KLDS

{{short description|Radio station in Falfurrias, Texas}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KLDS

| logo =

| city = Falfurrias, Texas

| country = US

| area = Rio Grande Valley

| branding = Radio Voz AM

| airdate = January 1, 1953

| frequency = 1260 kHz

| format = Religious

| language = Spanish

| power = 500 watts day
330 watts night

| class = B

| facility_id = 7149

| coordinates = {{coord|27|14|11|N|98|10|22|W}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns = KBLP (1953–1956)
KPSO (1956–1997)

| owner = Bill Doerner, Valerie Smith, and Larry Roberts

| licensee = Sportsradiocc LLC

| sister_stations = KDFM, KIBL

| webcast =

| website =

| affiliations =

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

KLDS (1260 AM, "Radio Voz AM") is a radio station licensed to serve Falfurrias, Texas, United States. The station is owned by Bill Doerner, Valerie Smith, and Larry Roberts, through licensee Sportsradiocc LLC.

KLDS broadcasts a Spanish-language religious radio format to the Rio Grande Valley and surrounding counties.{{cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |title=Station Information Profile |access-date=May 29, 2009}}

The radio station began operations in 1953 broadcasting as KBLP with 500 watts of power, daytime-only, on a frequency of 1260 kHz under the ownership of Ben L. Parker.{{cite book |title=Broadcasting-Telecasting 1955 Yearbook-Marketbook Issue |date=1955 |page=294 |chapter=Directory of AM and FM stations and Market Data of the United States |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC}} In 1956, under new ownership, the station had its call sign changed to KPSO. The station was assigned the KLDS call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on December 19, 1997.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=7149&Callsign=KLDS |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121213043554/http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=7149&Callsign=KLDS |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 13, 2012 |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |access-date=May 29, 2009 }}