KFLT-FM (104.1
MHz
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) is a
religious radio station
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in
Tucson, Arizona
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. KFLT-FM is owned by Family Life Broadcasting, Inc., and it airs
Christian Contemporary music
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with several
Christian talk and teaching
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shows airing middays and at night. Some national religious hosts heard on KFLT-FM include
Charles Stanley
Charles Frazier Stanley (born 1932) is Pastor Emeritus of First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, after serving as senior pastor for 49 years. He is the founder and president of In Touch Ministries, which widely broadcasts his sermons through te ...
and
David Jeremiah
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.
KFLT-FM's studios and offices are co-located with television station
KGUN-TV. The
transmitter
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site is located in the city's northwest side, off North Kain Avenue, near
Interstate 10
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.
History
Classic rock (1994-1997)
On May 4, 1994, the station officially
signed on
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* Using sign language
* Signature
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with a
classic rock
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format as KKHG "The Hog." It was owned by The
Journal Broadcast Group
Journal Media Group (formerly Journal Communications) was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based newspaper publishing company. The company's roots were first established in 1882 as the owner of its namesake, the ''Milwaukee Journal'', and expanded into br ...
, a
subsidiary
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of the ''
Milwaukee Journal'' publishing company. KKHG had studios on North Country Club Road.
Modern adult contemporary (1997-2006)
On November 14, 1997, KKHG flipped to
Modern AC as KZPT, "The Point."
Throughout most of its time, it ran under the name "104-1 The Point" and played many 1980s titles along with
adult contemporary
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hits of the day. It had to compete with AC powerhouse
KMXZ-FM
KMXZ-FM (94.9 MHz, "94.9 MIXfm") is a commercial FM radio station in Tucson, Arizona. It is owned by Lotus Communications and broadcasts an adult contemporary format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. The studios ...
, and was getting good ratings until late 2004. Some of the
DJs were Darla Thomas, Angie Handa, Kathy Rivers, Greg Curtis, Sheila K, and Drew Michaels. Darla Thomas was the Operations Manager for all the Tucson radio stations owned by the Journal Broadcast Group until November 2010. Greg Curtis later moved to KMXZ.
Hot adult contemporary (2006-2007)
In 2006, KZPT changed its branding to "Z104.1", with the
playlist
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shifting to
Hot AC, and adopted the slogan "Modern Hit Music." The station also added Ken Carr to the DJ line-up, after he had hosted afternoons on
KRQQ.
Talk (2007-2018)
On April 10, 2007, the station switched to "The Truth," a
conservative talk format which it would broadcast for the next 11 years. On April 17, 2007, KZPT changed its
call sign
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to KQTH. In March 2010, The Truth was the top rated
talk radio
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station in Tucson, and the fifth-most-listened-to station overall.
On April 21, 2014, KQTH dropped "The Truth" branding, changing to "104.1 KQTH". The station kept its schedule of mostly
syndicated conservative talk hosts.
Changes in ownership
In July 2014, Journal Broadcasting announced that it had agreed to sell its broadcasting assets to the
E. W. Scripps Company
The E. W. Scripps Company is an American broadcasting company founded in 1878 as a chain of daily newspapers by Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps and his sister, Ellen Browning Scripps. It was also formerly a media conglomerate. The company is he ...
, and that both companies would spin off their publishing assets into a new company known as
Journal Media Group
Journal Media Group (formerly Journal Communications) was a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based newspaper publishing company. The company's roots were first established in 1882 as the owner of its namesake, the ''Milwaukee Journal'', and expanded into br ...
. The transaction was completed in April 2015.
In January 2018, Scripps announced that it would sell all of its radio stations, which included KQTH. In August 2018,
Lotus Communications announced that it would acquire Scripps' Tucson and Boise clusters for $8 million. However, to comply with FCC ownership limits, Lotus stated that it would divest KQTH and
KTGV. As the sale would put Lotus over federal ownership limits in a market, KQTH would be sold to Family Life Broadcasting for $800,000. The sale was approved on October 10, and the deal was completed on December 12.
Christian (2018-present)
At the end of the day on December 11, 2018, KQTH dropped its talk format and switched the following day to Family Life Radio's
Christian radio
Christian radio is a Christian media radio format that focus on programming with a Christian message. Many such broadcasters play contemporary Christian music, though many programs include sermons, radio dramas, as well as news and talk progra ...
format. The station changed its call sign to KFLT-FM on December 13, 2018.
Family Life's previous station in Tucson, KFLT (now
KDRI), was subsequently sold to Tucson Radio, owned by several local business people, including veteran
DJ Bobby Rich
Bobby R. Rich is a radio broadcaster, programmer and manager best known for his role as Program Director and Morning Show Host on KFMB-FM San Diego "B-100" (1975–79 and 1984–89) and KMXZ-FM Tucson, Arizona "MIX fm" (1993–2017).
He began his ...
. It flipped to an
oldies
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format in August 2019.
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