KTKU
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| City of license | Juneau, Alaska |
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| Broadcast area | Juneau, Alaska |
| Branding | TAKU 105.1 |
| Slogan | For the Best Country |
| Frequency | 105.1 (MHz) |
| Format | Country |
| ERP | 3,800 watts |
| HAAT | -323 meters |
| Class | A |
| Owner | Alaska Broadcast Communications |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www.taku105.com |
KTKU is a commercial country music radio station in Juneau, Alaska, broadcasting on 105.1 FM. It is located at the Juneau Radio Center, at 3161 Channel Drive with its sister stations KINY, KJNO and KSUP. It is part of an 8 station group, Alaska Broadcast Communications, headquartered at the Juneau Radio Center.
History & Programming
KTKU signed on the air in 1984 as the first commercial FM station in the capital city of Juneau. It was debuted under the ownership of Roy Paschal, longtime cable guru of South Central Alaska, as the sister station of KJNO.
Programming was directed by Paul Demers, who put together a full-time airstaff including Rick Rydell as the morning show host, Paul Glazier as middays, Paul Demers afternoons, and Tracy Sharp as evenings.
Dennis Egan, the former mayor of Juneau and Juneau's current state senator, was the station's first general manager.
KTKU was Top 40 with album cuts when it debuted as Taku 105, being branded after the massive Taku ice field which lies directly above the city.
Today, Taku 105 plays hot country and is home of the much talked about Morning Crew - the 'Real' Jeff McCoy, Sharon and Chester. The Morning Crew is an entertainment based show and is known to be family friendly, yet irreverent. The biggest stunt they have done to date was an April Fools' Day prank where they told listeners the CD library had been stolen overnight, except for Achy Breaky Heart from Billy Ray Cyrus .. which they played back to back for over 2 hours before revealing the joke. Many listeners came to the station bringing in CDs and iPods to help out. Each listener was given a pizza voucher when they arrived.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KTKU
- Radio-Locator information on KTKU
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KTKU
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