KDRY

KDRY
City	Alamo Heights, Texas
Broadcast area	Greater San Antonio
Branding	All Teaching
Slogan	All Teaching
Frequency	1100 kHz
First air date	November 8, 1963
Format	Christian Teaching & Preaching
Power	11,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night)
Class	B
Callsign meaning	K Dry (Christian owner advocated Texas becoming a "dry state.")
Owner	KDRY Radio, Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kdry.com

KDRY (1100 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a Christian Teaching and Preaching radio format. The station is licensed to Alamo Heights, Texas and serves Greater San Antonio. The station is family owned and the license is held by KDRY Radio, Inc.

KDRY airs local and nationally syndicated programs. Among the hosts are Rick Warren, Dr. Charles Stanley and Jim Daly. The studios and offices are on San Pedro Avenue in San Antonio and the transmitter is off Lookout Road, near Interstate 35.^[1]

History

KDRY signed on the air on November 6, 1963.^[2] The original license was for 1,000 watts, daytime signal only, on frequency AM 1110. Samuel Nathaniel Morris was the driving force to build a radio station that would have a Christian preaching and teaching format. He advocated that Texas should be a "dry state," where no alcohol was sold, which is how the station got its call sign.

In 1982, KDRY was granted a license by the FCC to expand its signal strength to 11,000 watts of power and move to AM 1100. The effect of this was a 75-mile signal strength during the day and 1000 watts covering San Antonio and its close suburbs during night time hours. 1100 kHz is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WTAM in Cleveland, so KDRY must reduce power at night to avoid interference. The daytime signal is non-directional but at night, KDRY uses a directional antenna pointed away from Cleveland. For this reason, it is hard to hear KDRY northeast of San Antonio at night, while its daytime signal can be heard as far away as Austin.

KDRY Radio, AM 1100 has been family owned and operated since 1963, and is currently on its third generation of ownership.

References

External links

KDRY official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KDRY

Radio-Locator Information on KDRY

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for KDRY

San Antonio, Texas radio stations

by AM frequency	550 630 680 720 760 810 860 930 990 1000² 1100 1130 1160 1200¹ 1250 1280 1310 1350 1380 1420 1450 1460 1480 1540 1580

by FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.7 90.1 90.9 91.3 91.5 91.7 92.1 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.7 95.1 95.7 96.1 96.9 96.9 97.3 97.7 97.9 98.5 98.9 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.450 (Kerrville) 162.475 (Seguin) 162.525 (D'Hanis) 162.550 (San Antonio)

by callsign	K227BH K229BJ K289BN KAHL KAHL-FM KAJA KAML KAMX KAWZ KBBT KBIB KCAF-FM KCHL KCJV-LP KCOR KCTI KCWM KCYY KDRY KEDA KGNB KHHL KISS-FM KJMA KJXK KKYX KLEY-FM KLMO-FM KLUP KMFR KMLR-FM KMYO KNBT KONO KONO-FM KPAC KPPC-LP KQXT-FM KRDY KROM KRPT KRTU-FM KSAH KSAH-FM KSAQ KSLR KSMG KSTX KSYM-FM KTFM KTKR KTKX KTMR KTSA KWED KWMF KXXM KXTJ-LP KXTN-FM KYFS KYTY KZAR KZDC KZEP-FM WNG600 WNG641 WOAI¹ WWF90 WXK67

Nearby radio markets Austin Corpus Christi Houston–Galveston Kerrville–Fredericksburg Kingsville–Alice–Falfurrias Laredo Victoria See also List of radio stations in Texas ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² = Daytime-only AM radio station.

Coordinates: 29°33′26″N 98°22′35″W / 29.55722°N 98.37639°W / 29.55722; -98.37639

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