WKTP

WKTP

WKTP

Radio station in Jonesborough–Johnson City, Tennessee

WKTP (1590 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format.[1] Licensed to Jonesborough, Tennessee, United States, the station is currently owned by Glenwood Communications Corporation (through subsidiary Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation) and features programming from ESPN Radio.[2]

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History

WKTP was first licensed in 1958, as WJSO, to the Mountain View Broadcasting Company in Jonesborough, Tennessee, for 5,000 watts daytime-only on 1590 kHz. The station had a Top 40 format. The call letters were changed to WQLS in early 1987, and to WUSJ later that year. In 1988 the call sign was changed to WKTP, and the station simulcast WKPT, 1400 AM in Kingsport, Tennessee.

Expanded Band assignment

On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with WKTP authorized to move from 1590 to 1680 kHz.[3] However, the station never procured the Construction Permit needed to implement the authorization, so the expanded band station was never built.

References

  1. [1]
    "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  2. [2]
    "WKTP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  3. [3]
    "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations" (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997.
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