KTSA

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KTSA

City	San Antonio, Texas
Broadcast area	San Antonio metropolitan area
Branding	550 AM KTSA
Slogan	Stay connected San Antonio
Frequency	550 kHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	107.1 K296GK (Pleasanton)
First air date	September 1922 (as WCAR)
Format	News/Talk
Power	5,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	71087
Transmitter coordinates	29°29′47.5″N 98°24′57.5″W / 29.496528°N 98.415972°W / 29.496528; -98.415972
Callsign meaning	Keep Talking San Antonio (Originally Kum To San Antonio)
Former callsigns	WCAR (1922-?)
Owner	Alpha Media (Alpha Media Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	KJXK, KLEY-FM, KTFM, KHHL, KZDC
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	ktsa.com

KTSA (550 AM) is a news-talk formatted radio station in San Antonio, Texas. KTSA was acquired by BMP Radio in August 2006. On July 27, 2009, Border Media Partners was taken over by its lenders in an "amicable manner," according to an FCC filing (radioink.com). Border Media had not made a debt payment in two years (San Antonio Express-News). This resulted in BMP selling the station to L&L Broadcasting (now Alpha Media) in 2013.

History

This radio station began as WCAR, founded by John C. Rodriguez of the Alamo Radio & Electric Company in September 1922. WCAR was the second radio station in San Antonio, taking the airwaves shortly after WJAE which only lasted a few months.

Full-time operation of KTSA was approved April 29, 1933, when the Federal Radio Commission approved KTSA's purchase of KFUL in Galveston, Texas, and the subsequent elimination of that station. Previously, the two had shared broadcast time. KTSA, which was owned by Southwest Broadcasting Company at that time, also became a full affiliate of the Southwest and CBS networks.^[1] On October 28, 1940, KTSA played host to the first and only meeting between noted science fiction author H.G. Wells and radio dramatist Orson Welles, which occurred nearly two years after the panic created by Welles' broadcast of The War of the Worlds.

For a time the Express News Corporation owned the station. In the 1950s rock and roll radio Pioneer Gordon McLendon bought KTSA and made it one of the first Top 40 stations in America. KTSA became an overnight sensation because of the music and outrageous for the time promotions including a "Flagpole" sitter in the O. R. Mitchell Dodge Used Car lot on Broadway, and the KTSA Easter Egg Hunt which swamped San Pedro Park with thousands of listeners searching for a $1000 KTSA Golden Egg. IN 1957 KTSA got competition from KONO radio which changed to the top 40 format and hired several of KTSA's disk jockeys. By this time McLendon had successful stations in El Paso (KELP) Dallas (KLIF) and Houston (KILT) and used the El Paso and San Antonio stations as farm teams for the larger markets. Under McLendon ownership, KTSA once obtained Federal Communications Commission (FCC) permission to change its call letters from KTSA to KAKI, reportedly to honor San Antonio's military personnel (with "KAKI" meaning "khaki", a type of fabric used in military uniforms). After KAKI letterhead and promotional materials were printed, management learned that their new call letters were slang in Spanish for baby feces. The call letter change was reconsidered and the station reverted to KTSA.^[2]

McLendon sold KTSA in the 1960s but the station remained one of San Antonio's most listened-to stations until the advent of FM stereo radio. During the '60s KTSA also aired on 101.5 FM in San Antonio. This lasted until Waterman Broadcasting bought the stations from McLendon in 1965 and signed off 101.5 and started KTFM on 102.7.^[3]

KTSA was a Top 40 format "55-KTSA" until Fall 1986 when it changed to News/Talk format that it is today.

Former on-air staff

KTSA staff inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame include Ricci Ware and Brad Messer, and Don Keyes.

Early 1950s and 1960s rock and roll star disk jockeys include Don Keyes, Ricci Ware, Bruce Hathaway, Pat Tallman, and Charlie Vann.

Mark Velasco - 1986-1988 During the time KTSA was a music station.

FM Translator

On February 26, 2015 KTSA began simulcasting on FM translator K296GK 107.1 FM San Antonio, Texas, which was upgraded and moved from its original city of license in Pleasanton, TX.^[4]

References

↑ "KTSA Gets Full Time" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 15, 1933. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
↑ Durkee, Rob. American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century. ISBN 0-02-864895-1. New York City: Schirmer Books, 1999, p.14. Accessed December 10, 2007. The story here, however, was that KAKI's ratings ended up going down after the calls changed, bucking the trend of his other stations, which saw a rise in listeners after changes of their calls.
↑ http://www.sanantonioradiomemories.com/ktsaamfm.htm
↑ KTSA San Antonio Adds FM translator

