KTFS (AM)

KTFS
City Texarkana, Texas
Branding KTFS 98.7 FM 940 AM
Slogan The News Authority
Frequency 940 kHz
Translator(s) 98.7 MHz (K254AS) (Texarkana)
First air date 1961 (as KADO)
Format Talk
Power 2,500 watts (day)
11 watts (night)
Class D
Facility ID 33542
Transmitter coordinates 33°24′28.00″N 94°2′45.00″W / 33.4077778°N 94.0458333°W / 33.4077778; -94.0458333
Former callsigns KADO (1961-1989)
KTWN (1989-1996)
KTFS (1996-2014)
KCMC (2014-2017)
Owner Texarkana Radio Center Licenses, LLC
Sister stations KBYB, KCMC, KTFS-FM, KTOY

KTFS (940 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a talk format. Licensed to Texarkana, Texas, United States, it serves the Texarkana area. The station is currently owned by Texarkana Radio Center.

KTFS was operated from a broadcast facility located on State Line Avenue on the Texarkana, Texas side. During that time the station operated at 250 watts, increasing power to 1,000 watts in 1967.

Dave Hall was the News Director and broke the 'Fouke Monster' story, in Fouke, on a Sunday morning via a mobile car phone.

In December 2011, KTFS was taken off the air after vandals committed vandalism at its broadcasting tower. The station filed a Special Temporary Authority to Remain Silent with the FCC on January 9, 2012, which they honored shortly afterward.[1]

On December 20, 2012, KTFS returned to the air with a news/talk format, just two days before the station's license was set to expire.[1]

On April 19, 2013, KTFS changed formats to classic hits, simulcasting KTTY.[2] The station’s callsign was changed to KCMC on March 21, 2014.

On July 1, 2017, KCMC changed formats from classic hits to talk.

On November 28, 2017, KCMC’s callsign was changed back to KTFS.

References

  1. 1 2 FCC document: Request for Special Temporary Authority to Remain Silent for KTFS (AM)
  2. ↑ KTTY Returns with Classic Hits


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