Friday鈥檚 a big day for 四虎影院-FM 鈥� we鈥檙e celebrating our 40th anniversary. And we've been searching our archives to dust off some history.
On July 11, 1974, 四虎影院 went on the air as the first full-time public radio station or North Texas.
The radio station joined its 14-year-old sibling, 四虎影院-TV, Channel 13. and Lee Cullum helped flip the radio switch 鈥� an event that aired live on Channel 13.
四虎影院 90.1鈥檚 coverage area originally included Dallas, Fort Worth, Denton and suburbs. Through the years, the station would expand its coverage area to include Wichita Falls, Tyler, Sherman and all of North Texas. And now 四虎影院 can be heard around the world on and the 四虎影院
Take a look through the 四虎影院 photo album. Listen to some righteous 四虎影院 jingles. And explore 四虎影院's history.
These '70s 四虎影院 jingles are groovy.
A look back 鈥�
November 1988: 四虎影院-FM and 四虎影院-TV introduce the first installments of Project Crossroads, which addressed racial conflicts in the community.
October 1989: 90.1 Sound Sessions debuts. The monthly feature presents area musicians in performances recorded exclusively for the radio station.
May 1990: 四虎影院 is selected as the Southwest regional bureau for Marketplace, the nationally broadcast business program.
February 1993: A 200-watt translator in Tyler is activated, extending 四虎影院-FM鈥檚 programming to more than 100,000 new listeners in that area.
October 1994: 四虎影院 breaks ground on its new Mary Nell and Ralph B. Rogers Telecommunications Center on Harry Hines Boulevard in Dallas.
1995: The Glenn Mitchell Show launches as a daily midday talk and call-in program.
1995: Watch this 四虎影院-FM commercial featuring Sam Baker:
2001: The Glenn Mitchell Show expands to two hours.
November 2005: Glenn Mitchell, the longtime 四虎影院 host, dies unexpectedly. Listen as station staffers reflect on his life:
November 2006: 四虎影院 launches a new midday talk show, Think with Krys Boyd. Anything You Ever Wanted To Know, which used to air occasionally, is anchored on Fridays at noon with host Jeff Whittington. The Anything format originally started when a guest failed to show up for a program and Glenn Mitchell asked listeners to call in with questions they had and he鈥檇 try to answer them.
May 2008: 四虎影院 launches , a website dedicated to covering the arts in North Texas.
October 2009: 四虎影院鈥檚 sister music station, KXT 91.7 FM, debuts.
April 2010: The Economy Project, a 四虎影院 radio and TV series, wins a regional Edward R. Murrow Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association.
September 2010: 四虎影院 launches free applications for mobile devices.
May 2011: NPR celebrates its 40th anniversary. .
October 2013: As part of its news expansion, the station launches a twice-a-day The 10-minute segments air weekdays at 8:20 a.m. and 6:20 p.m.
March-April 2014:&苍产蝉辫;狈笔搁鈥檚 All Things Considered broadcasts for a week from the 四虎影院 studios as host Melissa Block
Can't get enough 四虎影院 history?
Of course you can't get enough -- because you've read until the very end. So explore this , created for 四虎影院-TV's 50th anniversary in 2010.
