KVTT (1110
kHz) is a
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AM radio station
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licensed
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to
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and serving the
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It is owned by Saumil and Poorvesh Thakkar, through licensee Decatur Media Land, LLC. It broadcasts a
South Asia
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n
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radio format
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, featuring
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, talk and news.
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s are located in
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along east Belt Line Road.
By day, KVTT is powered at 50,000
watt
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s, the maximum for AM radio stations licensed by the
Federal Communications Commission
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. Because
1110 AM is a
clear channel frequency reserved for
Class A stations
KFAB
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Omaha
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and
WBT Charlotte
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, KVTT is a
daytimer
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, required to
sign off
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at night. It runs 39,000 watts during
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. The
transmitter
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is southwest of
Alvord in
Wise County. KVTT is heard around the clock on
FM translator
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K238CC at 95.5
MHz in
Dallas
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and on
KZMP-FM
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104.9 HD2 (via
HD Radio
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) throughout most of the metroplex.
History
Early beginnings & transition
This station was first established in
1946
Events January
* January 6 - The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
* January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four occupation zones.
* January 10
** The ...
as KFOP, originally on 1140 AM. In 1983, the station was revamped by its former owners Jerry Snyder and Associates to KJSA (for Jerry Snyder and Associates) with an
Adult Standards format known as the "
Music Of Your Life
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."
20 years later, it was sold to M&M Broadcasters and it switched to a
classic country
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Repertoire
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format known as "The Radio Ranch".
Biz Radio affiliation
The station traded places with KCLE (1120 AM) and on May 24, 2008, KJSA moved from 1120 to 1110 AM and increased daytime power to 20,000 watts. The Houston-based
Biz Radio Network moved its broadcasts from
KMNY (1360 AM) to KJSA.
Signal testing began in April 2008, with 1360 and 1110 simulcasting BizRadio programming until May 24. That same day, Biz Radio bought the station from M&M Broadcasters, although its previous owners still maintained minor ownership of KJSA. BizRadio also leased
KTEK
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(1110 AM) near
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, which put their programming on the same 1110 frequency in both markets.
Classic country and Spanish
On March 2, 2009, Biz Radio moved to
KVCE (1160 AM), licensed to
Highland Park, citing complaints from listeners that the signal was not audible in much of the immediate DFW metroplex. KJSA switched back to a
classic country
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Repertoire
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format, simulcasting from its sister station
KHFX
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in the weeks preceding the Biz Radio move. On April 14, 2009, KJSA dropped its simulcast with KHFX in favor of a
Spanish
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music format.
KVTT's move to AM
On September 28, 2009, KJSA began broadcasting a
Christian classic/inspirational format by Covenant Educational Media, the former owners of KVTT (91.7 FM, now
KKXT
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), after the sale of the FM frequency to North Texas Public Broadcasting, the owners of
KERA radio and
KERA-TV. This station formally swapped to the KVTT call sign on October 14, 2009, while the KJSA callsign was warehoused to its former sister
station in
Palisade, Colorado
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.
From Covenant's studios in North Dallas, the "Voice of Truth" format included a variety of teaching programs, classic Christian music, and talk programming featuring ''The Journey with Tom Dooley'', ''The Scott Wilder Show'', and ''Point of View with Kerby Anderson''. This format, broadcast since 1976, ceased broadcasting on July 12, 2010, for financial reasons after failing to connect with an audience on their new AM home.
1110 AM today
After the demise of the brokered religious format, 1110 AM returned to
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programming, this time airing 1980s and 1990s country with no commercials. On July 27, 2010, the station flipped to a
Tejano music
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format. Later, the station switched over to a
classic country
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Repertoire
The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on inn ...
format with no talking and no commercials.
In early 2011, KVTT has increased its daytime power to 50,000 watts. On June 14, 2011, M&M Broadcasters sold KVTT to Texoma Broadcasting Inc. for $2.625 Million. On June 14, 2011, KVTT switched to
classic country
Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades.
Repertoire
The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on inn ...
; as of 2014, KVTT has been airing programming catering to the Metroplex's
South Asian
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community.
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Effective May 30, 2018, Texoma Broadcasting sold KVTT and translator K238CC to Decatur Media Land, LLC for $1.375 million.
FM translator
References
External links
*https://radioazad.us/
DFW Radio/TV History
DFW Radio Archives
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