- WTKI
Infobox Radio station
name = WTKI
city = Huntsville,Alabama
area =
branding = "ProTalk 1450"
slogan =
airdate =
frequency = 1450 kHz
format = Talk
power = 1000watt s
class = C
facility_id = 30965
coordinates = coord|34|43|30|N|86|36|15|W|
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WFUN, WFIX, WKGL, WHOH
owner = Christian Voice of Central Ohio, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =WDPT
webcast = [http://www.protalk1490.com/protalk.asx Listen Live]
website = http://www.protalkradio.com/
affiliations =WTKI (1450 AM, "ProTalk 1450") is a
radio station licensed toHuntsville, Alabama , that serves centralNorth Alabama and south-centralTennessee . The station broadcasts a mix of religious and conservativetalk radio programming.cite web |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |title=Station Information Profile] This programming is a simulcast of sister stationWDPT (1490 AM) inDecatur, Alabama .History
The station served Huntsville since the 1940s as WFUN, WFIX, WKGL, and WHOH. WFIX (1970s) was a full-service middle-of-the-road
adult contemporary station, until the market upheaval of the 1980s when Arbitron expanded the survey area beyond Madison County and the FM stations began their rise to local market dominance. Since the mid-1980s the station has broadcast a number of formats, most notablytalk radio andsports talk . The station was the radio flagship of theHuntsville Stars minor league baseball radio radio network until the 2007 station ownership and format change. WTKI also broadcast games of theHuntsville Channel Cats of theCentral Hockey League from the team's inception in 1995 until it folded in 2000. [cite news |first=Brett |last=Friedlander |title=Force Games May Be On Radio |work=The Fayetteville Observer |location=Fayetteville, North Carolina |date=1997-10-12 |accessdate=2007-12-31 |quote=The Channel Cats' games have been carried by WTKI radio in Huntsville since the team's inception three seasons ago.]
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