KTCU-FM
City of license | Fort Worth, Texas |
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Broadcast area | Tarrant County |
Branding | "The Choice" |
Frequency | 88.7 MHz |
First air date | 1965 |
Format | Variety |
ERP | 10,000 watts |
HAAT | 90 meters |
Class | C3 Non-Commercial |
Facility ID | 65307 |
Callsign meaning | Texas Christian University |
Owner | Texas Christian University |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | www.ktcu.tcu.edu |
KTCU-FM is a radio station in Fort Worth, Texas, broadcasting from Texas Christian University. The station has been on the air since October 5, 1964 and is broadcast out of TCU's studios with 10,000 Watts ERP. Home of The Good Show with Tom & Chris,Sputnik with DJ Janice, The Papa E & Daddy D Show and The Riff Ram Sports Show with Geoff Craig, Stephen Simcox, Kris Gross and Phil "Shoulderneck" Taylor. Former D/FW news, sports and traffic reporter Russell Scott was station manager from 2006-2012.
Originally, KTCU was broadcast across the TCU campus and dormitories on 1025 AM from 1957-64.
Early notables include Russ Bloxom (later news anchor at WBAP/KXAS-TV, 1967–79,) Jerry Park (co-host of WFAA's "News 8 etc..." in the early 1970s, deceased,) John Moncrief (newscaster for TSN; now deceased,) Clem Candelaria (management at KTVT-TV,) Mike Marshall (Houston radio) and Sanda McQuerry (co-host of KTVT's "Reveille.")
External links
- KTCU website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KTCU
- Radio-Locator information on KTCU
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KTCU
- DFW Radio/TV History
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Coordinates: 32°42′40″N 97°21′58″W / 32.711°N 97.366°W