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{{short description|News/talk radio station in the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area}}
{{short description|News/talk radio station in the Minneapolis–St. Paul metropolitan area}}
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{{for|radio stations that have previously held the KTLK call sign|KTLK (disambiguation)}}
{{for|radio stations that have previously held the KTLK call sign|KTLK (disambiguation)}}
{{Distinguish|KTLK-FM}}
{{Distinguish|KTLK-FM}}
{{Infobox radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = KTLK
| name = KTLK
| logo = File:KTLK TwinCities1130 logo.png
| logo = KTLK logo.png
| city = [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
| city = [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]
| area = [[Minneapolis-St. Paul]]
| area = [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul]]
| branding = News/Talk AM 1130
| branding = News/Talk AM 1130
| language = [[American English|English]]
| frequency = 1130 [[hertz|kHz]]
| frequency = 1130 [[hertz|kHz]]
| translator = 103.5 K278BP ([[Cottage Grove, Minnesota|Cottage Grove]])
| translator = {{Radio Relay|103.5|K278BP|[[Cottage Grove, Minnesota|Cottage Grove]]}}
| repeater = {{Radio Relay|100.3|[[KFXN-FM|KFXN-HD2]]|Minneapolis}}
| repeater = {{Radio Relay|100.3|[[KFXN-FM|KFXN-HD2]]|Minneapolis}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1923|12|23}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1923|12|23}}
| format = [[Conservative talk]]
| format = [[Conservative talk radio]]
| power = 50,000 [[watt]]s (day)<br>25,000 watts (night)
| power = {{ubl|50,000 [[watt]]s (day)|25,000 watts (night)}}
| class = B
| class = B
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id = 59961
| facility_id = 59961
| coordinates = {{coord|44|38|48|N|93|23|31|W|type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC}}
| coordinates = {{coord|44|38|48|N|93|23|31|W|type:landmark_region:US_source:FCC}}
| callsign_meaning = <u>T</u>a<u>LK</u>
| callsign_meaning = "Talk"
| former_callsigns = KFMT (1923&ndash;25)<br>WHAT (1925&ndash;26)<br>WGWY (1926)<br>WDGY (1926&ndash;91)<br>KFAN (1991&ndash;2011)<br>KTCN (2011&ndash;14)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KFMT (1923–1925)|WHAT (1925–1926)|WGWY (1926)|WDGY (1926–1991)|KFAN (1991–2011)|KTCN (2011–2014)}}
| former_frequencies = 1300 kHzきろへるつ (1923&ndash;27)<br>1140 kHzきろへるつ (1927)<br>1150 kHzきろへるつ (1927)<br>1140 kHzきろへるつ (1927)<br>1050 kHzきろへるつ (1927&ndash;28)<br>1410 kHzきろへるつ (1928)<br>1390 kHzきろへるつ (1928&ndash;29)<br>560 kHzきろへるつ (1929)<br>1180 kHzきろへるつ (1929&ndash;41)
| former_frequencies = {{ubl|1300 kHzきろへるつ (1923–1927)|1140 kHzきろへるつ (1927)|1150 kHzきろへるつ (1927)|1140 kHzきろへるつ (1927)|1050 kHzきろへるつ (1927–1928)|1410 kHzきろへるつ (1928)|1390 kHzきろへるつ (1928–1929)|560 kHzきろへるつ (1929)|1180 kHzきろへるつ (1929–1941)}}
| affiliations = [[Premiere Networks]]<BR>[[Compass Media Networks]]<BR>[[Fox News Radio]]<br>[[NBC News Radio]]
| affiliations = {{ubl|[[Premiere Networks]]|[[Compass Media Networks]]|[[Fox News Radio]]|[[NBC News Radio]]}}
| owner = [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]
| owner = [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]]
| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC
| licensee = iHM Licenses, LLC
| sister_stations = {{hlist|[[K244FE]]|[[K273BH]]|{{nowrap|[[KDWB-FM]]}}|{{nowrap|[[KEEY-FM]]}}|{{nowrap|[[KFXN-FM]]}}|[[KQQL]]|{{nowrap|[[KTCZ-FM]]}}|[[W227BF]]}}
| sister_stations = {{hlist|[[K244FE]]|[[K273BH]]|{{nowrap|[[KDWB-FM]]}}|{{nowrap|[[KEEY-FM]]}}|{{nowrap|[[KFXN-FM]]}}|[[KQQL]]|{{nowrap|[[KTCZ-FM]]}}|[[W227BF]]}}
| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/twin-cities-news-talk-1213/ Listen Live!]
| webcast = [https://www.iheart.com/live/twin-cities-news-talk-1213/ Listen Live]
| website = {{url|twincitiesnewstalk.iheart.com}}
| website = {{url|twincitiesnewstalk.iheart.com}}
| logo_size = 150px
}}
}}
'''KTLK''' (1130 [[Hertz|kHz]]) – branded ''News/Talk AM 1130'' – is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[AM radio|AM]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. It broadcasts a [[conservative talk]] [[radio format]] to the [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul|Twin Cities]] [[media market|radio market]] and is owned by [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]] The [[radio studio]]s are on Utica Avenue South in [[St. Louis Park]].
'''KTLK''' (1130 [[Hertz|kHz]]) – branded ''News/Talk AM 1130'' – is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[AM radio|AM]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]. It broadcasts a [[Conservative talk radio]] [[radio format]] to the [[Minneapolis-Saint Paul|Twin Cities]] [[media market|radio market]] and is owned by [[iHeartMedia, Inc.]] The [[radio studio]]s are on Utica Avenue South in [[St. Louis Park]].


