WKTX
| Broadcast area | Youngstown, Warren, Ohio Metropolitan Areas, Northeast Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, Southwestern Ontario and the upper panhandle of West Virginia |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 830 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban gospel |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | April 1, 1985[1] |
| Technical information | |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts day only[1] |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°24′56.0″N 80°43′49.0″W / 41.415556°N 80.730278°W |
| Translator(s) | 99.7 FM W259DI (construction permit) |
WKTX is an American Class D radio station in Cortland, Ohio.[2] It broadcasts an urban gospel format provided by rejoice musical soul food..[3]
History
The construction permit for the station that would later be known as WKTX was first issued in October 1982. It signed on the air on April 1, 1985, under the ownership of Cortland Broadcasting Company, a company owned by the Skip and Nancy Hoffman and Glen Barker families with the call letters WLND. For many years, the station had studios and offices in Cortland, with the original location along Route 5 (Elm Street Extension). The format at the time of sign-on was country, oldies, and farm information.
In February 1989, the station was sold to the Trumbull County Broadcasting Company, owned by Patrick Engrao, the station switched its calls to WKTX. In this station's formative years, it was the sister AM station of WLLF, licensed to Mercer, Pennsylvania. During this brief period of common ownership, that station was known as WKTX-FM.
In October 1991, WKTX was purchased by Nationality Broadcasting Network, headed by Miklos Kossanyi. For a brief period after purchasing the station, in 1997 it went off the air for a period of a month to move the tower and transmitter to a new location and then returned with the same format, Mature Adult Standards; it then became an ethnic radio station.
Miklos Kossanyi continued ownership of the station, but Kossanyi and his wife and his son are still personally listed as the licensee, instead of Nationality Broadcasting Network. Miklós Kossányi, born in Komárom, Hungary, died in October 2009; his wife, Mária Kossányi replaced him as the director of the station.[4] When her husband and ethnic broadcasting partner died, Maria Kossanyi took ill and never recovered. Kossanyi, 84, died August 15, 2010 at her Bay Village home.[5]
Upon settlement of the Kossanyis' estates, ownership of WKTX's broadcast license was assigned to their son Attila Kossanyi on June 23, 2016. Attila subsequently sold the station to Kingstrust LLC effective July 21, 2016, at a price of $85,000.
On January 1, 2020, the station began programming an urban gospel format. Currently, programming is provided by Rejoice, Musical Soul Food, dropping the previous ethnic format.
The station currently has a construction permit for a translator on 99.7 FM, to be launched in 2020.
References
- ^ a b "WKTX 830 AM - Cortland, OH". Retrieved October 15, 2008.
- ^ "Radio Station WKTX 830 AM Cortland OH". Retrieved October 15, 2008.
- ^ "WKTX-AM: Radio Station Information Page : Radio-Locator". Theodric Technologies LLC. Retrieved October 15, 2008.
- ^ "Elhunyt Kossányi Miklós (MTI)". Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- ^ "Maria Kossanyi led Hungarian-themed radio and TV stations". Retrieved January 31, 2011.
External links
- WKTX in the FCC AM station database
- WKTX in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
41°24′56″N 80°43′49″W / 41.41556°N 80.73028°W
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