KTXY
History
1969-1981: Easy Listening
The station was issued a Construction Permit on April 29, 1969, and became fully licensed as KJFF on December 1, 1969. It first aired a beautiful music format.
1981-1988: Adult Contemporary
On October 28, 1981 under new ownership of Brill Media, it changed its call sign to KTXY and became an adult contemporary format.
1988-1992: Top 40
In 1982, it would switch the format to Top 40/CHR as Music 107, marking it one of two dominant CHR stations in the mid-Missouri area at the period, with the other being KCMQ. Its current name Y107 was introduced in 1988.
1992-1993: Adult Contemporary
On October 5, 1992, its call letters were changed to KKFA, with a soft rock format called "The Cafe" for a short period before returning to the KTXY call letters.
1993-present: Top 40
On October 11, 1993, the station returned to a Top 40 format as Y-107. After competitor KCMQ dropped its CHR format in 1994, KTXY became the only dominant CHR station for the mid-Missouri region. Since 2001, its main competitor is similarly formatted KOQL.
References
- ^ FCC History cards for KTXY (FCC.gov)
- ^ "Archived copy". kcradio.robzerwekh.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Call Sign Changes (FCC.gov)
External links
- Official Website
- FCC Cosmo & JC Notice
- Facility details for Facility ID 9929 (KTXY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KTXY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- FCC History cards (covering 1969-1981 as KJFF)
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