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KESS-FM
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<p>KESS (107.1 <a href="/facts/Hertz/6Wshj5qm">MHz</a>) is a <a href="/facts/Commercial_radio/mRBxKgXN">commercial</a> radio station <a href="/facts/City_of_license/SPId6NJv">licensed</a> to <a href="/facts/Benbrook%2c_Texas/qFfIPVkW">Benbrook, Texas</a>, and serving communities in the western sections of the <a href="/facts/Dallas-Fort_Worth_Metroplex/dlmqt8MV">Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex</a>. It is owned and operated by the <a href="/facts/Uforia_Audio_Network/1vqyAWb8">Uforia Audio Network</a>, a division of <a href="/facts/TelevisaUnivision/nRuxP8JA">TelevisaUnivision</a>. It has a <a href="/facts/Spanish-language/95BgYNfv">Spanish-language</a> <a href="/facts/Contemporary_hit_radio/o7y4INYT">contemporary hit</a> <a href="/facts/Radio_format/NB7pHp7F">radio format</a>, <a href="/facts/Simulcast/Ybej2dSD">simulcast</a> with co-owned 107.9 <a href="/facts/KDXX/Bfl8TWwa">KDXX</a> in <a href="/facts/Lewisville%2c_Texas/IjTQNtKk">Lewisville, Texas</a>. </p><p>KESS has an <a href="/facts/Effective_radiated_power/tjnmEd03">effective radiated power</a> (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for non-<a href="/facts/Grandfather_clause/M4Sh8KI8">grandfathered</a> FM stations. The <a href="/facts/Transmitter/nFYghtKv">transmitter</a> is off Tin Top Estates Road in <a href="/facts/Horseshoe_Bend%2c_Texas/5ujecSq3">Horseshoe Bend</a>. While simulcast partner KDXX has a signal covering <a href="/facts/Dallas/f3c7MQn0">Dallas</a>, <a href="/facts/Fort_Worth%2c_Texas/NNBEqVe8">Fort Worth</a> and communities north of the Metroplex, into <a href="/facts/Oklahoma/fK28L1a4">Oklahoma</a>, KESS has a signal covering communities west of Fort Worth. KESS broadcasts using <a href="/facts/HD_Radio/XtS2tNG5">HD Radio</a> technology. </p>