WKTR

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WKTR
Simulcasting WOJL, Louisa
Broadcast area Charlottesville, Virginia
Central Virginia
Frequency 840 kHz
BrandingClassic Hits 105.5 and 95.3 Sam FM
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
OwnerPiedmont Communications, Inc.
WOJL, WCVA, WVCV
History
First air date
February 17, 1991
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 73191
Class D
Power 8,200 watts daytime only
Transmitter coordinates
 38°15′57.0″N78°24′53.0″W / 38.265833°N 78.414722°W / 38.265833; -78.414722
Translator(s) 105.5 W288ED (Charlottesville)
Links
Public license information
Website https://www.1055samfm.com

WKTR (840 kHz) is a classic hits formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Earlysville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville. WKTR is owned by Piedmont Communications, Inc.

Contents

History

Baker Family Stations, then doing business as Rural Radio Service, was first issued a construction permit for 840 kHz in September 1986. WKTR signed on February 17, 1991, with a religious talk format. The station is a rimshot daytimer with a transmitter located near Stanardsville, Virginia. [2] [3]

By 2005, the station was still running religious talk under the branding "The Ministry Station". That March 1, it became the Charlottesville market's first ESPN Radio affiliate under the branding "ESPN 840 Charlottesville". [4]

In 2010–11, WKTR flipped twice more: first to Southern gospel by joining the Joy FM network on June 30, 2010, then to country in a simulcast of WBNN-FM (105.3 MHz) in Buckingham County the next January 1. [5]

Baker donated WKTR, by then valued at just $120,000, to CSN International on October 15, 2015. [6]

CSN sold WKTR to Piedmont Communications, Inc. in 2022 for $10,000. [7] WKTR now simulcasts the classic hits format originating at Piedmont's WOJL (105.5 FM) in Louisa. [8] At the same time, Piedmont purchased the under-construction FM translator W288ED in Charlottesville, also on 105.5 FM, and assigned it to WKTR to function as co-channel booster for WOJL's programming in the city. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKTR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-563. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  3. ↑ "WKTR Facility Data". FCCData.
  4. ↑ Corbin, Robert (March 2, 2005). "Group takes stations to Sports". VARTV.
  5. ↑ Corbin, Robert (January 18, 2011). "Big Country now on AM too". VARTV.
  6. ↑ "Charlottesville AM Daytimer Donated". All Access. October 15, 2015.
  7. ↑ Deal Digest: Seven Mountains Media Picks Up Stations In Seven Pennsylvania Markets". Inside Radio. October 23, 2022. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  8. ↑ "WOJL/WCVA/WVCV/WKTR/W288ED/W237CA 1st Quarter 2024 Issues and Programs" (PDF). FCC Public Information Files. 3 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "W288ED Facility Data". FCCData.
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