By day, KTLK is powered at the maximum for AM stations, 50,000 [[watt]]s, and uses a [[directional antenna]] at all times. At night, to avoid interference with other stations on [[1130 AM]], it reduces power to 25,000 watts and uses a nine-[[tower array]]. The [[transmitter]] is on Flag Trail at Prairie Hills Lane in [[Prior Lake, Minnesota|Prior Lake]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/KTLK-AM?loc=44.95437%2C-93.11411&locn=Saint%20Paul%2C%20Minnesota Radio-Locator.com/KTLK-AM]</ref> Programming is also heard on [[FM translator]] '''K278BP''' at 103.5 [[Hertz|MHz]] in [[Cottage Grove, Minnesota|Cottage Grove]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/K278BP-FX?loc=44.95437%2C-93.11411&locn=Saint%20Paul%2C%20Minnesota Radio-Locator.com/K278BP]</ref> It is also [[simulcast]] over an [[HD Radio|HD]] [[digital subchannel]] of [[KFXN-FM]] 100.3&nbsp;MHz.
By day, KTLK is powered at the maximum for AM stations, 50,000 [[watt]]s, and uses a [[directional antenna]] at all times. At night, to avoid interference with other stations on [[1130 AM]], it reduces power to 25,000 watts and uses a nine-[[tower array]]. The [[transmitter]] is on Flag Trail at Prairie Hills Lane in [[Prior Lake, Minnesota|Prior Lake]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radio-locator.com/info/KTLK-AM?loc=44.95437,-93.11411&locn=Saint+Paul,+Minnesota|title=KTLK-AM 1130 kHzきろへるつ - Minneapolis, MN|website=radio-locator.com}}</ref> Programming is also heard on [[FM translator]] K278BP at 103.5 [[Hertz|MHz]] in [[Cottage Grove, Minnesota|Cottage Grove]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://radio-locator.com/info/K278BP-FX?loc=44.95437,-93.11411&locn=Saint+Paul,+Minnesota|title=K278BP-FM 103.5 MHz - Cottage Grove, MN|website=radio-locator.com}}</ref> It is also [[simulcast]] over an [[HD Radio|HD]] [[digital subchannel]] of [[KFXN-FM]] 100.3&nbsp;MHz.


==History==
==History==
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KTLK is the second-oldest continuously operating station in [[Minnesota]], dating to December 23, 1923, when Dr. George W. Young [[sign-on|signed on]] his station with the [[Call sign]] KFMT. ([[KUOM]] began operation in 1922.)
KTLK is the second-oldest continuously operating station in [[Minnesota]], dating to December 23, 1923, when Dr. George W. Young [[sign-on|signed on]] his station with the [[Call sign]] KFMT. ([[KUOM]] began operation in 1922.)


Dr. Young first operated the station from his house in Minneapolis at 2219 Bryant Ave. North, cycling through the call signs: WHAT, WGWY ("W-George W. Young"), and finally WDGY ("W-Dr. George Young") in the next two years until being chastised by the government for changing too frequently. The station kept the WDGY call letters until 1991. WDGY operated on eight frequencies over its early years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/aaron_white/history.html |title=History|work=KFAN Transmitter Tour|access-date=2 April 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080120212627/http://www.geocities.com/aaron_white/history.html |archive-date = 20 January 2008}}</ref> In the 1930s, it was heard on [[1180 AM]], transmitting with 5,000 [[watt]]s by day and 1,000 watts at night.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1935/Stations-by-State-Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201935%20Complete.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 38]</ref> The station shared time with at least four local stations, including [[WWTC|WRHM]] and [[KCMP|WCAL]] during its early years.
Dr. Young first operated the station from his house in Minneapolis at 2219 Bryant Ave. North, cycling through the call signs WHAT, WGWY ("W-George W. Young"), and finally WDGY ("W-Dr. George Young") in the next two years until being chastised by the government for changing too frequently. The station kept the WDGY call letters until 1991. WDGY operated on eight frequencies over its early years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/aaron_white/history.html |title=History|work=KFAN Transmitter Tour|access-date=April 2, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080120212627/http://www.geocities.com/aaron_white/history.html |archive-date = January 20, 2008}}</ref> In the 1930s, it was heard on [[1180 AM]], transmitting with 5,000 [[watt]]s by day and 1,000 watts at night.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1935/Stations-by-State-Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201935%20Complete.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 38]</ref> The station shared time with at least four local stations, including [[WWTC|WRHM]] and [[KCMP|WCAL]] during its early years.