External links

KTSA official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KTSA

Radio-Locator Information on KTSA

San Antonio, Texas radio stations

by AM frequency	550 630 680 720 760 810 860 930 990 1000² 1100 1130 1160 1200¹ 1250 1280 1310 1350 1380 1420 1450 1460 1480 1540 1580

by FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.7 90.1 90.9 91.3 91.5 91.7 92.1 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.7 95.1 95.7 96.1 96.9 96.9 97.3 97.7 97.9 98.5 98.9 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.3 102.3 102.7 103.1 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.450 (Kerrville) 162.475 (Seguin) 162.525 (D'Hanis) 162.550 (San Antonio)

by callsign	K227BH K229BJ K289BN KAHL KAHL-FM KAJA KAML KAMX KAWZ KBBT KBIB KCAF-FM KCHL KCJV-LP KCOR KCTI KCWM KCYY KDRY KEDA KGNB KHHL KISS-FM KJMA KJXK KKYX KLEY-FM KLMO-FM KLUP KMFR KMLR-FM KMYO KNBT KONO KONO-FM KPAC KPPC-LP KQXT-FM KRDY KROM KRPT KRTU-FM KSAH KSAH-FM KSAQ KSLR KSMG KSTX KSYM-FM KTFM KTKR KTKX KTMR KTSA KWED KWMF KXXM KXTJ-LP KXTN-FM KYFS KYTY KZAR KZDC KZEP-FM WNG600 WNG641 WOAI¹ WWF90 WXK67

Nearby radio markets Austin Corpus Christi Houston–Galveston Kerrville–Fredericksburg Kingsville–Alice–Falfurrias Laredo Victoria See also List of radio stations in Texas ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² = Daytime-only AM radio station.

Alpha Media

AM radio stations	KAAN KABI KATE KAUS KBNN KBRK KCOB KDKD KFOR KFQD KGLO KGNC KGRN KHAR KIIK KJAM KJFF KJJQ KJPW KKRT KMCD KMRN KNWH KNWQ KNWZ KNZR KOKA KREI KSAH KSAL KTSA KTUB KUFO KVGH KWIQ KWIX KWOK KXRO KXTG KZDC WANG WCHA WHAG WHBC WHHW WHIS WIBW WING WIRL WJNT WJOL WJQS WKEZ WKRS WLIP WMBD WNTX WOAD WOIC WRNN WRNS WSGW WTNI WXBD

FM radio stations	KAAN-FM KAUS-FM KAYO KBAY KBFF KBLS KBMG KBRJ KBRK-FM KBTE KBTT KCLB-FM KCLZ KCOB-FM KCPI KDBX KDES-FM KDGL KDKD-FM KDKS-FM KDLO-FM KDUT KDUX-FM KEAG KEEZ-FM KEZR KFBD-FM KFRX KGNC-FM KGNZ KHHL KIAI KIAQ KIBZ KINK KIRK KIXX KJAM-FM KJEL KJXK KKBB KKDV KKFD-FM KKIQ KKRV KKUS KKUU KKWK KLAK KLEY-FM KLKL KLLL-FM KLLY KMAD-FM KMKT KMMX KMXS KNZR-FM KONE KOOI KOYE KOZQ-FM KPSI-FM KRES KRTI KSAH-FM KSAJ-FM KSAL-FM KTAL-FM KTCM KTFM KTJJ KTPK KUIC KUPL KWHL KWIQ-FM KWIX-FM KWLN KXEA KXGL KXL-FM KXXK KYEZ KYKX W228CI W242BY W262BY W274BM WARQ WARV-FM WBBT-FM WCCQ WCEN-FM WCLI-FM WCPR-FM WDHT WDJX WDLD WEAT WERO WERV-FM WFLS-FM WFXH-FM WGBL WGCO WGER WGHL WGTZ WGZB-FM WHAJ WHBC-FM WHKX WHQX WHXT WIBW-FM WIIL WIKZ WIRK WJMI WKOY-FM WKXI-FM WKZQ-FM WLFV WMBX WMFX WMJM WMYB WNGY WPBG WQBB WQCM WQSL WQZL WRKS WRMF WRNN-FM WRNS-FM WROU-FM WRWN WRXQ WSCZ WSGW-FM WSSR WSWT WTLZ WUBB WVBX WWDM WWLB WWUZ WXCL WXLC WXMA WXQR-FM WXYK WXYY WYAV

Website: alphamediausa.com

News/Talk radio stations in Texas

All-News	KLIF – Dallas KRLD – Dallas

News & Talk	KBRA – Freer KCOX – Jasper KCRS – Midland/Odessa KDET – Center KERA – Dallas KEXB – Dallas KFNA – Winters KFJZ – Fort Worth KFXR – Dallas KFYO – Lubbock KGKL – San Angelo KGNC – Amarillo KIKK – Houston KIXZ – Amarillo KJCE – Rollingwood KJDL – Lubbock KJTV – Lubbock KKSA – San Angelo KKTX – Corpus Christi KLBJ – Austin KLUP – Terrell Hills KLVI – Beaumont KMNY – Hurst KNTH – Houston KPLT – Paris KPYN – Atlanta KSEV – Tomball KSFA – Nacogdoches KSKY – Balch Springs KTBB – Tyler KTBB-FM – Troup KTEK – Alvin KTMR – Edna KTRH – Houston KTSA – San Antonio KTSM – El Paso KUHF – Houston KURV – Edinburg KUTX – Leander KVCE – Highland Park KVNN – Victoria KVOP – Plainview KWEL – Midland/Odessa KWFS – Wichita Falls KWKC – Abilene KWTX – Waco KXYL – Brownwood KXYL-FM – Coleman WBAP – Fort Worth WOAI – San Antonio WTAW – College Station

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas

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