KTTS-FM
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 94.7 MHz |
| Branding | 94.7 KTTS |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio |
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| History | |
First air date | August 29, 1948 |
Call sign meaning | Keep Tuned (or Talking) To Springfield |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 62023 | |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 336 meters (1,102 ft) |
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Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
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KTTS-FM (94.7 MHz) is a country music formatted radio station, licensed to Springfield, Missouri and the greater Springfield area. It began broadcasting in 1948, and is one of the oldest FM stations in the United States.
Programming
KTTS mainly plays country songs, along with news and weather.[2]
History
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KTTS-FM began broadcasting on August 29, 1948, on 94.7 MHz as the first FM station in the city of Springfield.[3] It was established by the Independent Broadcasting Company as a sister station to its AM station, KTTS (now KGMY).
Granville Pearson Ward had been general manager of KTTS (AM) since its establishment in 1942. He also had extensive earlier experience, and had helped establish Springfield's first radio station, WIAI, licensed to the Heer Stores Co. in the summer of 1922,[4] which broadcast educational programming from Heer's Tower downtown. In 1924 store management shut that station down.[5] Ward purchased its transmitter, and in early 1925 began operating a new station, KFUV, that was licensed to him.[6] KFUV went off the air one year later.[7]
In March 1953, KTTS-TV, a CBS affiliate, was launched as the city's first television station.[8] In 1971, the television station was sold and its call letters were changed to KOLR-TV.[9]
The KTTS of today was created by Great Empire Broadcasting in the early 1970s. According to (now former) station manager Curt Brown, KTTS aired an adult standards format until 1972 when the country formats were installed.[<span title="Script error: No such module "decodeEncode".">citation needed] KTTS aired more classic-type country, and KTTS-FM aired more modern country. In the late 1980s, KTTS's AM frequency traded frequencies with KGBX, moving KTTS from AM 1400 to AM 1260, which gave them a wider signal range, and gave KGBX the money to buy an FM allotment.
Today, AM 1400 is known as KGMY and owned by iHeartMedia. In 1999, the AM 1260 call letters became KTTF, and then a short while later, KSGF, with the KTTS call sign remaining on the FM station. Today, the format of KSGF is concentrated on news and talk radio. KSGF and KTTS-FM are still affiliated under common ownership.
Journal Communications and the E. W. Scripps Company announced on July 30, 2014, that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E.W. Scripps Company name that would own the two companies' broadcast properties, including KTTS-FM. The transaction was slated to be completed in 2015, pending shareholder and regulatory approvals.[10][needs update]Template:DMCA Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Springfield stations went to SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018.[11]
Former on-air staff
Bob Barker, star of the TV show The Price Is Right, got his first job in media with KTTS in the 1940s.[12] Barker lived in Springfield and graduated from Central High School; he worked for KTTS while attending Drury College (now University).[13]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for KTTS-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KTTS FM". OnlineRadioBox.com. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FM Station Takes the Air". News and Leader. Springfield, Missouri. August 29, 1948. p. B6. Retrieved September 7, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, August 1, 1922, page 3.
- ^ "Strike out all particulars", Radio Service Bulletin, July 1, 1924, page 9.
- ^ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, February 2, 1925, page 3.
- ^ "Strike out all particulars", Radio Service Bulletin, January 30, 1926, page 7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A New TV Station at Springfield Now On Air". The Chillicothe Constitution-Tribune. Chillicothe, Missouri. Associated Press. March 16, 1953. p. 8. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."KOLR Initials Asked for KTTS". Springfield Leader and Press. Springfield, Missouri. September 21, 1971. p. 13. Retrieved December 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."E.W. Scripps, Journal Merging Broadcast Ops". TVNewsCheck. July 30, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Scripps Completes Two More Pieces Of Radio Division Sale". Inside Radio. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Snider, Chase (May 10, 2013). "Bob Barker Shares Story Of Fire While Working At KTTS". KTTS. scrippsmedia.com. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hoffman, Michael (August 26, 2023). "Remembering-bob-barker-during-his-time-springfield". KY3-TV. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
External links
- Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility
- KTTS in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- FCC History cards for KTTS-FM (covering 1948-1980)
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