After moving out of his home, Young located the station's studios at several locations: his storefront at [http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/image.cfm?imageid=89227&Page=1&Keywords=909%20broadway&SearchType=Basic 909 West Broadway in Minneapolis], the West Hotel on Hennepin at 5th Street and 609 South Second Avenue. Minnesota native [[George Putnam (newsman)|George Putnam]] began his broadcasting career at WDGY in 1934. Putnam later gained fame as a Los Angeles television news anchor and talk show host. In 1938, WDGY relocated its studios to the [[Nicollet Hotel]] at Washington Avenue and Nicollet Avenue after WCCO had vacated the facility for new studios at Second Avenue South and Seventh Street.
After moving out of his home, Young located the station's studios at several locations: his storefront at [http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/image.cfm?imageid=89227&Page=1&Keywords=909%20broadway&SearchType=Basic 909 West Broadway in Minneapolis], the West Hotel on Hennepin at 5th Street and 609 South Second Avenue. Minnesota native [[George Putnam (newsman)|George Putnam]] began his broadcasting career at WDGY in 1934. Putnam later gained fame as a Los Angeles television news anchor and talk show host. In 1938, WDGY relocated its studios to the [[Nicollet Hotel]] at Washington Avenue and Nicollet Avenue after WCCO had vacated the facility for new studios at Second Avenue South and Seventh Street.


===Move to 1130 AM===
===Move to 1130 AM===
WDGY made its final move on the dial to 1130 AM in 1941 as required by the [[North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement]] (NARBA), under which most American, Canadian and Mexican AM radio stations changed frequencies.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1943/Radio%20-%20%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201943%20BW.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1943 page 106]</ref> Transmitter sites are known to have been at Young's house, at the Broadway address and from 1927 to 1949 at Superior Boulevard and Falvey Cross Road in St. Louis Park on the grounds of a fox farm. Dr. Young died on April 27, 1945.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qhEEAAAAMBAJ&q=WDGY&pg=PT32 |title = Billboard|date = 1945-05-05}}</ref>
WDGY made its final move on the dial to 1130 AM in 1941 as required by the [[North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement]] (NARBA), under which most American, Canadian and Mexican AM radio stations changed frequencies.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1943/Radio%20-%20%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201943%20BW.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1943 page 106]</ref> Transmitter sites are known to have been at Young's house, at the Broadway address and from 1927 to 1949 at Superior Boulevard and Falvey Cross Road in St. Louis Park on the grounds of a fox farm. Dr. Young died on April 27, 1945.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qhEEAAAAMBAJ&q=WDGY&pg=PT32 |title = Billboard|date = May 5, 1945}}</ref>


Later studio locations included Bloomington (two locations), 611 Frontenac Place in St. Paul and, in 2004 at the [[Clear Channel Communications]] consolidated offices in St. Louis Park at 1600 Utica Avenue. The transmitter site moved in 1949 to Bloomington at a site that would within a decade overlook I-35W, using a vast 9-tower array.
Later studio locations included Bloomington (two locations), 611 Frontenac Place in St. Paul and, in 2004 at the [[Clear Channel Communications]] consolidated offices in St. Louis Park at 1600 Utica Avenue. The transmitter site moved in 1949 to Bloomington at a site that would within a decade overlook I-35W, using a vast 9-tower array.
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===Talk and sports===
===Talk and sports===
The country format continued until April 16, 1990, when the station became "News Talk 1130, WDGY."<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1990/RR-1990-04-20.pdf]</ref><ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1991/B-Radio-AL-MT-1991-B&W.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1991 page B-176]</ref> Just prior to this, WDGY became the inaugural [[Flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] station for the expansion [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] [[NBA]] team. The talk format gradually added more sports programming until the station had switched to full-time [[sports radio|sports talk]]. The call letters were changed to KFAN in 1991. Following this change, the WDGY call letters were moved to the 630&nbsp;kHz frequency in August 1991, which was formerly KDWB (now [[WREY]]). In 2000, KFAN and KEEY were acquired by [[Clear Channel Communications]], the forerunner to current owner iHeartMedia.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2002-03/A-Radio-AL-MT-BC-YB-2002-3.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2002-2003 page D-240]</ref>
The country format continued until April 16, 1990, when the station became "News Talk 1130, WDGY."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=WDGY Flips To News/Talk |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Archive-RandR/1990s/1990/RR-1990-04-20.pdf#page=4 |magazine=[[R&R (magazine)|R&R]] |date=April 20, 1990 |page=4 |via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref><ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1991/B-Radio-AL-MT-1991-B&W.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1991 page B-176]</ref> Just prior to this, WDGY became the inaugural [[Flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] station for the expansion [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] [[NBA]] team. The talk format gradually added more sports programming until the station had switched to full-time [[sports radio|sports talk]]. The call letters were changed to KFAN in 1991. Following this change, the WDGY call letters were moved to the 630&nbsp;kHz frequency in August 1991, which was formerly KDWB (now [[WREY]]). In 2000, KFAN and KEEY were acquired by [[Clear Channel Communications]], the forerunner to current owner iHeartMedia.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2002-03/A-Radio-AL-MT-BC-YB-2002-3.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2002-2003 page D-240]</ref>


[[File:KFAN logo.png|thumb|200px|KFAN's logo under previous sports format]]
[[File:KFAN logo.png|thumb|200px|KFAN's logo under previous sports format]]
KFAN experienced severe storm damage in April 2004 at its transmission site, when four of the nine towers at its [[directional array]] in [[Credit River Township, Minnesota|Credit River Township]] (near [[Prior Lake, Minnesota]]) fell down.
KFAN experienced severe storm damage in April 2004 at its transmission site, when four of the nine towers at its [[directional array]] in [[Credit River Township, Minnesota|Credit River Township]] (near [[Prior Lake, Minnesota]]) fell down.


