WKTO

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WKTO
Broadcast area Daytona Beach
Frequency 88.9 MHz
Programming
Format Christian radio
Ownership
OwnerMims Community Radio, Inc.
History
First air date
1998 (1998)
Call sign meaning
We Keep Telling Others
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 42684
Class C2
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 120.4 meters (395 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 29°0′21.00″N80°56′21.00″W / 29.0058333°N 80.9391667°W / 29.0058333; -80.9391667
Translator 95.5 W238AM (Titusville)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website wkto.net

WKTO (88.9 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to Edgewater, Florida, United States, and serving the Daytona Beach area. It airs a Christian format with a mix of preaching and Christian contemporary. WKTO is owned by Mims Community Radio, Inc. [2] The studios and offices are on Old Mission Road in New Smyrna Beach.

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WKTO's transmitter is sited on Florida State Road 44 at Omega Ranch Road in New Smyrna Beach. Programming is also heard over low-power FM translator W238AM at 95.5 MHz in Titusville.

History

WKTO submitted an application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1989. It received a construction permit but took nearly a decade to complete the work. It signed on the air in 1998.

In 1989, a Baptist church in Samsula volunteered the use of some of its land for a new taller tower. However, as time passed, the church's plans changed and the offer was withdrawn. A Christian businessman, Richard Crunkilton, offered his 20-acre (81,000 m2) ranch for WKTO's tower. He sold the land in 2006.

Responding to a newspaper article, Dr. Bill Sharp invited the station to put a studio and control room in his Christian Life Center, then on Tenth Street, in New Smyrna Beach.

Former logo WTKO logo.jpg
Former logo

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKTO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WKTO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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