KLDS

KLDS (1260 AM, "Radio Voz AM") is a radio station licensed to serve Falfurrias, Texas, USA. The station is owned by La Radio Cristiana Network, Inc. KLDS is unaffiliated with the LDS Church.

KLDS broadcasts a Spanish-language religious radio format to the Rio Grande Valley and surrounding counties.^[3]

The radio station began operations in 1953 broadcasting as KBLP with 500 watts of power, daytime-only, on a frequency of 1260 kHz under the ownership of Ben L. Parker.^[1] In 1956, under new ownership, the station had its call sign changed to KPSO. The station was assigned the KLDS call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on December 19, 1997.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Directory of AM and FM stations and Market Data of the United States". Broadcasting-Telecasting 1955 Yearbook-Marketbook Issue. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1955. p. 294.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=7149&Callsign=KLDS. Retrieved May 29, 2009.
3. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm. Retrieved May 29, 2009.

External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for KLDS
• Radio-Locator Information on KLDS
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for KLDS

Categories: Radio stations in Texas | Religious radio stations in the United States | Spanish-language radio stations in the United States | Radio stations established in 1953 | Brooks County, Texas | Texas radio station stubs