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On August 22, 2010, KFAN's programming began [[simulcast]]ing on 103.7 FM using [[broadcast translator|translator station]] K279AZ. The translator broadcast from a tower atop the [[IDS Center]]. It previously was owned by the [[Educational Media Foundation]], which used the signal to broadcast its [[K-LOVE]] [[Christian contemporary]] network prior to the translator's move from [[Cottage Grove, Minnesota|Cottage Grove]].
On August 22, 2010, KFAN's programming began [[simulcast]]ing on 103.7 FM using [[broadcast translator|translator station]] K279AZ. The translator broadcast from a tower atop the [[IDS Center]]. It previously was owned by the [[Educational Media Foundation]], which used the signal to broadcast its [[K-LOVE]] [[Christian contemporary]] network prior to the translator's move from [[Cottage Grove, Minnesota|Cottage Grove]].


Within weeks of the upgrade, however, complaints were filed with the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) by listeners of [[KLZZ]] ("the Loon") in St. Cloud, also at 103.7 FM. Because translators are a secondary service, a translator's owner must either immediately fix the problem or shut the translator down. As a result of the interference complaints, on September 24, K279AZ's power was significantly reduced and the translator moved to 103.5 under [[Special Temporary Authority]] (STA) from the FCC, and would change call letters to K278BP.<ref>http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=K279AZ K279AZ FCC file</ref>
Within weeks of the upgrade, however, complaints were filed with the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) by listeners of [[KLZZ]] ("the Loon") in St. Cloud, also at 103.7 FM. Because translators are a secondary service, a translator's owner must either immediately fix the problem or shut the translator down. As a result of the interference complaints, on September 24, K279AZ's power was significantly reduced and the translator moved to 103.5 under [[Special Temporary Authority]] (STA) from the FCC, and would change call letters to K278BP.


===Frequency switch===
===Frequency switch===
On August 8, 2011, [[Clear Channel Communications]] announced a two-way frequency swap flipping KFAN and KTLK-FM, effective August 15: KTLK-FM's talk format moved to AM 1130, while KFAN's sports programming moved to KTLK-FM's format spot on the dial, 100.3 FM. FM listeners in Minneapolis, St. Paul and adjacent communities would be able to hear KTLK on FM, by listening to the translator station on 102.5&nbsp;MHz (though this would later change to the aforementioned K279AZ).<ref>[http://www.ktlkfm.com/pages/switch/ Make the Switch: News Talk Moves to 102.5 FM!] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130127055148/http://www.ktlkfm.com/pages/switch/ |date=2013-01-27 }}</ref>
On August 8, 2011, [[Clear Channel Communications]] announced a two-way frequency swap flipping KFAN and KTLK-FM, effective August 15: KTLK-FM's talk format moved to AM 1130, while KFAN's sports programming moved to KTLK-FM's former frequency, 100.3 FM. FM listeners in Minneapolis, St. Paul and adjacent communities would be able to hear KTLK on FM, by listening to the translator station on 102.5&nbsp;MHz (though this would later change to the aforementioned K279AZ).<ref>{{cite web |title=Make The Switch |url=http://www.twincitiesnewstalk.com/pages/switch/ |website=twincitiesnewstalk.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127055148/http://www.ktlkfm.com/pages/switch/ |archive-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref>


===KTLK-FM===
===KTLK-FM===
In 2006, Clear Channel Communications decided to launch a [[talk radio]] station in the Twin Cities, in order to take advantage of its [[Premiere Radio Networks]] [[radio syndication|syndication]] arm and the company's recent launch of [[Fox News Radio]]. Clear Channel informed [[AM 1500]] [[KSTP (AM)|KSTP]] that it would not renew its contract to carry [[The Rush Limbaugh Show]] and it eventually did the same with KSTP's carriage of [[Sean Hannity]]. (After losing Limbaugh and Hannity, KSTP shortly switched to a [[Sports radio]] format.) Clear Channel decided to put a talk format using these and other Premiere Network hosts on one of its Twin Cities FM signals, choosing to discontinue [[smooth jazz]] on 100.3 FM.
In 2006, Clear Channel Communications decided to launch a [[talk radio]] station in the Twin Cities, in order to take advantage of its [[Premiere Radio Networks]] [[radio syndication|syndication]] arm and the company's recent launch of [[Fox News Radio]]. Clear Channel informed [[AM 1500]] [[KSTP (AM)|KSTP]] that it would not renew its contract to carry [[The Rush Limbaugh Show]] and it eventually did the same with KSTP's carriage of [[Sean Hannity]]. (After losing Limbaugh and Hannity, KSTP shortly switched to a [[Sports radio]] format.) Clear Channel decided to put a talk format using these and other Premiere Network hosts on one of its Twin Cities FM signals, choosing to discontinue [[smooth jazz]] on 100.3 FM.


