psycho" Dave Martin - board operator for The Hardline and BaD Radio
• Timm Mathews - TV Timm Mathews Show
• Max Miller - Max Miller Show
• Curt Menefee - Curt Menefee Show
• Justin Neeley- Board-op for The Hardline
• Rocco Pendola - Rocco Pendola Show
• Steve Porcari- Formerly of Toto, former engineer and board operator
• David Robinson Also. He was the co-host of the Hot Spot with Kevin Blanford. .
• Kevin Scott- Former Ticker guy for "The Hardline"; Former Co-Host of "The Throwdown"; now hosting his own show on ESPN radio in Austin
• Mike Turley - producer for "The P-1 Wild Ass Circus"
• Alexi Wall - the weekend board-op who had a series of classic lines during one of the best e-brakes ever. He uttered genius comments like "Vlade will be happy with that" and "All that and next". He also tried to report scores for the weekend games yet didn't have the actual scores. Genius!

[edit] Dallas Cowboys football

On March 6th, 2006, the station announced that it will be the flagship affiliate of the Dallas Cowboys. This success was followed up by Arbitron ratings which showed a 60% increase in listeners.[1]

Cowboys' Games will be simulcast on KTCK's sister station, 93.3 KDBN "The Bone" and on 104.1 FM KTDK

[edit] References

• [2] Dallas Morning News article showing a 60% increase in listeners.
• [3] Dallas Morning News article in which rating numbers for KTCK and their chief rival are summarized.
• DFWRadioArchives
• Dallas-Fort Worth AM Station History. KNUS99.com
• The Ticket's (KTCK, 1310 AM, 104.1FM) official web page.

[edit] External links

• SportsRadio 1310 The Ticket corporate website
• Cumulus Media corporate website
• Query the FCC's AM station database for KTCK
• Bob's Blog, Live! from Lewisville (Bob Sturm of BaD Radio)
• Bob and Dan's website
• Gordon Keith's website
• Norm's website
• Ben & Skin's website
• Kevin Scott's new gig down Austin-way
• Richard "Big Dick" Hunter's website
• Rocco Pendola's blog