The retooled 97.1 FM station debuted Oct. 3, 2022, with a lineup that featured long-established radio personalities, including several from KTCK The Ticket.
Radio legend Mike Rhyner listens to the intro of the sports talk radio show The Downbeat, on the first day of the newest sports radio station in Dallas titled The Freak, on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022 at iHeart Studios in Dallas.The Freak, iHeartMedia’s free-form talk radio station in Dallas, will celebrate its first year with a party and concert on Thursday at
The retooled 97.1 KEGL FM station debuted on Oct. 3, 2022, flipping its format from rock to talk with a lineup that featured long-established radio personalities, including several from KTCK The Ticket. iHeartRadio calls The Freak “a broad-based personality radio station that connects in a personal way with the D-FW audience.”The station kicked off with the voice of Mike Rhyner, who was lured out of retirement to helm The Freak.
Rhyner, who started The Ticket in 1994, designed the station’s format, which has been anchored by sports but includes comedy bits and entertainment news.Dominic “Zakk” Zaccagnini, iHeartMedia programming director, said the event attended by the “on-air personalities, our partners and, most specially, our listeners is the perfect way to catapult this brand to new heights.”.