[[File:KTLK TwinCities1130 logo.png|thumb|Previous logo]]
On January 2, 2006, the company switched KJZI to talk, becoming the second commercial FM talk station in the area after female-oriented talk station [[KTMY|WFMP]]. The new call letters on 100.3 were KTLK-FM. When KFAN and KTLK swapped formats and frequencies in August 2011, the KTLK call sign, however, did not move to 1130 because the KTLK call letters were already on an sister station in [[Los Angeles]]. Clear Channel instead chose the call sign KTCN for 1130. In early 2014, the Los Angeles station switched to the call letters [[KEIB]], with 1130 adopting the KTLK calls on January 8, 2014. The call sign KTCN is now on a station in [[Rochester, Minnesota]]. The current call letters KTLK previously belonged to the current [[KBZO (AM)|KBZO]] in [[Lubbock, Texas]].
On January 2, 2006, the company switched KJZI to talk, becoming the second commercial FM talk station in the area after female-oriented talk station [[KTMY|WFMP]]. The new call letters on 100.3 were KTLK-FM. When KFAN and KTLK swapped formats and frequencies in August 2011, the KTLK call sign, however, did not move to 1130 because the KTLK call letters were already on a sister station in [[Los Angeles]]. Clear Channel instead chose the call sign KTCN for 1130. In early 2014, the Los Angeles station switched to the call letters [[KEIB]], with 1130 adopting the KTLK calls on January 8, 2014.

In the spring of 2008, former KTLK News Director Jeff Monosso was honored with U.S. Congressional recognition for his reporting on the [[35W Bridge]] collapse.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}} He and former host Jason Lewis were also honored by the Minnesota Associated Press for best spot news coverage.{{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}


==Programming==
==Programming==
KTLK personalities Jon Justice and Andrew Lee host the weekday morning [[drive time]] program, ''Justice and Drew''. The rest of the weekday schedule comes from [[radio syndication|nationally syndicated]] shows, mostly from co-owned [[Premiere Networks]]: ''[[The Glenn Beck Radio Program]]'', ''[[Clay Travis]] & [[Buck Sexton]]'', ''[[The Sean Hannity Show]]'', ''[[Joe Pags]]'' (from [[sister station]] [[WOAI (AM)|WOAI]] [[San Antonio]]), ''Jesse Kelly'', ''[[Coast to Coast AM]] with [[George Noory]]'' and ''[[This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal]]'' (via [[Compass Media Networks]]).
KTLK personalities Jon Justice and Andrew Lee hosted the weekday morning [[drive time]] program, ''Justice and Drew'', until Andrew's sudden death on June 25, 2022. Jon Justice continues hosting the program solo. The rest of the weekday schedule comes from [[radio syndication|nationally syndicated]] shows, mostly from co-owned [[Premiere Networks]]: ''[[The Glenn Beck Radio Program]]'', ''[[Clay Travis]] & [[Buck Sexton]]'', ''[[The Sean Hannity Show]]'', ''[[Joe Pags]]'' (from [[sister station]] [[WOAI (AM)|WOAI]] [[San Antonio]]), ''[[The Jesse Kelly Show|Jesse Kelly]]'', ''[[Coast to Coast AM]] with [[George Noory]]'' and ''[[This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal]]'' (via [[Compass Media Networks]]).


Weekends feature shows on money, health, home repair, real estate, law, the military and technology, some of which are [[brokered programming]]. Weekend syndicated shows include [[Ben Ferguson]], [[Bill Cunningham (talk show host)|Bill Cunningham]], [[Kim Kommando]], [[Gary Sullivan (radio host)|Gary Sullivan]] and [[Bill Handel]]. National news comes from [[Fox News Radio]] and [[NBC News Radio]].
Weekends feature shows on money, health, home repair, real estate, law, the military and technology, some of which are [[brokered programming]]. Weekend syndicated shows include [[Ben Ferguson]], [[Bill Cunningham (talk show host)|Bill Cunningham]], [[Kim Kommando]], [[Gary Sullivan (radio host)|Gary Sullivan]] and [[Bill Handel]]. National news comes from [[Fox News Radio]] and [[NBC News Radio]].


