KRNB

KRNB(105.7MHz), brandedSmooth R&B 105.7,is anurban adult contemporary–formatted radio station in theDallas–Fort Worth metroplex,owned by Service Broadcasting Corporation alongside sister stationKKDA-FM.Its studios are located inArlington, Texasand the station's transmitter is located north of its city of license,Decatur, Texas.In addition to its format, it is the DFW affiliate ofThe Steve Harvey Morning Showand it carries aQuiet Stormprogram at night.

KRNB

Decatur, Texas United States
Broadcast area	Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
Frequency	105.7MHz
Branding	Smooth R&B 105.7
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Urban adult contemporary
Affiliations	Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	Service Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	KKDA-FM
History
First air date	1996(1996)
Call signmeaning	Rhythm and Blues
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	9747
Class	C
ERP	93,000 watts
HAAT	576 meters
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	krnb.com

History

KRNB was first launched at 6 a.m. on September 16, 1996, with an Urban Adult Contemporary format playingR&Bmusic, hence the call sign. (Coincidentally, it is the western reflection of an R&B station in Philadelphia calledWRNB.)At the time, its only other competitor for the rest of the decade was KRBV, which went off the air as an R&B station in 1998 due to a transmitter problem that caused low ratings. In the early years of the station, it was home toThe Tom Joyner Morning Showuntil 2002, when new competitorKSOCtook over the affiliation to the show. (This marked the second station Tom Joyner DJ'ed in the Metroplex, as he worked at KKDA-FM before.)

After KRBV changed formats, KRNB was the sole Urban AC for two years. However, due to its transmitter location, it was easier to pick up in the northern and western portions of the Metroplex, but harder to pick up in the Southern and Eastern portions, especially in the southern half of Dallas and downtown Dallas. In 2002, KSOC changed formats fromJammin' Oldiesto Urban AC; as a result, KRNB modified its format toR&B Oldiesby playing only R&B music from the 1970s to the 1980s, and changed its branding from105.7 KRNBtoOld School 105.7.The modification did not last long; KRNB reverted to Urban AC in 2005, changed the name back to105.7 KR&B( "&" in place of "N" ) and became the home of The Steve Harvey Morning Show through Premiere Radio Networks, a division ofClear Channel.(Before that, Harvey used to have a morning show onKBFBby syndicate of sister stationKKBTin Los Angeles). In 2010, KRNB rebranded to "Smooth R&B 105.7" while keeping its current format. Harvey's morning show was dropped in September 2018 in favor for a local morning show called "The Morning Rush" hosted by comedianRudy Rushand reality TV personality and modelClaudia Jordan.However, in November 2019, "The Morning Rush" was canceled, andThe Steve Harvey Morning Showreturned. Like many Urban AC stations across the country, KRNB has a nighttime Quiet Storm show.

KRNB's current on-air personalities include Rudy Rush, Claudia Jordan, Sean Andre, Keith Solis, Lynne Haze and Janet G.

Since 2002, it has competed with KSOC (for a time branded as "K-Soul" from 2002 to 2011 and again in 2014; and as "Old School 94.5" from 2011 to 2014) with an Urban AC format. However, as of November 15, 2014, KSOC flipped toclassic hip hop,leaving KRNB as the sole Urban AC station in DFW until September 11, 2017, when KSOC (nowKZMJ) returned to Urban AC as "Majic 94.5".

Former KRNB

The original KRNB-FM was a tribal run student radio station in Neah Bay, Washington. Starting in 1976 the station provided news, weather and information for the Makah Indian Tribe. Located on the high school campus it was billed as "The Native American Voice of the Pacific Northwest" and operated at 10 watts with an international reach extreme southern Vancouver Island in Canada just across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The station broadcast a wide range of formats including easy listening, contemporary 70s pop and at night album oriented rock. In 1982, the KRNB call letters surfaced inMemphis, Tennesseeas "Magic 101" an R&B station, nowKJMS.

Signal

Unlike most of the area's FM stations like sister KKDA-FM, which transmit their signals fromCedar Hill,KRNB transmits its signal from an unincorporated area East ofAlvordinWise County.Therefore, KRNB's signal is much stronger in the Northwestern parts of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex as well as the cities ofDecatur,Bowie,Gainesville,andSherman,to as far north as South ofArdmore, Oklahoma,but is considerably weaker in Dallas and areas Southeast of the city itself, causing problems for its listeners.

External links

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 9747 (KRNB)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• KRNBinNielsen Audio's FM station database
• DFW Radio and TV History
• DFW Radio Archives