WKTT (FM)

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WKTT
City Salisbury, Maryland
Frequency 97.5 MHz
BrandingLive 97.5
Programming
Format Urban contemporary
Ownership
OwnerRojo Broadcasting, LLC
WJKI
History
First air date
September 3, 1969 (as WICO-FM at 94.3)
Former call signs
WICO-FM (1969-2009) [1]
Former frequencies
94.3 MHz (1969-late 1990s)
Call sign meaning
Welcome to KaT CounTry! (previous format)
Technical information
Facility ID 53489
Class A
ERP 4,500 watts
HAAT 91 meters
Transmitter coordinates
38°21′39.00″N75°37′0.00″W / 38.3608333°N 75.6166667°W / 38.3608333; -75.6166667
Links
Website live975.com

WKTT (97.5 FM, "Live 97.5") is a radio station licensed to serve Salisbury, Maryland, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1969, is currently owned by Rojo Broadcasting, LLC.

Contents

WKTT broadcasts an urban contemporary format.

After nearly 40 years of broadcasting as WICO-FM, the station was assigned the current WKTT call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on March 30, 2009. [1]

History

WICO-FM, sign on on September 3, 1969. originally broadcast at 94.3 FM. WICO-FM moved up the dial to 97.5 FM in the late 1990s which cleared the way for WINX-FM to sign on the air at 94.3 FM in Cambridge, Maryland.

WKTT and sister station WICO were purchased effective May 12, 2016 from Delmarva Broadcasting Company by Robin Rothschild, at a purchase price of $300,000.

On March 1, 2017, WKTT changed their format from country to urban contemporary, branded as "Live 97.5" after it was sold to Rojo Broadcasting, LLC for $305,000. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. Pair of New Formats Launching in Salisbury/Ocean City Radioinsight - February 27, 2017