KJIM 1500

A Radio Station

Radio station

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 In Sherman

Sherman, Texas

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, Texas

Texas

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 Broadcasting a Nostalgia

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/Oldies

Oldies

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History

KJIM, Sherman. Call letters established 7/31/1991. Format: Oldies. Owner: "Bobbin'" Bob Allen (longtime DFW radio personality.) Calls resurrected from KJIM-870. Located near the Woodlawn Country Club (1968–present.) Daytime only station.




KTXO, Sherman. Call letters established 1958. Format: Country and Western (one of the first Texas stations to go C&W.) Calls stood for Texas and Oklahoma. Owners: King Fisher/Jimmy Fisher/Harry O'Conner/Paul Carter dba O'Conner Broadcasting (1958–60,) Bill Jaco and Tom Spellman (1960–69; Jaco was a disc jockey,) Floyd Shelton (1969-?,) Larry Henderson (co-owned with his wife.) Notables: David Sprowl, John Scott, Bill Jaco, Gary King. Increased power to 1,000 watts in 1968. Sister station to KWSM-FM. Located on US 75, south of US 82, then to the Grayson Bank Building, then to near the Woodlawn Country Club (1968–present.)




KTAN, Sherman. Station established 12/19/1947. Format: Entertainment, Classical. Owners: Joe Carroll and Elmer Scarborough (1947–48,) Tony Anthony and E. T. Fant Jr (1948-?,) Charles L. Cain (?-1953,) Col. Howard L. Burris (1953–55; operated under an LMA to Howard Davis,) Galen O. Gilbert (1955–57; Gilbert later owned KDNT-Denton,) J. Lou Groves (1957; Groves was a theater operator,) Senator William J. Samples (1957–58,) and King Fisher/Jimmy Fisher/Harry O'Conner dba O'Conner Broadcasting (1958.) Programs: "An Ear for Corn" (morning show,) "Concerts in Miniature" (hosted by Bill Jaco,) Notables: Bill Jaco (who was the first to broadcast on the station, and was PD,) Otis McKenzie, Bill Collins, Louise Cobbler, Sue Hill, Paul Phillips, Stafford E. Davis. Located at 2024 N. US 75, south of US 82.

External links

• Mike Shannon's DFW AM List Where All The Info Was Gathered From