KTFS
Frequency940 kHz
BrandingKTOY Gospel 105.9 (Christmas 105.9)
Programming
FormatUrban Gospel (Christmas Music)
Ownership
Owner
  • Cliff Dumas
  • (BTC USA Holdings Management Inc.)
KBYB, KCMC, KTFS-FM, KTOY, KTTY
History
First air date
1961 (1961)
Former call signs
  • KADO (1961-1989)
  • KTWN (1989-1996)
  • KTFS (1996-2014)
  • KCMC (2014-2017)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID33542
ClassD
Power
Transmitter coordinates
33°24′28.00″N 94°2′45.00″W / 33.4077778°N 94.0458333°W / 33.4077778; -94.0458333
Translator(s)105.9 K290CP (Texarkana)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
WebsiteKTOY Gospel 105.9 Facebook

KTFS (940 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a gospel music format, however, it is currently stunting as Christmas 105.9. Licensed to Texarkana, Texas, United States, it serves the Texarkana metropolitan area area. The station is currently owned by Cliff Dumas, through licensee BTC USA Holdings Management Inc. Its studios are located on Olive in Texarkana, just one block west of the Texas–Arkansas state line, and its transmitter is on South State Line Avenue.

History

KTFS was operated from a broadcast facility located on State Line Avenue on the Texarkana, Texas side. During that time the station operated with 250 watts, increasing power to 1,000 watts in 1967.

Dave Hall was the News Director and broke the 'Fouke Monster' story, in Fouke, on a Sunday morning via a mobile car phone.

In December 2011, KTFS was taken off the air after vandals committed vandalism at its broadcasting tower. The station filed a Special Temporary Authority to Remain Silent with the FCC on January 9, 2012, which they honored shortly afterward.[2]

On December 20, 2012, KTFS returned to the air with a news/talk format, just two days before the station's license was set to expire.[2]

On April 19, 2013, KTFS changed formats to classic hits, simulcasting KTTY.[3] The station's call sign was changed to KCMC on March 21, 2014.

On July 1, 2017, KCMC changed formats from classic hits to talk.

On November 28, 2017, KCMC's call sign was changed back to KTFS.

On January 22, 2019, KTFS changed its format from talk to gospel, branded as "KTOY Gospel 105.9" (simulcast on FM translator K290CP 105.9 FM Texarkana).[4]

In 2022, a deal was reached that a Cliff Dumas Led Group would acquire Frontier Media. [5] In 2023, Local First Media Group, the new name for the owner, acquired KTFS and on November 5, KTFS became Christmas 105.9.[6]

Translator

Broadcast translator for KTFS
Call signFrequencyCity of licenseFIDERP (W)HAATClassTransmitter coordinatesFCC info
K290CP 105.9 FMTexarkana, Texas20133411448 m (157 ft)D33°24′30.4″N 94°2′47.6″W / 33.408444°N 94.046556°W / 33.408444; -94.046556 (K290CP)LMS

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KTFS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. 1 2 "FCC document: Request for Special Temporary Authority to Remain Silent for KTFS (AM)".
  3. ↑ "KTTY Returns With Classic Hits - RadioInsight".
  4. ↑ Formats on the Move in Texarkana Radioinsight - January 22, 2019
  5. ↑ "Cliff Dumas Led Group Acquires Frontier Media - RadioInsight". October 19, 2022.
  6. ↑ "KTFS Gives Way To Christmas 105.9 - RadioInsight". November 5, 2023.


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