KNTK

Infobox Radio station
name = KNTK


area = Weed / Mt. Shasta, California
branding =
slogan =
airdate = 1980s (as KSQU-FM)
frequency = 102.3 (mHz)
format = Classic Hits
erp = 15,500 watts
haat = 592 m
class = C1
owner = Jamison-Wolf Broadcasting
website = [http://www.kntk.net/ www.kntk.net]
callsign_meaning = KNTK (NTK abbrev. for NewsTalk, previous format)

KNTK (102.3 FM) is a Classic Hits radio station based in Mount Shasta, California (city of license is Weed, California), owned by Jamison-Wolf Broadcasting. It broadcasts to the Yreka and Redding markets. The general manager/program director is Lee Jamison and the news director is Rick Martin, who hosts the station's morning show.

The station is currently an affiliate of the ABC Radio Network, home of "Paul Harvey News and Comment" and "The Rest Of The Story".

History

The station first signed on the air as KSQU-FM back in the early 1980s in Weed. It was then purchased by Tom Erickson of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, moved to Mt. Shasta and renamed KWHO-FM. The station was one of two country music radio stations in Siskiyou County (the other was KSYC) and the first to broadcast country music on the FM band in the market.

KWHO was sold to Huth Broadcasting in 1997 and the format was changed to adult contemporary. Then the station was sold to Four Rivers Broadcasting, which already owned KSYC, KSYC-FM, KMJC-AM and KMJC-FM. The format remained until 2003 when the news talk format moved from the AM stations to KWHO. The call letters were changed to KNTK in 2004.

On August 1, 2008, KNTK - along with sister station KSYC-FM in Yreka - was sold to Jamison-Wolf Broadcasting. The new owners changed the station's format from news/talk to Classic Hits, featuring top pop and rock songs from the 1960s through the 1980s. [ [http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/homepage/x1366183371/Rock-replaces-Rush-on-KNTK-radio Rock replaces Rush on KNTK radio] , Smith, David, "Siskiyou Daily News", 9/17/2008] Classic Hits from Jones Radio Networks is known as the quintessential "money demo” format, designed to deliver 25-44 adults in a balanced male/female split. Rick Martin will continue hosting the morning program, expanded until 10am.

KNTK's signal is transmitted up and down the Interstate 5 corridor from Weed to Orland at 102.3, to Yreka at 101.7, and locally in Mt. Shasta at 99.3, all on the FM band.

Local sports

KNTK is the flagship station for Mt. Shasta High School and College of the Siskiyous football with Rick Martin and Al Blackmore on the commentary as well as the annual Lions All-Star Football Game (starting in 2006). It's also the flagship station for Mt. Shasta High School basketball with Martin calling the action on a solo basis. They occasionally include Weed and Dunsmuir High School games.

Past program directors

* Tom Erickson (1980s-1997 as KWHO)
* Mike Summers (1997-1999 as KWHO) (now of Sainte Television Group)
* Cal Hunter/Tom Huth (1997-2002 as KWHO) (now of KBLF-AM)
* Rick Martin (2002-2008)
* Lee Jamison (2008-present)

References

* [http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/news/x1288573178/Jamison-Talk-show-cancellation-has-nothing-to-do-with-politics Jamison: Talk show cancellation has ‘nothing to do with politics’] "Siskiyou Daily News", October 3, 2008

External links

*FMQ|KNTK
*FML|KNTK
*FMARB|KNTK