WKTP
{{short description|Radio station in Jonesborough–Johnson City, Tennessee}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WKTP
| logo = File:WKTP 1590-97.7ESPN logo.png
| city = Jonesborough, Tennessee
| area =
| branding = ESPN Tri Cities
| frequency = 1590 kHz
| translator = 97.7 W249AH (Johnson City)
| format = Sports
| power = 2,500 watts day
37 watts night
| class = D
| facility_id = 27498
| coordinates = {{coord|36|19|54.00|N|82|28|27.00|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| former_callsigns = WJSO (1958–1987)
WQLS (1987)
WUSJ (1987–1988)
| affiliations = ESPN Radio
| owner = Glenwood Communications Corporation
| licensee = Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation
| sister_stations = WKPT, WOPI, WRZK, WTFM, WVEK-FM
| callsign_meaning = Disambiguation of sister stations WKPT (AM) and WKPT-TV
| webcast = {{Listenlive|http://www.espntricities.com}}
| website = [http://www.espntricities.com espntricities.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WKTP (1590 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format.{{cite web |url=http://www.arbitron.com |date=Winter 2010 |title=Station Information Profile |publisher=Arbitron |accessdate=2010-03-25}} Licensed to Jonesborough, Tennessee, United States, the station is currently owned by Glenwood Communications Corporation (through subsidiary Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation) and features programming from ESPN Radio.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WKTP |title=WKTP Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |accessdate=2010-03-25}}
History
WKTP was first licensed in 1958, as WJSO, to the Mountain View Broadcasting Company in Jonesborough, Tennessee, for 5,000 watts daytime-only on 1590 kHz. The station had a Top 40 format. The call letters were changed to WQLS in early 1987, and to WUSJ later that year. In 1988 the call sign was changed to WKTP, and the station simulcast WKPT, 1400 AM in Kingsport, Tennessee.
=Expanded Band assignment=
On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with WKTP authorized to move from 1590 to 1680 kHz.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x004848309&view=1up&seq=276 "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations"] (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997. However, the station never procured the Construction Permit needed to implement the authorization, so the expanded band station was never built.
Previous logo
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.espntricities.com}}
{{AM station data|27498|WKTP}}
- [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=62036 FCC History Cards for WKTP] (covering 1956-1981 as WJSO)
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|27499|W249AH}}
- {{FXL|W249AH}}
{{Sports Radio Stations in Tennessee}}
Category:Sports radio stations in the United States
Category:Washington County, Tennessee
Category:Radio stations established in 1958
Category:1958 establishments in Tennessee
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