KTMY
| City of license | Coon Rapids, Minnesota |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN |
| Branding | My Talk 107.1 |
| Slogan | "A little gossip. A lot of laughs." |
| Frequency |
107.1 MHz FM 107.1 HD-2 KSTP-AM simulcast |
| First air date | 1979 (as WIXK-FM) |
| Format | female-oriented talk |
| ERP | 22,000 watts |
| HAAT | 179 meters |
| Class | C2 |
| Facility ID | 60641 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°3′45.0″N 93°8′22.0″W / 45.0625°N 93.13944°W |
| Callsign meaning | Derived from the "MY Talk" branding |
| Former callsigns | WIXK-FM (1979–2002) WFMP (2002-2010) |
| Affiliations | ABC News Radio |
| Owner | Hubbard Broadcasting (KTMY-FM, LLC) |
| Sister stations | KSTC-TV, KSTP, KSTP-FM, KSTP-TV, WIXK |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | mytalk1071.com |
KTMY (107.1 MHz FM) is a radio station broadcasting to the Minneapolis-St. Paul region. The station is owned and operated by Hubbard Broadcasting, and airs a non-political, female-oriented talk format branded as "My Talk 107.1."
The station was originally licensed to serve New Richmond, Wisconsin as WIXK-FM, simulcasting the country music format of that city's WIXK 1590 AM. Hubbard Broadcasting bought both stations in 2000 for $27 million and moved WIXK-FM to the immediate Twin Cities area, where the station's city of license was changed from New Richmond to Coon Rapids, Minnesota and its transmitter moved to the Telefarm installation in Shoreview. On June 3, 2002, WIXK-FM adopted the WFMP call sign and dropped country in favor of a talk format, originally branded as "FM 107" ("real. life. conversation."), that emphasized issues, topics, and conversations that catered to a female audience.[1] The original FM 107 schedule included national call-in/advice shows featuring Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Dr. Joy Browne, and Clark Howard, but locally-produced programming would make up a majority of the schedule in later years (with national shows such as Dr. Joy Browne's still airing in nighttime and weekend slots). The tone of programming would modify over time as well, moving from a mix of serious and lighthearted discussons to a larger emphasis on gossip, pop culture, and other not-so-serious topics by the time the station adopted the current KTMY call sign and "My Talk" branding in February 2010.[2][3]
In 2007, the station gained a measure of national exposure by heeding a call from condemned inmate Philip Workman to have vegetarian pizza delivered to homeless residents of Nashville, Tennessee.[4]
[edit] KTMY HD
In October 2011, KTMY began broadcasting in HD Radio. Its HD-2 subchannel simulcasts KSTP-AM's sports talk format.
[edit] References
- ^ "Hubbard's WIXK picks women talk", from The Business Journal (Minneapolis-St. Paul edition), May 17, 2002
- ^ "Best of the Twin Cities 2006: Best Radio Station About Nothing", from CityPages, April 26, 2006
- ^ "FM107 changing to myTalk107", from St. Paul Pioneer Press, 2/1/2010
- ^ "Executed man's last request honored -- pizza for homeless", from cnn.com, May 2007
[edit] External links
- KTMY official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KTMY
- Radio-Locator information on KTMY
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for KTMY
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