WKTL

WKTL
City Struthers, Ohio
Broadcast area Youngstown-Warren
Branding Voice of Struthers School / The Summit
Frequency 90.7 MHz
Format Adult album alternative/Nationality
ERP 13,500 watts
HAAT 7.0 meters
Class B1
Facility ID 4267
Transmitter coordinates 41°3′6.00″N 80°35′56.00″W / 41.0516667°N 80.5988889°W / 41.0516667; -80.5988889
Callsign meaning We're the Key to Learning[1]
Owner Struthers Board of Education
(Board of Education Struthers Ohio City Schools)
Website http://www.913thesummit.com/

WKTL (90.7 FM) is a non-commercial radio station broadcasting a Variety format from Struthers High School. Licensed to Struthers, Ohio, United States, the station serves the Youngstown-Warren area. The station is currently owned by the Struthers Board of Education[2][3] and the broadcast studio is located inside the Struthers Fieldhouse.

Outside of local nationality programming on Saturdays, WKTL's programming is provided by Akron Public Schools-owned WAPS 91.3 FM "The Summit" in Akron, which airs an adult album alternative (AAA) music format.[4]

History

WKTL began broadcasting on September 13, 1965. and the station's website claims it was the first all student-staffed radio station in the country.

The station was conceived by Struthers High School speech instructor Stephen J. Gercevich, a former radio announcer, to "provide a unique laboratory to put classroom techniques to use".[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  2. ↑ "WKTL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WKTL Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ "Indie rock breathes new life into old Struthers radio station". Youngstown Vindicator.
  5. ↑ "Struthers City Schools > WKTL". Struthers City Schools website.


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