KTGX

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KTGX
KTGX 106.1TheTwister logo.png
Broadcast area Tulsa Metropolitan Area
Frequency 106.1MHz (HD Radio)
Branding106.1 The Twister
Programming
Format Country
Subchannels HD2: KAKC simulcast (Conservative talk)
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
KAKC, KIZS, KMOD-FM, KTBT, KTBZ
History
First air date
1986 (as KVLT)
Former call signs
KVLT (1986–1990)
KQLL-FM (1990–2009)
Call sign meaning
K Tulsa GenX (previous format)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 68294
Class C
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 403 meters (1,322 ft)
Translator(s) HD2: 93.5 K228BR (Tulsa)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1061thetwister.iheart.com

KTGX (106.1 MHz "The Twister") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Owasso, Oklahoma, and serving the Tulsa metropolitan area. It airs a country music format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios are in the BancFirst building at the southwest corner of 71st Street and Yale Avenue in Southeast Tulsa. In morning drive time it carries the nationally syndicated Bobby Bones Show . Local DJs include Karla Cantrell, Natalie Cash and Kasper. Overnight, the station carries After Midnight with Granger Smith .

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KTGX has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations in the U.S. The transmitter is on East 340 Road in Talala, Oklahoma. [2]

HD programming

KTGX broadcasts using HD Radio technology. The HD2 digital subchannel was originally called "Christmas 93.5" playing Christmas music. It was also simulcast on FM translator K228BR at 93.5 MHz. [3] It later became "93.5 Chrome FM" playing Oldies.

On November 3, 2017, KTGX-HD2 dropped its oldies format and returned to Christmas music, branded again as "Christmas 93.5". [4]

On January 24, 2018, "Christmas 93.5" was dropped and "93.5 The Jet" was launched with a classic rock format. [5]

On September 9, 2024, KTGX-HD2 changed their format from classic rock to a simulcast of conservative talk-formatted KAKC 1300 AM Tulsa, branded as "93.5/1300 The Patriot". [6]

Translator

Broadcast translator for KTGX-HD2
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
K228BR93.5 FM Tulsa, Oklahoma 6829225073.4  m (241  ft)D LMS

Formats

Before KTGX launched on December 28, 2009, the station aired an oldies format, branded as "KOOL 106.1" with the call letters KQLL-FM. The format launched in 1990.

Before the launch of KOOL, the station aired an Adult Contemporary format as "Lite 106," and before that, broadcast hits from the 1960s and 1970s.

On October 30, 2009, at 6 a.m., KQLL-FM began stunting with all-Christmas music as "Christmas 106, Tulsa's Holiday Station."

At noon on December 28, 2009, KQLL-FM relaunched as 1990s Hits 106.1 Gen-X Radio with the first song being "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana.

At 6 a.m. on July 3, 2012, KTGX began stunting first with all-Christmas music, followed by a loop of all-Bruce Springsteen, then a loop of the song "Boys From Oklahoma" by Cross Canadian Ragweed beginning at 9 a.m., and at 10 a.m., the audio of the film Twister , all punctuated with cryptic liners that a "twister" would hit the station "and it's coming... soon". At Noon, the station flipped to country, branded as "The Twister." The first song on "The Twister" was "Blown Away" by Carrie Underwood.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KTGX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KTGX
  3. ↑ http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=64 Archived 2015-10-02 at the Wayback Machine HD Radio Guide for Tulsa
  4. ↑ iHeart Chips Its Chrome in Tulsa Radioinsight - November 3, 2017
  5. ↑ Rock Wars in Tulsa Expand With Launch of 93.5 The Jet Radioinsight - January 24, 2018
  6. ↑ Tulsa's Patriot Come to FM Radioinsight - September 9, 2024

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