KTFC (FM)
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KTFC
| city = Sioux City, Iowa
| country = US
| frequency = {{Frequency|103.3|MHz}}
| format = Christian talk and teaching
| network = Bott Radio Network
| owner = Bott Radio Network
| licensee = Community Broadcasting, Inc.
| airdate = {{Start date|1965|7|1}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| class = C1
| facility_id = 17199
| erp = 100,000 watts
| haat = 193 meters
| coordinates = {{coord|42|29|5.5|N|96|18|20|W}}
| translator = K242BE (96.3 FM) Norfolk, NE
| callsign_meaning = "Keep Talking for Christ"{{r|Siou880731}}
| website = {{URL|https://bottradionetwork.com/station/103-3-fm-sioux-city-ia/}}
}}
KTFC (103.3 FM) is a radio station in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. It is owned and operated by the Bott Radio Network, a regional broadcaster of Christian talk and teaching programming. The transmitter is located east of Sioux City.
Prior to being a Bott station, KTFC was a locally run Christian radio station for the Sioux City area under the same ownership for 40 years.
History
On May 16, 1964, Donald A. Swanson applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a new FM radio station on 103.3 MHz in Sioux City. The application was granted on August 26 of that year,{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=77545 |title= History Cards for KTFC|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards) and KTFC began broadcasting on July 1, 1965.{{cite news|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1968/1968-BC-YB.pdf#page=211|date=1968|page=B-63|work=Broadcasting Yearbook|title=KTFC (FM)|via=World Radio History|access-date=April 17, 2022|archive-date=September 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926044249/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1968/1968-BC-YB.pdf#page=211|url-status=live}} It was on the air for 17 hours a day and broadcast sacred music, news, weather, and church announcements.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99928601/new-radio-station-ktfc-is-now-on-the-a/|date=November 18, 1965|page=3|title=New Radio Station, KTFC, Is Now on the Air Daily!|newspaper=The Sioux County Index|location=Hull, Iowa|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 17, 2022|archive-date=April 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417201128/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99928601/new-radio-station-ktfc-is-now-on-the/|url-status=live}} The Swansons expanded to an AM station, KTFJ (1250 AM) in nearby Dakota City, Nebraska, in 1988; at that time, KTFC's local programming included a daily broadcast for homemakers and weekly Bible quizzes.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99928579/swansons-will-add-gospel-radio-on-am-ban/|date=July 31, 1988|page=C1|first=Dan|last=Johnson|title=Swansons will add gospel radio on AM band this fall|newspaper=Sioux City Journal|location=Sioux City, Iowa|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 17, 2022|archive-date=April 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417201129/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99928579/swansons-will-add-gospel-radio-on-am/|url-status=live}} In 1991, KTFG in Sioux Rapids, Iowa, came on the air as a rebroadcaster of KTFC; it only split from the Sioux City station to air two local church services.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99930745/christian-radio-broadcasting-gets-new-ow/|date=July 16, 2005|page=A6|first=Bret|last=Hayworth|title=Christian radio broadcasting gets new owner|newspaper=Sioux City Journal|location=Sioux City, Iowa|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 17, 2022|archive-date=April 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417201129/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99930745/christian-radio-broadcasting-gets-new/|url-status=live}}
In 1992, Swanson—who, while the owner, quipped, "God owns the radio station; he just lets me run it"—sought relief from high electricity bills to keep the station in operation. He purchased and installed an {{convert|80|ft|m|adj=on}} wind turbine, acquired from a wind farm in Arizona, near the tower to generate electricity for KTFC.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99928560/wind-will-power-area-radio-station/|date=August 26, 1992|page=A3|first=Bill|last=Zahren|title=Wind will power area radio station|newspaper=Sioux City Journal|location=Sioux City, Iowa|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 17, 2022|archive-date=April 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417201127/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99928560/wind-will-power-area-radio-station/|url-status=live}} Swanson used profits from a nearby farm to subsidize the station's operation.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99928506/owners-word-gospel-at-wind-driven/|date=December 15, 1992|page=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99928535/profits-from-farm-help-support-radio/ A16]|first=Bill|last=Zahren|title=Owner's word gospel at wind-driven station|newspaper=Sioux City Journal|location=Sioux City, Iowa|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 17, 2022|archive-date=April 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417201128/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99928506/owners-word-gospel-at-wind-driven/|url-status=live}}
Swanson elected to sell KTFC and KTFG to Midwest Bible Radio, a division of the Good News Broadcasting Association of Lincoln, Nebraska, in 2005; no change in format was planned by the new owners.{{r|Siou050716}} He continued to own KTFJ until his death in 2011.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99931911/obituary-for-donald-a-swanson-1918-201/|date=August 19, 2011|page=A8|title=Obituary for Donald A. Swanson, 1918-2011 (Aged 92)|newspaper=Sioux City Journal|location=Sioux City, Iowa|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=April 17, 2022|archive-date=April 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417201130/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99931911/obituary-for-donald-a-swanson/|url-status=live}} Bott Radio Network, through its subsidiary Community Broadcasting, Inc., purchased KTFC and KTFG in 2007.{{cite web|publisher=FCC CDBS|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101200938&formid=314&fac_num=17199|title=BALH-20070824ABW Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|date=August 24, 2007|access-date=April 17, 2022|archive-date=April 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417201130/https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101200938&formid=314&fac_num=17199|url-status=live}}
References
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{{Sioux City Radio}}
{{Religious Radio Stations in Iowa}}
Category:Moody Radio affiliate stations
Category:Bott Radio Network stations