==See also==
==See also==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110928123130/http://www.kfan.com/pages/fannetworkmap.pdf KFAN Antenna Network]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110928123130/http://www.kfan.com/pages/fannetworkmap.pdf KFAN Antenna Network]
*[http://www.qsl.net/k9ez/kfan.htm Transmitter Visit of KFAN]
* [http://www.qsl.net/k9ez/kfan.htm Transmitter Visit of KFAN]
*[http://kfantransmittertour.co.cc KTCN (KFAN) Transmitter Site Tour and WDGY Transmitter Site Historical photos], courtesy former KFAN Chief Engineer Aaron White.
* [http://kfantransmittertour.co.cc KTCN (KFAN) Transmitter Site Tour and WDGY Transmitter Site Historical photos], courtesy former KFAN Chief Engineer Aaron White.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080120212627/http://www.geocities.com/aaron_white/history.html WDGY call sign and technical history timelime], courtesy former KFAN Chief Engineer Aaron White
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080120212627/http://www.geocities.com/aaron_white/history.html WDGY call sign and technical history timelime], courtesy former KFAN Chief Engineer Aaron White
*[http://radiotapes.com/WDGY/WDGY-AM_The_History_of.pdf University of Minnesota 1970 thesis on the history of WDGY at radiotapes.com]
* [http://radiotapes.com/WDGY/WDGY-AM_The_History_of.pdf University of Minnesota 1970 thesis on the history of WDGY at radiotapes.com]
*[http://www.durenberger.com/resources/documents/CDINMINNEAPOLIS-WDGY.pdf Twin Cities Civil Defense Manual, circa 1951-53], courtesy Mark Durenberger
* [http://www.durenberger.com/resources/documents/CDINMINNEAPOLIS-WDGY.pdf Twin Cities Civil Defense Manual, circa 1951-53], courtesy Mark Durenberger
*[http://radiotapes.com/WDGY/WDGY-AM_Happy_Hollow_Boys.pdf WDGY brochure featuring the Happy Hollow Boys, approximately 1930] at radiotapes.com
* [http://radiotapes.com/WDGY/WDGY-AM_Happy_Hollow_Boys.pdf WDGY brochure featuring the Happy Hollow Boys, approximately 1930] at radiotapes.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150331082615/http://www.slphistory.org/history/radio.asp St. Louis Park Historical Society Twin Cities radio history]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150331082615/http://www.slphistory.org/history/radio.asp St. Louis Park Historical Society Twin Cities radio history]
*[http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/wdgy1130tapes.html Rick Burnett's Twin Cities Radio Airchecks.Com] Has old photos and airchecks of many of the WDGY 1960's and 1970's DJ's
* [http://twincitiesradioairchecks.com/wdgy1130tapes.html Rick Burnett's Twin Cities Radio Airchecks.Com] Has old photos and airchecks of many of the WDGY 1960's and 1970's DJ's
*[http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/image.cfm?imageid=89227&Page=1&Keywords=909&SearchType=Basic Dismantling of WDGY tower at 909 West Broadway, Minneapolis, 1947] from MN Historical Society
* [http://collections.mnhs.org/visualresources/image.cfm?imageid=89227&Page=1&Keywords=909&SearchType=Basic Dismantling of WDGY tower at 909 West Broadway, Minneapolis, 1947] from MN Historical Society
*[http://www.radiotapes.com/ Radiotapes.com] Many historic airchecks of WDGY dating back to 1938
* [http://www.radiotapes.com/ Radiotapes.com] Many historic airchecks of WDGY dating back to 1938
*[http://www.earlytelevision.org/w9xat.html 1933 Modern Mechanix & Inventions magazine article about television authored by Dr. Young]
* [http://www.earlytelevision.org/w9xat.html 1933 Modern Mechanix & Inventions magazine article about television authored by Dr. Young]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110507045741/http://www.ac0x.com/w9xat/ W9XAT: The Twin City Experimental Amateur Television Society]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110507045741/http://www.ac0x.com/w9xat/ W9XAT: The Twin City Experimental Amateur Television Society]
*[http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_042454-2 Historical reference to 1954 applications for TV channel 9 by WDGY Radio and WLOL Radio], Box Office Magazine, April 24, 1954, page 71
* [http://issuu.com/boxoffice/docs/boxoffice_042454-2 Historical reference to 1954 applications for TV channel 9 by WDGY Radio and WLOL Radio], Box Office Magazine, April 24, 1954, page 71


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Revision as of 12:24, 19 January 2024

For radio stations that have previously held the KTLK call sign, see KTLK (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with KTLK-FM.
KTLK
Broadcast areaMinneapolis–Saint Paul
Frequency1130 kHz
BrandingNews/Talk AM 1130
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatConservative talk radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
December 23, 1923; 100 years ago (1923-12-23)
Former call signs
  • KFMT (1923–1925)
  • WHAT (1925–1926)
  • WGWY (1926)
  • WDGY (1926–1991)
  • KFAN (1991–2011)
  • KTCN (2011–2014)
Former frequencies
  • 1300 kHzきろへるつ (1923–1927)
  • 1140 kHzきろへるつ (1927)
  • 1150 kHzきろへるつ (1927)
  • 1140 kHzきろへるつ (1927)
  • 1050 kHzきろへるつ (1927–1928)
  • 1410 kHzきろへるつ (1928)
  • 1390 kHzきろへるつ (1928–1929)
  • 560 kHzきろへるつ (1929)
  • 1180 kHzきろへるつ (1929–1941)
Call sign meaning
"Talk"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID59961
ClassB
Power
  • 50,000 watts (day)
  • 25,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
44°38′48″N 93°23′31″W / 44.64667°N 93.39194°W / 44.64667; -93.39194
Translator(s)103.5 K278BP (Cottage Grove)
Repeater(s)100.3 KFXN-HD2 (Minneapolis)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitetwincitiesnewstalk.iheart.com

KTLK (1130 kHz) – branded News/Talk AM 1130 – is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota. It broadcasts a Conservative talk radio radio format to the Twin Cities radio market and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The radio studios are on Utica Avenue South in St. Louis Park.

