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ON MONDAY AUGUST 8, 2011 OLD SCHOOL 94.5 WILL GIVE AWAY $1,000.00 TO THE 94TH CALLER WHEN WE PLAY SOUTHERN GIRL BY FRANKIE BEVERLY AND MAZE AT 1PM. CALL 214-787-1945
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rom the early days when 94.5 fM signed on in 1958 as KGaf – fM and aM 1580 as an oldies format; to the day when the station was owned by the leonard Brothers from 1958 until 1980 when the 94.5 frequency was sold off; and to it’s days as a country format, under the ownership of Mel wheeler; until april of 2002 when 94.5 became KsOUl and up until word spread across the radio waves that 94.5 KsOUl was going to an old school format. the radio station once known as Ksoul in the Dallas Metroplex; also known as the “the soul of Dfw because it played classic and contemporary r&B; has gone strictly old school. You read it right! the station that was once popular for playing the sounds of internationally – known r & B artists; and frequent celebrity guests, has gone completely OlD sCHOOl. Just what brought on this new format and the change in the station’s programming? well, i’m glad you asked. and we have the answers for you. and that’s why when Jay stevens, senior VP of Programming and John
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