KTOY

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KTOY
KTOY Jammin104.7 logo.png
Frequency 104.7 MHz
Branding104.7 KTOY
Programming
Format Urban adult contemporary
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Cliff Dumas
  • (BTC USA Holdings Management Inc.)
KBYB, KCMC, KTFS, KTFS-FM, KTTY
History
First air date
1992;32 years ago (1992)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 31348
Class A
ERP 3,100 watts
HAAT 138 meters (453 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 33°25′45.4″N94°7′11.7″W / 33.429278°N 94.119917°W / 33.429278; -94.119917
Links
Public license information
Website localfirstmediagroup.com/radio-brands/ktoy104

KTOY (104.7 FM) is a Docket 80-90 radio station broadcasting an urban adult contemporary format. Licensed to Texarkana, Arkansas, United States, it serves the Texarkana area. The station is licensed to BTC USA Holdings Management Inc. [2] Its studios are located on Olive in Texarkana, Texas just one block west of the Texas–Arkansas state line, and its transmitter is in Wake Village, Texas.

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History

On June 16, 1988, Jo-Al Broadcasting, Inc. (named for shareholders Emmie Jo Gamble and her brother-in-law Alcus Davis) filed for a construction permit to build a new radio station on 104.7 MHz in Texarkana, Arkansas. Gamble had been inspired to file after seeing a newspaper article concerning efforts by the Federal Communications Commission to promote women and minority ownership in broadcasting. [3] It was one of three applicants for the frequency, competing with B & H Broadcasting System, Inc., and Dupre' Broadcasting Co. After the three applications were designated for comparative hearing in 1990, the applicants settled, and Jo-Al was granted the frequency. [4]

Gamble, a math teacher, continued teaching while building out the station, which took the call sign KTOY and became the first black-owned station in the state of Arkansas, [5] with the same urban adult contemporary format it still carries. [3] She did not retire from teaching until 2000. [5]

In February 2005, after three years of discussions, [6] Gamble and Davis sold KTOY to Arklatex LLC, which owned four other radio stations in the market. [7] The transaction was described as putting a "jewel" in the company's crown, as KTOY had become the area's top radio station. [6] Eight years later, the stations were sold to Alaska Broadcast Communications, which was 20 percent owned by Richard Burns, for $2.75 million; [8] Burns, an Australian citizen, became the first non-American national to own 100 percent of a United States broadcast station when the FCC approved a first-of-its-kind waiver in 2017, allowing Burns and his wife Sharon to take full ownership of the Frontier Media group. [9]

As part of a series of format shifts at the Frontier Media stations in January 2019, KTFS (940 AM) relaunched as "KTOY Gospel", a gospel-formatted brand extension of KTOY. [10]

Effective April 28, 2023, Frontier Media sold KTOY to Cliff Dumas' BTC USA Holdings Management Inc. for $60,000.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KTOY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Texarkana Radio Stations Part of Historic Foreign Ownership Deal – Texarkana FYI". March 27, 2017. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  3. 1 2 La'Sha, Epiphany (February 3, 2021). "Texarkana's first black radio station hit the airwaves in 1992". ArkLaTex Homepage. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  4. ↑ Stirmer, Joseph (March 19, 1991). "Summary Decision (6 FCC Rcd 7)". FCC Record. pp. 1703–1705. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  5. 1 2 "TASD honors Emmie Jo Gamble as Distinguished Alumna". Texarkana Gazette. August 24, 2020. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  6. 1 2 Davis, Anthony (June 7, 2005). "Texarkana Radio picks up KTOY, city's top station". Texarkana Gazette. p. 1.
  7. ↑ "Deals". RBR Morning E-paper. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Deals" (PDF). Inside Radio. March 6, 2013. p. 4. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  9. ↑ "FCC OKs Groundbreaking Foreign Ownership Milestone". Inside Radio. February 27, 2017. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
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