By day, KTLK is powered at the maximum for AM stations, 50,000 watts, and uses a directional antenna at all times. At night, to avoid interference with other stations on 1130 AM, it reduces power to 25,000 watts and uses a nine-tower array. The transmitter is on Flag Trail at Prairie Hills Lane in Prior Lake.[2] Programming is also heard on FM translator K278BP at 103.5 MHz in Cottage Grove.[3] It is also simulcast over an HD digital subchannel of KFXN-FM 100.3 MHz.

History

Early years

KTLK is the second-oldest continuously operating station in Minnesota, dating to December 23, 1923, when Dr. George W. Young signed on his station with the Call sign KFMT. (KUOM began operation in 1922.)

Dr. Young first operated the station from his house in Minneapolis at 2219 Bryant Ave. North, cycling through the call signs WHAT, WGWY ("W-George W. Young"), and finally WDGY ("W-Dr. George Young") in the next two years until being chastised by the government for changing too frequently. The station kept the WDGY call letters until 1991. WDGY operated on eight frequencies over its early years.[4] In the 1930s, it was heard on 1180 AM, transmitting with 5,000 watts by day and 1,000 watts at night.[5] The station shared time with at least four local stations, including WRHM and WCAL during its early years.

After moving out of his home, Young located the station's studios at several locations: his storefront at 909 West Broadway in Minneapolis, the West Hotel on Hennepin at 5th Street and 609 South Second Avenue. Minnesota native George Putnam began his broadcasting career at WDGY in 1934. Putnam later gained fame as a Los Angeles television news anchor and talk show host. In 1938, WDGY relocated its studios to the Nicollet Hotel at Washington Avenue and Nicollet Avenue after WCCO had vacated the facility for new studios at Second Avenue South and Seventh Street.

Move to 1130 AM

WDGY made its final move on the dial to 1130 AM in 1941 as required by the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA), under which most American, Canadian and Mexican AM radio stations changed frequencies.[6] Transmitter sites are known to have been at Young's house, at the Broadway address and from 1927 to 1949 at Superior Boulevard and Falvey Cross Road in St. Louis Park on the grounds of a fox farm. Dr. Young died on April 27, 1945.[7]

Later studio locations included Bloomington (two locations), 611 Frontenac Place in St. Paul and, in 2004 at the Clear Channel Communications consolidated offices in St. Louis Park at 1600 Utica Avenue. The transmitter site moved in 1949 to Bloomington at a site that would within a decade overlook I-35W, using a vast 9-tower array.

TV experiments

In 1933, Dr. Young was granted a license for W9XAT, an experimental mechanical television station that is credited with the first telecast in Minnesota. It is believed that the first transmission of the 45-line system occurred on August 4 of that year, featuring a handshake between WDGY station personality Clellan Card and Minneapolis mayor William Kunze. Later on, 120- or 125-line tests were done on the VHF band. The station pushed the technological limits of mechanical scanning and provided a lot of interesting exercises for WDGY engineers, but Dr. Young never got into regular broadcasts, as he did not want attention from radio hobbyists. The license for W9XAT expired in 1938, partly because mechanical television development was discouraged by that point. After 64 years of dormancy, an amateur radio group in the area acquired the W9XAT call sign in 2002 with the intention of using it for mechanical and narrow-bandwidth TV experiments.

Nine years after the 1945 death of Dr. Young, WDGY in 1954 flirted with modern TV, applying for Channel 9 in the Twin Cities. Also applying were competing radio stations WLOL and KEYD. WDGY and WLOL withdrew their applications at the last minute and the new station was awarded to KEYD, going on the air in January 1955, today’s KMSP-TV.

Top 40

The station was one of the first stations in the country to program rock and roll music full-time, starting a Top 40 format in 1956. It was then owned by Todd Storz, one of the pioneers in programming to the baby boom generation with some of its music rarely heard on "white" radio stations. Storz's stations were heavy on promotion, headline-grabbing contests, and high-profile disc jockeys, using echo-chamber voice processing. Other Twin Cities station owners resented the attention WDGY received, but several jumped on the Top 40 bandwagon. Storz is credited with energizing radio at a time when network programming was moving to television.

WDGY gained the nickname Weegee after a time, a sounding out of the call letters. By the 1960s, the station didn't use the name itself, but the name stuck among people in the radio industry. From about 1955 to 1977, WDGY competed for youthful listeners with AM stations KSTP and KDWB, though WCCO remained the top station in the Twin Cities, with a mixture of middle of the road music (MOR), talk, news, sports and farm reports.

Country music

As the 1970s ended, young listeners began switching to the FM band to hear contemporary music. That prompted WDGY to change to a country music format on September 2, 1977.[8] The only other stations playing country in Minneapolis were KTCR, AM 690 and FM 97.1. The AM was a daytimer powered at only 500 watts and the FM's tower was only 150 feet tall, limiting both stations in coverage area.

