KTMY

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KTMY
KTMY myTalk107.1 logo.png
Broadcast area Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Frequency 107.1 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding"myTalk 107.1"
Programming
Format Entertainment talk
Subchannels HD2: WDGY simulcast (Classic hits / oldies)
Affiliations ABC News Radio
Ownership
Owner
Radio: KSTP, KSTP-FM
TV: KSTC-TV, KSTP-TV
History
First air date
 1968 (as WIXK-FM)
Former call signs
WIXK-FM (1979–2002)
WFMP (2002–2010)
Call sign meaning
Derived from the "MYTalk" branding
Technical information
Facility ID 60641
Class C2
ERP 22,000 watts
HAAT 179 m (587 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 45°3′45.0″N93°8′22.0″W / 45.062500°N 93.139444°W / 45.062500; -93.139444
Repeater(s) 106.5  WARH-HD2 (St. Louis)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website mytalk1071.com

KTMY (107.1 FM) is an entertainment-oriented talk radio station, serving the Twin Cities as well as portions of West Central Wisconsin. [1] [2] The station is owned and operated by Hubbard Broadcasting. KTMY's studios and offices are located on University Avenue, along the boundary line between St. Paul and Minneapolis, and its transmitter is located at Telefarm Towers in Shoreview, Minnesota, off County Road F West. [3] [4] [5]

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Station history

The station was originally licensed to serve New Richmond, Wisconsin, as WIXK-FM, simulcasting the country music format of that city's WIXK. Hubbard Broadcasting bought both stations in 2000 for $27 million, and moved WIXK-FM to the immediate Twin Cities area, where the station's city of license was changed from New Richmond to Coon Rapids, Minnesota, and its transmitter moved to the Telefarm installation in Shoreview.

On June 3, 2002, WIXK-FM adopted the WFMP call sign and dropped country in favor of a talk format, originally branded as "FM 107" ("real. life. conversation."), that emphasized issues, topics, and conversations that catered to a female audience. [6] [7] The original "FM 107" schedule included national call-in/advice shows featuring Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Dr. Joy Browne, and Clark Howard, but locally produced programming would make up a majority of the schedule in later years.

The "myTalk 107.1" branding officially went into effect February 2010. [8] [9]

'MyTalk' has been recognized for its loyal listener base. [10]

The original myTalk lineup was Ian and Margery (morning drive), Colleen and The Boys (mid-morning), Jason and Alexis (afternoons), Lori and Julia (afternoon drive), and Brian and Shelletta (evenings from 7:00-9:00 P.M.). The Brian and Shelletta show was cancelled in July 2010. [11] The 7:00-9:00 P.M. slot was replaced by a Jason and Alexis show rebroadcast. Colleen and The Boys (hosted by Colleen Kruse, Chris Reuvers, and G.R. Anderson) was cancelled March 2012, [12] and the time slot was replaced by the Colleen and Bradley show (hosted by Colleen Lindstrom and Bradley Traynor).

In 2007, the station answered a call from condemned inmate Philip Workman to have vegetarian pizza delivered to homeless residents of Nashville, Tennessee. [13]

HD Radio

KTMY has been broadcasting an HD radio signal since October 2011. The station's HD-2 sub-channel aired a simulcast of the sports format from its sister station, KSTP (AM). That simulcast moved to a sub-channel of KSTP-FM in December 2013. The HD-2 is now simulcasting the oldies format of Borgen Broadcasting-owned, WDGY. [14] [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "KTMY-FM Radio Station Coverage Map".
  2. ↑ Ink, Radio (2017-07-05). "Why Is MyTalk The Talk of The Town". Radio Ink. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KSTP-FM
  4. ↑ "Shows". myTalk 107.1. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  5. ↑ Ink, Radio (2017-07-05). "Why Is MyTalk The Talk of The Town". Radio Ink. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  6. ↑ "Hubbard's WIXK picks women talk", from The Business Journal (Minneapolis-St. Paul edition), May 17, 2002
  7. ↑ "Crap from the Past - Bonus: 107.1 FM/Minneapolis flips from Pure Country Real Country to "FM 107" Talk for Women, June 10, 2002". 10 June 2002.
  8. ↑ "Best of the Twin Cities 2006: Best Radio Station About Nothing" Archived 2010-02-26 at the Wayback Machine , from CityPages, April 26, 2006
  9. ↑ "FM107 changing to myTalk107", from St. Paul Pioneer Press, 2/1/2010
  10. ↑ Ink, Radio (2017-07-05). "Why Is MyTalk The Talk of The Town". Radio Ink. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  11. ↑ "'Brian and Sheletta Show' on MyTalk 107.1 canceled". Twin Cities. 2010-08-04. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  12. ↑ Staff, BMTN (8 March 2018). "MyTalk 107 cuts Colleen Kruse, Chris Reuvers talk show team". Bring Me The News. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  13. ↑ "Executed man's last request honored—pizza for homeless", from cnn.com, May 2007
  14. ↑ Source: Northpine.com (posted 12/26/2013)
  15. ↑ https://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=16 Archived 2017-01-11 at the Wayback Machine HD Radio Guide for Minneapolis-St. Paul
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