KTIA-FM

KTIA-FM (99.3 FM) is a commercial radio station that serves the Boone, Iowa area. The station broadcasts a religious format. KTIA-FM is licensed to Truth Broadcasting, Inc which is also the licensee of KTIA (AM). ^[1]

The station was originally licensed as KFGQ but changed callsigns to KFFF-FM on February 1, 2005. ^[2]

The transmitter and broadcast tower are located in southwest Boone on West Park Avenue. According to the Antenna Structure Registration database, the tower is 90 m (295 ft) tall with the FM broadcast antenna mounted at the 87 m (285 ft) level. ^[3] The calculated Height Above Average Terrain is 107 m (351 ft). The FM antenna array is a FMC-4A manufactured by Harris.

KTIA recently applied to move from Boone, Iowa to Huxley, Iowa and broadcast from a tower near Huxley. This move would represent a 15-mile relocation to the southeast for KTIA and provide a better signal to the Des Moines metro area, thus adding 400,000 people into better listening range of KTIA. But it had opposition from Saga Communications, which said that the move was a "move-in" to the Des Moines or Ames Designated Urban Areas, resulting in the FCC in serving Truth Broadcasting with a Deficiency Letter that gave the owners the opportunity to rebut Saga's assertion, but instead countered with its own petition asking that the Deficiency Letter be reviewed and reversed because the move could not hit the Des Moines market without being over 50% of the metro, while the Commission noted that at one site with a directional pattern, the signal could get into over 50% of the Ames area. As a result of this, The FCC denied Truth's request and Petition for reconsideration, thus canceling the application.^[4] After reconsidering the decision, the FCC has since reversed its previous ruling and granted the construction permit for KTIA moving to Huxley.

References

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for KTIA
• Radio-Locator information on KTIA
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KTIA