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KPLX (99.5 FM broadcasting, "99.5 The Wolf") is a commercial radio radio station broadcasting a gold-based country radio radio format. It is licensed to Fort Worth, Texas, and serves the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. KPLX is owned by Cumulus Media, with radio studio and offices in the Victory Park district in Dallas, just north of Downtown Dallas. Cumulus owns two FM country stations in the media market, but both KPLX and KSCS maintain separate staffs and musical directions.
KPLX has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 . The transmitter is off West Belt Line Road in Cedar Hill, Texas, amid the towers for other FM and TV stations. Radio-Locator.com/KPLX KPLX broadcasts using HD Radio technology. The HD-2 digital subchannel carries the talk radio format of sister station WBAP (820 AM).
The station had a middle of the road music format in 1974. It switched to a country music format on January 7, 1980. The station was known on-air as "K-Plex" and during that time, the slogan was "Flex Your 'Plex". The station re-branded as "The Wolf" on July 24, 1998, while still maintaining its country format.
KPLX has won "Radio Station of the Year" awards from the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music, as well as NAB Marconi Radio Awards, Billboard and Radio & Records awards. With its parent company's acquisition of Citadel Broadcasting in 2011, KPLX became a sister station to long-time rival KSCS. The latter shifted to a "New Country" format in 2012 to differentiate the two.
On March 15, 2022, KPLX shifted its format towards classic country. However, the station will still play country currents/recurrents overnight as part of the syndicated “Later … With Lia" show, which was cancelled by its syndicator at the end of that year. There have been no other changes to KPLX's branding and on-air schedule.
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