KTNK

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KTNK
Broadcast area Santa Maria—Lompoc, California
Frequency 1410 kHz
BrandingRocket 103.7
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
Owner
  • Sticks Media, LLC
  • (Sticks Media, LLC)
History
First air date
May 25, 1963 (as KKOK)
Former call signs
  • KKOK (1963–1977)
  • KBIK (1977–1979)
  • KLVV (1979–1983)
  • KLLB (1983–1987)
  • KTME (1987–2006)
  • KINF (2006)
  • KUHL (2006–2009)
    KSMA (2009–2014) [1]
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 51263
Class D
Power 500 watts day
77 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 34°39′46.9″N120°23′1.6″W / 34.663028°N 120.383778°W / 34.663028; -120.383778
Translator(s) 103.7 K279CY (Lompoc)
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Public license information

KTNK (1410 AM) is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Lompoc, California, and serves the Santa Maria—Lompoc area. The station, established in 1963, [3] is owned by Sticks Media, LLC. [1]

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History

The station first signed onMay 25, 1963, as KKOK. [3] The station underwent several call sign changes over the next two decades: first to KBIK in 1977; then, to KLVV two years later on November 8, 1979; and finally, to KLLB on August 22, 1983. [4]

In 1985, Sunshine Wireless sold KLLB and its FM sister station KRQK (100.9 FM, now on 100.3) to Crystal Broadcasting Inc. for $1.75 million. [5] On September 1, 1987, the AM outlet changed its call letters to KTME. [4] On December 22, 1989, Crystal Broadcasting sold KTME and KRQK to Nova Broadcasting—Santa Maria, headed by Gregg Peterson, for $1.47 million. [6]

The station changed hands several times in the 1990s. Nova Broadcasting sold KTME and KRQK to Padre Serra Communications for $450,000 in May 1993. [7] In March 1995, Padre Serra traded KTME for KSBQ (1480 AM), owned by Los Padres Broadcasting Corporation. Like KTME, KSBQ was licensed to Lompoc, California and broadcast in Spanish. [8] In November 1996, Classic Communications Corporation purchased the station for only $20,000. [9] KTME saw a new owner just one year later as Classic sold the then-silent station to Santa Maria-based Blackhawk Communications for $80,000. [10]

In April 2006, Mapleton Communications sold KTME and the station it was simulcasting, KUHL (1440 AM) in Santa Maria, to Knight Broadcasting Inc. [11] KTME changed its call letters to KINF on July 31, 2006, then to KUHL that September. On January 27, 2009, the station became KSMA. [4]

In February 2014, Knight Broadcasting sold KSMA to Michael Alan Day's Cross and Crown Broadcasting Corporation for $160,000; the transaction closed in May. At the time of the sale, KSMA broadcast a classic country format that was branded as "AM 1410 The Range". [12] [13] The new owner changed the station's call sign to KTNK on May 6, 2014. [4]

In September 2023, the station relaunched as "Y'all 103.7", with the station adding a small, but noticeable, number of current and recurrent country hits to the still gold-based format. The previous iteration of the format continues on an online exclusive stream. [14]

On February 3, 2025, KTNK dropped its country format and began stunting. [15]

On February 10, 2025 at 9 am, KTNK ended stunting and launched a classic hits format, branded as "Rocket 103.7". [16]

References

  1. 1 2 "KTNK Facility Record". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KTNK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. 1 2 "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S." (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1964. p. B-16.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Call Sign History: KTNK". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission.
  5. ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. December 16, 1985. p. 124. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  6. ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. Broadcasting Publications Inc. February 12, 1990. p. 46. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. Cahners Publishing Company. May 24, 1993. p. 64. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  8. ↑ "NewCity Communications Picks Up $6 Million Daytona Beach FM" (PDF). Radio & Records. March 17, 1995. p. 6. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Emmis Now A Potent Arch Rival" (PDF). Radio & Records. November 8, 1996. p. 6. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  10. ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. R.R. Bowker. November 10, 1997. p. 90. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Knight Buys KUHL-KTME/Santa Maria". All Access. All Access Music Group. April 6, 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Price For Good Karma-Big Radio Janesville, WI Deal: $1.45 Million". All Access. All Access Music Group. February 10, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  13. ↑ "FCC OKs Religious Stations Swap". All Access. All Access Music Group. May 5, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2018.
  14. ↑ Y'all Debuts in Lompoc
  15. ↑ Don't Hassle with KTNK's Stunting Radioinsight - February 6, 2025
  16. ↑ KTNK Lifts Off as Rocket 103.7 Radioinsight - February 10, 2025
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