KTGX (106.1 FM, The Twister) is a

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licensed to

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, United States. The station serves the Tulsa area. The station is under ownership of

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. Its studios are located in the BancFirst building at the southwest corner of 71st Street and Yale Avenue in Southeast Tulsa and its transmitter site is near

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. Its on-air talent by day part include: Mornings: The Bobby Bones Show, Middays: Karla Cantrell, Afternoons: Houston Gaither, Nights: Ashley King.

HD2 programming

KTGX also broadcasts in HD and has an "HD2" format called "Christmas 93.5" playing

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and is also simulcast on translator K228BR 93.5 FM, which serves downtown Tulsa. On November 3, 2017 KTGX-HD2 dropped its "93.5 Chrome FM" oldies format and began stunting with Christmas music, branded as "Christmas 93.5". On January 24, 2018 "Christmas 93.5" was dropped and "93.5 The Jet" launched with a classic rock format.Rock Wars in Tulsa Expand With Launch of 93.5 The Jet
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Formats

Before KTGX launched on December 28, 2009, the station aired an

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format, branded as "KOOL 106.1" with the call letters KQLL-FM. The format launched in 1990. Before the launch of KOOL, the station aired an

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format as "Lite 106," and before that, broadcast hits from the 1960s and 1970s. On October 30, 2009, at 6 a.m., KQLL-FM began stunting with all-Christmas music as "Christmas 106, Tulsa's Holiday Station." At noon on December 28, 2009, KQLL-FM relaunched as 1990s Hits ''106.1 Gen-X Radio'' with the first song being "

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" by

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. At 6 a.m. on July 3, 2012, KTGX began stunting with all-Christmas music, all-

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beginning at 9 a.m., and at 10 a.m., the audio of the film "

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". At Noon, the station flipped to

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, branded as "The Twister." The first song on "The Twister" was " Blown Away" by

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