In 1982, WDGY's sister FM station, 102.1 KEEY, flipped to a country format as well. The AM station specialized in personality and several decades of country music, while the FM kept chatter to a minimum and played mostly contemporary country hits. In 1984, WDGY and KEEY were acquired by the Malrite Communications Group.

Talk and sports

The country format continued until April 16, 1990, when the station became "News Talk 1130, WDGY."[9][10] Just prior to this, WDGY became the inaugural flagship station for the expansion Minnesota Timberwolves NBA team. The talk format gradually added more sports programming until the station had switched to full-time sports talk. The call letters were changed to KFAN in 1991. Following this change, the WDGY call letters were moved to the 630 kHz frequency in August 1991, which was formerly KDWB (now WREY). In 2000, KFAN and KEEY were acquired by Clear Channel Communications, the forerunner to current owner iHeartMedia.[11]

KFAN's logo under previous sports format

KFAN experienced severe storm damage in April 2004 at its transmission site, when four of the nine towers at its directional array in Credit River Township (near Prior Lake, Minnesota) fell down.

Translator station

On August 22, 2010, KFAN's programming began simulcasting on 103.7 FM using translator station K279AZ. The translator broadcast from a tower atop the IDS Center. It previously was owned by the Educational Media Foundation, which used the signal to broadcast its K-LOVE Christian contemporary network prior to the translator's move from Cottage Grove.

Within weeks of the upgrade, however, complaints were filed with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by listeners of KLZZ ("the Loon") in St. Cloud, also at 103.7 FM. Because translators are a secondary service, a translator's owner must either immediately fix the problem or shut the translator down. As a result of the interference complaints, on September 24, K279AZ's power was significantly reduced and the translator moved to 103.5 under Special Temporary Authority (STA) from the FCC, and would change call letters to K278BP.

Frequency switch

On August 8, 2011, Clear Channel Communications announced a two-way frequency swap flipping KFAN and KTLK-FM, effective August 15: KTLK-FM's talk format moved to AM 1130, while KFAN's sports programming moved to KTLK-FM's former frequency, 100.3 FM. FM listeners in Minneapolis, St. Paul and adjacent communities would be able to hear KTLK on FM, by listening to the translator station on 102.5 MHz (though this would later change to the aforementioned K279AZ).[12]

KTLK-FM

In 2006, Clear Channel Communications decided to launch a talk radio station in the Twin Cities, in order to take advantage of its Premiere Radio Networks syndication arm and the company's recent launch of Fox News Radio. Clear Channel informed AM 1500 KSTP that it would not renew its contract to carry The Rush Limbaugh Show and it eventually did the same with KSTP's carriage of Sean Hannity. (After losing Limbaugh and Hannity, KSTP shortly switched to a Sports radio format.) Clear Channel decided to put a talk format using these and other Premiere Network hosts on one of its Twin Cities FM signals, choosing to discontinue smooth jazz on 100.3 FM.

Previous logo

On January 2, 2006, the company switched KJZI to talk, becoming the second commercial FM talk station in the area after female-oriented talk station WFMP. The new call letters on 100.3 were KTLK-FM. When KFAN and KTLK swapped formats and frequencies in August 2011, the KTLK call sign, however, did not move to 1130 because the KTLK call letters were already on a sister station in Los Angeles. Clear Channel instead chose the call sign KTCN for 1130. In early 2014, the Los Angeles station switched to the call letters KEIB, with 1130 adopting the KTLK calls on January 8, 2014.

Programming

KTLK personalities Jon Justice and Andrew Lee hosted the weekday morning drive time program, Justice and Drew, until Andrew's sudden death on June 25, 2022. Jon Justice continues hosting the program solo. The rest of the weekday schedule comes from nationally syndicated shows, mostly from co-owned Premiere Networks: The Glenn Beck Radio Program, Clay Travis & Buck Sexton, The Sean Hannity Show, Joe Pags (from sister station WOAI San Antonio), Jesse Kelly, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal (via Compass Media Networks).

Weekends feature shows on money, health, home repair, real estate, law, the military and technology, some of which are brokered programming. Weekend syndicated shows include Ben Ferguson, Bill Cunningham, Kim Kommando, Gary Sullivan and Bill Handel. National news comes from Fox News Radio and NBC News Radio.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KTLK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "KTLK-AM 1130 kHzきろへるつ - Minneapolis, MN". radio-locator.com.
  3. ^ "K278BP-FM 103.5 MHz - Cottage Grove, MN". radio-locator.com.
  4. ^ "History". KFAN Transmitter Tour. Archived from the original on January 20, 2008. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  5. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 38
  6. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1943 page 106
  7. ^ "Billboard". May 5, 1945.
  8. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1980 page C-121
  9. ^ "WDGY Flips To News/Talk" (PDF). R&R. April 20, 1990. p. 4 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  10. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1991 page B-176
  11. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2002-2003 page D-240
  12. ^ "Make The Switch". twincitiesnewstalk.com. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013.
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