WKTL
Semi-satellite ofWAPS,Akron | |
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Broadcast area | Youngstown-Warren |
Frequency | 90.7MHz |
Branding | 91.3 The Summit |
Programming | |
Format | Adult album alternative Nationality (Saturdays only) |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | September 13, 1965 |
Call signmeaning | We're theKeytoLearning[1] |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 4267 |
Class | B1 |
ERP | 13,500watts |
HAAT | 7.0 meters (23.0 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°3′6.00″N80°35′56.00″W/ 41.0516667°N 80.5988889°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | thesummit |
WKTL(90.7FM) is a non-commercialradio stationbroadcasting aVarietyformat fromStruthers High School.Licensed toStruthers, Ohio,United States, the station serves the Youngstown-Warren area. The station is currently owned by the Struthers Board of Education[3][4]and the broadcast studio is located inside theStruthers Fieldhouse.
Outside of local nationality programming on Saturdays, WKTL's programming is provided by Akron Public Schools-ownedWAPS91.3 FM "The Summit" inAkron,which airs anadult album alternative(AAA) music format.[5]
History
[edit]WKTL began broadcasting on September 13, 1965. and the station's website claims it was the first all student-staffed radio station in the country.
The station was conceived by Struthers High School speech instructor Stephen J. Gercevich, a former radio announcer, to "provide a unique laboratory to put classroom techniques to use".[6]
References
[edit]- ^"Call Letter Origins".Radio History on the Web.
- ^"Facility Technical Data for WKTL".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"WKTL Facility Record".United StatesFederal Communications Commission,audio division.
- ^"WKTL Station Information Profile".Arbitron.
- ^"Indie rock breathes new life into old Struthers radio station".Youngstown Vindicator.
- ^"WKTL - Struthers/Youngstown".Archived fromthe originalon 7 March 2016.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 4267 (WKTL)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WKTLinNielsen Audio's FM station database