KTTS-FM

Infobox Radio station
name = KTTS-FM


city = Springfield, Missouri
area =
slogan =
branding =
frequency = 94.7 MHz
airdate =
share = 0.6, #32
share as of = Fa'07
share source = R&R [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Springfield MO Market Ratings | date= | url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=Pittsburg&MarketRank=%20 | work =Radio and Records | pages = | date = | language = ]
format = Country music
power =
erp = 100,000 watts
haat = 336.0 meters
class = C
facility_id = 62023
coordinates = coord|37|10|30.00|N| 93|2|35.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner = Journal Broadcast Corporation
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://www.ktts.com]
website = [http://www.ktts.com]
affiliations = Fox News Radio

KTTS-FM (94.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Springfield, Missouri, USA, the station serves the Springfield area (Market #140). The station places a strong emphasis on news programming and maintains the largest radio news operation in the state outside of Kansas City and St. Louis. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KTTS-FM |title=KTTS-FM Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ]

News Department

KTTS is unique in being one of the few remaining FM stations in the nation to host a full-fledged, around-the-clock local news operation. Furthermore, the station is the only 24-hour news center in Southwest Missouri. Newscasts can be heard every top of the hour, with news updates on the bottom of the hour between 5:00AM-10:00AM and 3:00PM-6:00PM

Current News Staff:

*Don Louzader (News Director)
*Nancy Simpson (Assistant News Director)
*Jason Rima (Go Patrol/Anchor/Reporter)
*Bill Cantrell (Go Patrol/Anchor/Reporter)
*Mike Morgan (Anchor/Reporter)
*Joshua Marsh (Anchor/Reporter)
*Katherine Mayo (Anchor/Reporter)
*Jana Greer (Anchor/Reporter)

Programming

KTTS is also known for its morning show, with Andy Taylor. With a slightly off-kilter look at the world, Andy Taylor deliver a mix of headlines, traffic, weather, and comic relief. His longtime sidekick, Julie Vanvig, left the station in September after a decade to be a homemaker.

Curly Clark, who hosts the mid-day show from 10AM to 2PM, is the longest running DJ in KTTS history. Curly has over 30 years of combined radio experience, and 20 years of experience with KTTS. Curly has held many different shifts on KTTS. Through the mid 1990's and up until about 2000, Curly worked the morning shift with Don Paul.

Matthew James is the host of Ozark Country Nights, which is from 7pm to Midnight.

History

Granville Pearson Ward started the first radio station in the city, WIAI, which began broadcasting educational programming from Heer's Tower downtown in 1922. Store management shut the station down and Ward purchased the transmitter from Heer's and began broadcasting as KFUV in 1927. This station went off the air one year later, but Ward re-entered the radio market in 1942 with KTTS-AM. The source for the call letters was "K)eep T)uned (or Talking) T)o S)pringfield"

In 1948 the station became the first in Southwest Missouri to begin broadcasting on an FM signal (94.7).Fact|date=March 2008 In March 1953, KTTS-TV, a CBS affiliate, was launched as the city's very first television station. During the 1960s the station was sold and its call letters were changed to KOLR-TV. The KTTS of today was created by Great Empire Broadcasting in the early 1970s. According to (now former) station manager Curt Brown, KTTS aired an adult standardish format until 1972 when the country formats were installed. KTTS-AM aired more classic-type country, and KTTS-FM aired more modern country. In the late 80s, KTTS-AM traded frequencies with KGBX-AM, moving KTTS from AM 1400 to AM 1260, which gave them a wider signal range, and gave KGBX the money to buy an FM allotment.

Today, AM 1400 is known as KGMY and owned by Clear Channel. In 1999 KTTS-AM became KTTF-AM, and then a short while later, KSGF-AM. Today, the format of KSGF is concentrated on news and talk radio. KSGF and KTTS are still affiliated by the Journal Broadcast Group ownership.

Former Personalities

Bob Barker, well-known star of the TV show "The Price Is Right", got his first job in "media" with KTTS in the 1940s. Barker lived in Springfield and graduated from Central High School; he worked for KTTS while attending Drury College (now University).

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