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 (sale to K-Love Inc. pending)
  • (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.
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