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KNUS, Dallas. Call
letters established 7/1966. Format: Top 40/AOR-automated (1966-67,) Underground
Rock/Jazz/Folk and Classical (1967-1971,) Top 40 (1971-1981.) Owners: McLendon
Broadcasting (1967-1979,) San Juan Racing (5/1979-10/27/1982.) Known as KLIF's
"Heavy Sister" (1967-1971.) Programs: "All About Dallas-Fort Worth," "Album Hour,"
"Hotline," "Contemporary Sounds." Promotions:
"The Great Rip-Off," "Keep on Truckin'," "Hit
Man," "Christmas Wish," "World's Greatest Contest,"
"Uppers, Downers and Lids," "Giving Away the War,"
"KNUS Kiss-a-Thon," "Fantasy Park" (1974,) "The Name
Game," "Hi-Lo," and a promotion that positioned a jock on top of
the flagpole of Gordon McLendon's Gemini Drive-In to hype the station's new format
in 1971. Feature: "The KNUS Memory Bank" (1981.)
Notables: Bart McLendon (son of station owner Gordon McLendon,) Kevin McCarthy (1975-78; afternoons,
then morning show co-host with Dick Hitt and Chantal Westerman,) Cloyd Moll aka
Cat Simon, Michael Selden 
(longtime
KVIL jock who defected to KNUS on 3/20/1978,) Ron Jenkins aka Ron McAlister, Chantal
Westerman, Randy Brown aka Christopher Haze, Jack Heinritz aka Jack
Hines, Steve Nichols, Larry Thompson aka Larry James,
"Gentleman" Jim Carter, Phil Hawkins aka Jay Hawkins, Eddy Payne aka Jimmy Rabbitt (who was the very first
person to key up the mike at KNUS; according to Jim Carter, he said,
"Hello, testing, are we on the air?"), Gary Walker (who signed off
the station on 10/18/1981 with, "KNUS Dallas-Fort Worth has left the
building...goodbye, old friend,") Bobby
Sorrell (assistant MD,) Mitch Craig, Don Bishop, Ken Dowe ("Ken Dowe and Granny
Emma;" also served as PD,) Jake Roberts.
Also Rob
Milford aka Rob Williams (1/1978 to 5/1978,) Eric Edwards, Shaun Holley, Fred Olsen
aka Fred Kennedy, Bob Morrison (ND,
1973,) Roger Carey, Phil North aka Eric Chase, Katie Pruitt aka Holly Stone (in
her first radio job at age 17,) Art Riley (1968,) Mark St. John, Victor Pryles
aka Harry Nelson, Bob "Bobby" Paterson, "Brother" Jon
Rivers, Ron Morgan (began 8/15/1977; co-hosted morning show with Dick Hitt,)
"Sweet" Randy Hames, Jo Interrante,
J. Richard Lee (as host of "Contemporary Sounds,") Karl Ireland, Tim
Brandon, Randy Coffey ,
Ralph Gould (engineer,) Michael Spears
aka Hal Martin, Mark Christopher (began early 1969; married longtime DFW jock
Tempie Lindsey in 2003,) Terri Cline, Rose Wright aka Beth Rose, Rod Roddy(as
host of "Hotline,") Dave Marcum, Dick Hitt , Mike Snyder (current KXAS anchor,) Brad Messer (ND; began 8/1977,) Charles Kuenzi aka
Johnny Michaels, "The Saint," Doug Vair, Bruce Buchanan aka Jim Edwards,
Tommy Kramer, J. C. Webster
(as host of "All About Dallas-Fort Worth,") Clyde White aka Jim White (I) (1972; 1977; and back in
1979 as PD,) Dave Cooke, Ron Grey, Beau Weaver, Jim Dean, Nick
Brounoff aka Nick Alexander (1972-73,) Price Woolridge, Jack Robinson, Bob
Knoll, Bob Coburn (currently host of syndicated "Rockline,") Gary Cox
(interned under engineer Ralph Gould,) Doyle Peterson (PD; later Sales Manager
for WRR-FM,) Paul Drew, Jason Daniels, Don Bishop, Mark St. John, Mike Nelson
(currently in sales with KVIL,) Rick Burton,
David Hultsman, Martha Martinez,
Susan Stafford (host of Hollywood insider program; Stafford was wife of owner
Gordon McLendon and original letter-turner on NBC's "Wheel of
Fortune," 1975-1982,) Tony Garrett, Mike Shannon (I), Glenn Mitchell ,
Lanny Morrow aka Weaver Morrow, David Quakenbush, Laurel Case aka Max Morgan, Don Swancy, Scott Hodges.
Also Jake
Roberts, Jeff McKee, Gary Hamilton, Ray Zoller
aka "The High Roller" (9/1979-10/1980; fired for not playing the
controversial song, "People That Died" by The Jim Carroll Band,
against orders from new PD Paul Drew!), Steve Campbell, "Mighty
Murph," David Bradshaw,Larry
Thompson aka Larry James, Mike Butts, Jeff Davis, "Champagne" Jack Schell (began 8/1977; he once swam
the English Channel as part of a station promotion!) Randy Coffey ,
Jack Mayberry, Linda French. One of the trendsetting McLendon stations
following the lead of sister station KLIF-AM. Were you listening when...in a move usually reserved
for stunting, KNUS' afternoon jock was so impressed with the new 1975 Neil
Sedaka/Elton John song, "Bad Blood", that he played it twice,
back-to-back! In its day, KNUS posted solid #1 ratings,
with shares in the 10 and 11 range (impossible by today's standards!) The
station was on full automation during its first year, 1967, and only
broadcasted 5:30 AM to 1:05 PM; live personalities began later that same
year. Also, the second local McLendon powerhouse almost didn't come to
pass: KNUS was to be sold to KPCN-AM to become the new KPCN-FM in early
1967 (to simulcast country KPCN-AM,) but the deal fell through that June.
McLendon soon realized the potential value of a stand-alone
FM, and started separate programming from sister KLIF-AM thereafter.
McLendon's first format idea for KNUS was All-News (hence the call letters.)
http://www.dfwradioarchives.com/1972.htm
1972 – TOP 40 --- ON FM??
