KTFI (AM)

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KTFI

| logo =

| city = Twin Falls, Idaho

| area = Twin Falls, Idaho

| branding = "Salt & Light Catholic Radio"

| frequency = 1270 kHz

| translator = {{Radio Relay|101.7|K269HA|Twin Falls}}

| airdate = {{start date|1928|11|11}}

| format = Catholic

| power = 5,000 watts day
860 watts night

| class = B

| facility_id = 69857

| coordinates = {{coord|42|33|45|N|114|32|34|W|region:US-ID_type:landmark}}

| callsign_meaning = Twin Falls, Idaho

| former_callsigns = KGIQ (1928–1930)
KTFI (1930–1977)
KTLC (1977–1984)
KTFI (1984–2010)
KPDA (2010–2012)
KXQZ (2012–2015)

| affiliations = EWTN

| owner = Salt & Light Radio, Inc.

| licensee =

| sister_stations =

| webcast =

| website = {{url|https://saltandlightradio.com/people/1270am-ktfi-twin-falls}}

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

KTFI (1270 AM, "Salt & Light Catholic Radio") is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic format. Licensed to Twin Falls, Idaho, United States, the station serves the Twin Falls area. The station is currently owned by Salt & Light Radio, Inc. and features programming from EWTN.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=KTFI |title=KTFI Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }}

History

The station was licensed as KGIQ with General Order 40 on November 11, 1928. The original owner was Stanley M. Soule and his Radio Broadcasting Corporation, sharing time with station KGIO in Idaho Falls. KGIQ became KTFI on December 30, 1930. The studios for KTFI were located at its current transmitter site until 1940, when a new studio facility was built in downtown Twin Falls. The station originally transmitted on 1320 kHz; it moved to 1240 kHz in 1931, allowing it to go full-time, and then to 1270 kHz in 1941. It also transmitted on 99.7 KTFI-FM from October 1947{{cite news|date=1947|title=1947 Broadcasting Yearbook|page=302|url=https://americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/40s-OCR-YB/1949-YB/1949-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0304.pdf|accessdate=August 13, 2019}} until the license was canceled at the station's request on August 18, 1955.{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1955/1955-08-29-BC.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=August 29, 1955|accessdate=August 13, 2019|title=Routine Roundup|page=89}}

The Soule family owned the station until 1947, when O.P. Soule died and Florence M. Gardner bought it from the estate. Greentree Broadcasting acquired the station in 1973. Four years later, the station's call letters changed to KTLC when the format was changed to country.

References

External links

[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=44683 FCC History Cards for KTFI]
{{FCC-LMS-Facility|202071|K269HA}}

Category:Christian radio stations in Idaho

Category:Radio stations established in 1928

Category:1928 establishments in Idaho

Category:Catholic radio stations