KTPK

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KTPK signed on its country format in 1974. In 1997, Kansas Capital Broadcasting, which also owned KTKA-TV, bought the station. They made several changes like broadcasting Kansas State University football and basketball games until 2005, adopted the name "Twister 106.9" in 1998, and then "K-Country" in 2002. In 2005, KTPK was sold to JMJ Broadcasting Company, Inc for $5.7 million. When JMJ Broadcasting Company, Inc. took over, they no longer wanted sports, so they dropped the KSU football games, and changed the station's name to "Country Legends 106.9", as the format shifted from contemporary country music to classic country.[http://kcradio.tripod.com/1069.html KTPK History] In mid-2006, KTPK soared in the ratings, and as of the latest ratings available (Spring 2012 and again in the Spring of 2013) they were rated #1 in the Topeka market for total listeners aged 12 and up.{{Cite web |url=http://www.countrylegends1069fm.com/Article.asp?id=1121589 |title=Atop the Ratings |access-date=2009-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193907/http://www.countrylegends1069fm.com/Article.asp?id=1121589 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }} On September 1, 2015, Alpha Media took ownership of KTPK.{{cite web|last=Marie |first=Ann |url=http://cjonline.com/news/2015-08-31/general-manager-other-staff-members-country-legends-1069-let-go-monday |title=General manager, other staff members of Country Legends 106.9 let go Monday |publisher=CJOnline.com |access-date=2015-09-01}}

On the morning of November 21, 2018, KTPK dropped its classic country format and began stunting with Christmas music as "Christmas 106.9".[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/172237/ktpk-drops-classic-country-for-christmas/ KTPK Drops Drops Classic Country For Christmas] Radioinsight - November 21, 2018 On December 26, 2018, KTPK returned to its "Country 106.9" classic country format.[https://www.mycountry1069.com/country-106-9-returns-and-youve-got-to-hear-it-now/ Country 106.9 Returns and You've Got to Hear It Now]

From 2006 until 2015, KTPK broadcast an annual radiothon for the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN) at St. Francis Health Center in Topeka, Kansas. The radiothon took place each year during a week in August, from 6AM to 6PM. While on air, they not only raised money for the sick and injured children, but tell stories, as well. 2009 was a record-breaking year for the fundraiser, as they raised a record breaker $105,205.59, up from 2008, where they raised just over $102,000.[http://cjonline.com/news/local/2009-08-28/radiothon_breaks_record From Topeka Capital Journal] Subsequently, they raised amounts between $90,000 and $102,000. Following the 2015 CMN radiothon, officials from Children's Miracle Network informed the station it would be moving its local radiothon to the Cumulus Media stations in Topeka. After being purchased by Alpha Media, KTPK became a sister station to WIBW and WIBW-FM. WIBW-FM had been doing their own annual radiothons for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and in March 2016, KTPK teamed up with them for the event.

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Category:Radio stations established in 1974

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Category:Classic country radio stations in the United States