KQTH
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| City of license | Tucson, Arizona |
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| Broadcast area | Tucson |
| Branding | The Truth |
| Slogan | "Tucson's News Talk FM!" |
| Frequency | 104.1 (MHz)(also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1994 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| ERP | 3,000 watts |
| HAAT | 100 meters (330 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 20403 |
| Callsign meaning | kqTH, 104.1 the 'T'rut'H' |
| Owner | Journal Broadcast Group |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1041thetruth.com |
KQTH (104.1 FM) is a news/talk radio station in Tucson, Arizona. 104-1, as it is known by listeners, is branded as "The Truth".[1] KQTH is owned by Journal Broadcast Group.[2]
As of March 2010, 104.1 was the most listened to news and talk radio station in Tucson, and the fifth most listened to station overall.[3]
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[edit] Programming
104.1 features news from ABC and KGUN 9, a local ABC television affiliate also owned by Journal Broadcast Group.
104.1's weekday lineup includes Southern Arizona's most-listened to news/talk morning radio program, "The Jon Justice Show" from 6am - 10am.[4] Jon Justice has received numerous accolades while at 104.1 including: 2009 Marconi Finalist - Medium Market Personality of the Year[5], Tucson Weekly Readers Choice as Tucson's Best Radio Personality, 2010[6] and Tucson's Best Radio Talk Show Host in 2010[7] & 2009[8], and Inside Tucson Business' 2010 Class of Up & Comers[9].
104.1's weekday lineup also includes Neal Boortz, James T. Harris, Laura Ingraham, Jerry Doyle, Michael Savage, Mark Levin, Clark Howard, Allen Hunt, and America's Morning News.
Weekend programs and hosts include: Roger Hedgecock, Real Estate Today, James T. Harris, and Watchdog on Wall Street. Local how-to programming includes: Simmons Car Care Shop Talk, The Radio Pet Vet, Circles of Change with Dr. Zara Larsen, Mike Swanson The Computer Guru, Worry Free Financial Solutions, Tucson Now (Real Estate), Path to Strength and Health, Cancer Fighters, The American Warrior, and Daily Male with Dave Sitton.
[edit] History
Throughout most of its time, it ran under the name "104-1 The Point" and played a lot more '80s than most adult contemporary stations. The station was doing well, did a good job separating itself from KMXZ-FM's audience, and was getting good ratings up until late 2004, due to increased competition. KWMT-FM flipped from Country to AAA in December 2003 and KSZR flipped to AC / Adult Hits in November 2004, which combined to really weaken The Point's audience. Some of the DJ's were Darla Thomas, Angie Handa, Kathy Rivers, Greg Curtis, Sheila K, and Drew Michaels. Darla Thomas was the Operations Manager for all the Tucson radio stations owned by Journal Broadcast Group until November 2010. Greg Curtis is now part of the morning team at sister station KMXZ.
In 2006 KZPT changed their branding to "Z104.1". Their playlist was still a majority of what "The Point" used to play, only taking out the '80s music and adding more alternative rock with the slogan "Modern Hit Music". They had also added Ken Carr to their DJ line-up, who hosted afternoons on KRQQ.
On April 10, 2007, the station had switched to "The Truth", a news/conservative talk format which it continues to broadcast to this day. On April 17, 2007, KZPT changed their call letters to KQTH.
[edit] References
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Spring 2010. http://www.arbitron.com. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ^ "KQTH Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KQTH. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ^ "Tucson Arbitrends Rating Report - Dec-Jan-Feb 2010". http://www.radiodailynews.com/4-1-10-tucson.htm.
- ^ "Tucson talk listeners take cues from Limbaugh, Justice, Hannity". http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2010/08/20/media_technology/inside_media/doc4c6ebdffd3080627682909.txt.
- ^ "2009 NAB Marconi Radio Awards Finalists Announced". http://www.nab.org/documents/newsroom/pressRelease.asp?id=2033.
- ^ "Best Radio Personality". http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-radio-personality/BestOf?oid=2207999.
- ^ "Best Radio Talk Show (Host)". http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-radio-talk-show-host/BestOf?oid=2208002.
- ^ "Best Radio Talk Show (Host)". http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/best-radio-talk-show-host/BestOf?oid=1360424.
- ^ "Up & Comers: Jon Justice". http://www.azbiz.com/articles/2010/04/09/news/doc4bbf82f335c36182446247.txt.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KQTH
- Radio-Locator information on KQTH
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KQTH
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