KTST
Encyclopedia
KTST, is a country music
station serving the Oklahoma City area and is owned by Clear Channel Communications
. Its transmitter is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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and became "K-Lite 102" in August of 1989. In 1991 the station changed call letters to KOQL and became known as "Kool 102." A Clear Channel Communications
Tulsa, OK sister station is known as "Kool 106.1." The Twister "touched down" March 11, 1994. As of August 2006, it is the top rated station in Oklahoma City, according to Arbitron
12+ numbers.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
station serving the Oklahoma City area and is owned by Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
. Its transmitter is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma...
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History
The station went on the air with a MOR format as KFNB (K First National Bank) transmitting from their bank building top downtown in 1962. The station switched calls to KLTE and became adult contemporary "Lite Rock 102" in 1979. The station switched formats to oldiesOldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
and became "K-Lite 102" in August of 1989. In 1991 the station changed call letters to KOQL and became known as "Kool 102." A Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
Tulsa, OK sister station is known as "Kool 106.1." The Twister "touched down" March 11, 1994. As of August 2006, it is the top rated station in Oklahoma City, according to Arbitron
Arbitron
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12+ numbers.
DJS
- JOE FRIDAY & YEAGER - Mornings (Joe Friday/Jimmy Barreda from sister stations KJ103/94.7 The Buzz & Kathi Yeager from Renda's Magic 104.1 KMGL)
- BUFF - afternoons (Craig Buffington from sister station KJ103)
- MICHAEL TAIT - nights (Original DJ from Twister since 1994 also from KOCC 88.9)
- TOM TRAVIS - (serves as PD for cluster)
- DAVE BRADLEY
- LEE GENTRY - (also from sister station KTOK 1000 AM)
- BIG JAKE - (from Twister since 1998, Jake the Janitor from sister station KJ 103, and Renda's Classic Rock 107.7 KRXO)