KTTI

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KTTI
Broadcast area Yuma County, Arizona
Frequency 95.1 MHz
Branding95.1 KTTI
Programming
Format Country
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • El Dorado Broadcasters LLC
  • (EDB VV License LLC)
History
First air date
November 6, 1970 (1970-11-06)
Former call signs
KALJ (1970–1978)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 62234
Class C2
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 75 meters (246 ft)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 951ktti.com

KTTI (95.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Yuma, Arizona, United States. The station is owned by El Dorado Broadcasters LLC. It airs a country music format. [2]

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History

KALJ

KALJ took to the air on November 6, 1970. [3] The station was owned by Lan-Jol Enterprises, owned by Robert Langill and Joel Pollard (the call letters stood for Arizona Lan-Jol). [4]

KTTI

KALJ was sold and went silent on December 31, 1978, in preparation to relaunch two weeks later under new ownership as KTTI, an automated beautiful music outlet. [5] The new owners were Purr Broadcasting, owned by former KBLU-TV/KYEL advertising manager Jim Evans and businessman Rick Richmond. [6] KTTI flipped formats to country on October 1, 1981. [7] Sun Country Broadcasting bought KTTI and KBLU at the same time in 1983. [8]

KBLU and KTTI were owned by Robert Tezak, the owner of Uno, from 1988 to 1995. [9] That year, they were purchased out of bankruptcy by Commonwealth Broadcasting, owner of KYJT (now KQSR). [10] In a quick succession of owners, Commonwealth was acquired by Capstar in 1997, [11] Capstar merged with Chancellor Broadcasting to form AMFM in 1998, [12] and Clear Channel acquired AMFM in 1999. [13] Clear Channel sold its Yuma stations to current owner El Dorado Broadcasters in 2007. [14]

References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for KTTI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
  3. "Yuma's KALJ-FM On Air at Noon". Yuma Daily Sun. November 6, 1970. p. 1. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  4. "New sound ripples in Yuma air". Yuma Daily Sun. November 15, 1970. p. 6. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  5. Hughes, Candy (January 14, 1979). "KTTI-FM on air tonight with most 'beautiful' music". Yuma Daily Sun. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  6. Hughes, Candy (January 3, 1979). "KTTI-FM to replace KALJ on Yuma radio". Yuma Daily Sun. pp. 1, 3 . Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  7. "Most listeners like new KTTI". Yuma Daily Sun. October 9, 1981. p. 27. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  8. Bob Werley (May 18, 1983). "Two radio stations purchased". The Yuma Daily Sun. p. 1. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  9. "RKO Sells NY & L.A. Properties Separately For $136.6 Million" (PDF). Radio & Records. September 2, 1988. p. 8.
  10. Christie (June 11, 1995). "Owner adds two radio stations". The Yuma Daily Sun. p. 22. Retrieved December 2, 2019 via NewspaperArchive.
  11. "Capstar Broadcasting in Deal for 20 Radio Stations". The New York Times. Reuters. February 5, 1997. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  12. Bodipo-Memba, Alejandro; Journal, Carlos Tejada Staff Reporters of The Wall Street (August 28, 1998). "Hicks Muse Plans to Combine Radio Firms Chancellor, Capstar". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  13. Hofmeister, Sallie (October 5, 1999). "Clear Channel to Buy Radio Leader AMFM in $15.9 Billion Deal". Los Angeles Times. ISSN   0458-3035 . Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  14. "Price For 16 AZ, CA Clear Channel Stations: $40 Million". All Access. Retrieved October 3, 2016.