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KTAR-FM 92.3 - Monday 18th

Tig1150 said:
KTAR was Arizona’s first radio station and continues to have the state’s largest radio audience.
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No, and no. TMISU are definitely stretching things a bit.

KTAR wasn't even the first station in Phoenix, let alone Arizona. Depending on the interpretation, that honor goes to the short-lived KDYW (5/15/22-4/4/24) or 6BBH, which started broadcasting under an Amateur license in October 1921, but became officially licensed as KFCB (now KOY) on 9/16/22.

KDZA Tucson also preceded KTAR, having been licensed on 5/19/22. It was owned by the Arizona Daily Star. Like KDYW it didn't last long. According to Barry Mishkind, KFDH, another short-lived station owned by UofA, started broadcasting as ham station 5YP (shouldn't that be 6YP?), but it wasn't licensed as a broadcaster until December 1922.

KFAD (now KTAR) came on the air on 6/21/22. They can legitimately claim that they're the oldest active broadcast license in Arizona (KOY and the late KFDH were still licensed as Amateur stations in June 1922). But the first station in the state? Not by a long shot.

Link: Jeff Miller's Broadcast History Page - AM Chronology
Link: Barry Mishkind's Tucson Radio History Page

And KT'R has the state's largest radio audience? Doubtful. If they don't have metro Phoenix's largest audience, how could they have the largest audience in the entire state? Methinks TMISU are playing fast and loose with the facts.
 
If this move makes so much sense, OldiesFan, name me some News/Talkers on FM in top 20 markets in the style of KTAR (little syndication, local full service focus).
 
MASTER_CONTROL said:
is KFAD / KTAR the oldest 'commercial' broadcaster ?
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I'm not sure if they differentiated between commercial and educational stations back then, but KDYW was licensed before KFAD so they'd be considered the first. KFCB/KOY was still 6BBH and KFDH was 6YP so they were still operating under ham licenses (broadcasting was legal under an amateur license until sometime in 1922). Therefore they couldn't have run advertising at that time.

So you can say KTAR is the oldest commercially-licensed station in Arizona since KDYW shut down in 1924.
 
salad dressing said:
>>>WTOP/WFED/WTWP>>>

These are all Washington, DC stations, all with a focus on Politics, not full-service-style like KTAR.
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Unless they've changed things a bit since they moved to FM, WTOP is a straight all-news station in the same vein as WCBS, WBBM, or KNX.
 
----->These are all Washington, DC stations, all with a focus on Politics, not full-service-style like KTAR.

You asked for an example, I gave it to you.

WTWP is most definately a fuill service station, just like KTAR. Not politically oriented at all.

WTOP is all news, but not just headlines. It's a lot like KCBS: NPR style news programming with commercials.

And it's on FM (OK, more of a translator, but it's still FM).
 
WTOP is all news, but not just headlines. It's a lot like KCBS: NPR style news programming with commercials.
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this is what i'd like ktar to become


read it tomorrow, watch it tonite, hear it... now.
 
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