KTKR (760 AM) is a

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serving the

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, United States area. KTKR, more popularly known as "Ticket 760", is owned by

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(previously Clear Channel Communications until September 2014) as a sister station to, among others, heritage station WOAI. Its studios are located in the Stone Oak neighborhood in Far North San Antonio, and the transmitter site is just east of the city along

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. The station lineup includes Mike Taylor, Andy Everett, Sam 'Biggest Puma' Freas,

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, and other

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programs. It is also the flagship station of UTSA football and basketball. The station is also the local affiliate of Westwood One's NFL broadcasts, as well as the

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basketball.

History of AM 760

KSJL received its callsign on July 19, 1982. It signed on two years later under the ownership of

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as All Hit 76 KSJL, a

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format broadcasting in AM stereo. It would later become part of Super Q 96/76 when

acquired KSLR-FM from C&W Wireless in 1986; the combo carried a

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format. In late of 1988, KSJL would become part of the

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(now

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)

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format, dropping the simulcast of 96.1 FM. This would last until 1992 when

would not renew their Z-Rock franchise on the AM band, so Inner City decided to take the Urban route, using The Touch format which consisted of

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music. In 1993, Inner City Broadcasting would sell KSJL to

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for $725,000, and as a result KSJL's format was moved to 96.1, replacing "96rock" KSAQ. KSJL became news/talk/sports KZXS (branded as WOAI-760) airing

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's radio show. KZXS would later become KTKR Talk Radio 760, dropping its sports programming. One year later, KTKR flipped to sports as The Ticket 760.

References

External links

KTKR official website
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