The Light DFW is a streaming-only Christian music station for Dallas-Fort Worth, launched after KLTY flipped to K-LOVE.^1 Marcos A. Rodriguez, who owned KLTY from 1987 until 2000, built the commercial webcaster at TurnOnTheLight.com.^1 The homepage calls it North Texas' only commercial Christian music media and says a 30-person local team includes the founders and talent behind KLTY.^2
The Light plays Christian hits from the nineties to now and is free to stream on the website and in the apps.^2 The iOS and Android listings name artists such as Lauren Daigle, TobyMac, for KING + COUNTRY, MercyMe, Third Day, and Casting Crowns, plus worship from Hillsong Worship, Elevation Worship, Bethel Music, and Passion.^3 Listeners can hear the station around the clock, message DJs, set show reminders, and switch between English and Spanish.^3 Radio.net also carries the live stream.^5
Rodriguez is a Cuban-American entrepreneur whose family left Cuba in 1962. His father later became the first Hispanic owner of an all-Spanish radio station in Texas.^6 Rodriguez Capital Holdings, LLC operates the site from Dallas.^2 The apps are published by The Mediasite UK LTD and are free to download.^3
