KTST

KTST
City	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Broadcast area	Oklahoma City metropolitan area
Branding	101-9 The Twister
Slogan	"Today's New Country"
Frequency	101.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) 101.9 HD-2 for New Country
First air date	1962 (as KFNB)
Format	Country
ERP	94,400 watts
HAAT	372 meters (1,220 ft)
Class	C0
Facility ID	58390
Callsign meaning	K TwiSTer
Former callsigns	KFNB (1962-1979) KLTE (1979-1991) KOQL (1991-1994)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	thetwister.com

KTST (101.9 FM, "101-9 The Twister") is a country music station serving the Oklahoma City area and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. Its transmitter is located in Northeast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and studios are located at the 50 Penn Place building on the Northwest side.

History

The station went on the air with a MOR format as KFNB (K First National Bank) transmitting from their bank building top downtown in 1962. The station switched calls to KLTE and became adult contemporary "Lite Rock 102" in 1979. Although it was, for a time, the only AC station in OKC, Lite Rock 102 struggled to catch on. After KOFM 104.1 shocked the market and abandoned its successful CHR format for AC as Magic 104, Lite Rock 102 would usually be the lowest rated Class C FM in the market. Lite Rock 102 tried several different experiments to boost ratings, including jazz in the afterhours and oldies on the weekends, but none brought it much success.

The station switched formats to oldies and became "K-Lite 102" in August 1989. On January 2, 1991 at 9:00 PM during Jamie Lee's airshift, the station announced it was changing call letters to KOQL and would become known as "Kool 102." The oldies format was fairly successful, but Entercom announced just before Thanksgiving 1993 that KOQL would be the first station it would sell in roughly 20 years. Newmarket Communications, owner of country KXXY 1340/96.1, would purchase the station and begin operating it immediately in an LMA. The future was easy to predict as Newmarket had just acquired a second station with the same format in New Orleans to pair with its country WNOE 101.1 and flipped it to a second country station. By Christmas 1993, KOQL would be the home of "Non-stop, full tilt rockin' country," 101.9 The Twister. The call letters changed to KTST on March 11, 1994 when the FCC approved of the license transfer from Entercom to Newmarket.

Newmarket announced it would be selling to Radio Equity Partners shortly after taking over The Twister, and Radio Equity Partners became one of the first major Clear Channel acquisitions after the Telecommunications Act of 1996 passed. The result was a bigger cluster at 50 Penn Place, including KTOK 1000, KXXY 1340/96.1, KJYO 102.7, KEBC 94.7 and KTST 101.9. For a brief time, Clear Channel also operated Gaylord's WKY 930 alongside its OKC cluster.

DJs

THE BOBBY BONES SHOW - Morning Show Host (Bobby Bones)
KATHI YEAGER - Midday Host
BUFF - Afternoon Host (Craig Buffington from sister station KJ103)
MICHAEL TAIT - night Show Host (Original DJ from Twister since 1994 also from KOCC 88.9)
AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH CODY ALAN - Overnights from 12am to 5am
TOM TRAVIS - (serves as PD and OM for cluster)
MIKE MCCOY - Saturdays from 10am to 2pm and Sundays from 11am to 2pm (also serves as PD for KJ 103)

Notable former airstaff

Beth Myers - News on KTOK and ONN. Known as Jamie Lee on KOQL.

Steve English - Afternoons on Lite Rock 102. Worked for KTNT 97.7/97.9 during its jazz and smooth jazz days.

Fred Hendrickson - Longtime OKC DJ. Went to KOMA, where he still works today, just before the format change of KOQL to KTST.

Jack Elliott and Ron Williams - Morning show on K-Lite 102 and KOOL 102. Went to KYIS 98.9 after KOQL became The Twister. Now on KQOB 96.9.

Terry Mason - Longtime Omaha jock at KOIL. Served as PD of the oldies format before moving to Orlando, FL.

Jon Brent - Took over as PD after Terry Mason left and hosted afternoon show. Last PD of the oldies format. Previously worked in San Francisco, Austin and Charlotte. Went on to work at KHYL in Sacramento and became a TV news anchor at stations in Texas and California after KHYL switched to Jammin' Oldies.

Scott Thrower - Mornings on The Twister. Longtime radio personality who worked with Rick Rumble in mornings on KMPZ 98.1 in Memphos and WEGX 106.1 in Philadelphia. Left to host mornings on KURB 98.5 Little Rock and is now out of radio working in Little Rock as a Registered Nurse.

Joe Friday - Mornings on 99.7 Hank FM.

External links

KTST station website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KTST

Radio-Locator information on KTST

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KTST

Radio stations in the Oklahoma City metropolitan market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 89.3 89.5 90.1 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.3 93.9 93.9 94.1 94.7 95.1 95.3 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.3 99.7 100.1 100.5 101.1 101.5 101.9 102.7 103.1 103.5 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.3 106.7 107.3 107.7

By AM frequency	640 740 800 890 930 1000 1140 1220 1340 1400 1460 1490 1520¹ 1560 1640

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400

By callsign	K261DP K208CG K225BN K231BH K243BJ K253BV K266BG K268BR K276EX K283BW K297BB KATT-FM KBRU KEBC KGHM KGOU KINB KIMY KHVJ-LP KJKE KJTH KJYO KKNG-FM KKWD KMFS KMGL KMSI KNAH KOKC¹ KOKF KOMA KOSU KQCV KQCV-FM KQOB KREF KRMG KRMP KROU KRXO-FM KSSO KTLR KTLV KTOK KTST KTUZ-FM KUCO KVSP KWDW-LP KWPN KXXY-FM KYIS KYLK KYLV KZLS KZTH KZUE KZUC-LP WKY WWLS-FM WXK85

Nearby radio markets Dallas–Fort Worth Lawton Tulsa Wichita See also List of radio stations in Oklahoma ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

Country radio stations in the state of Oklahoma

Stations	KACO – Apache KBEL-FM – Idabel KBLP – Lindsay KECO – Elk City KEOK – Tahlequah KEYB – Altus KFXI – Marlow KGFY – Stillwater KGVE – Grove KGYN – Guymon KHKC-FM – Atoka KICM – Healdton KIMY – Watonga KIRC – Seminole KITX – Hugo KIXO – Sulphur KJKE- Newcastle KKAJ-FM – Davis KKBI – Broken Bow KKEN – Duncan KLAW – Lawton KLBC – Durant KMAD – Madill KMCO – Wilburton KNAH – Mustang KNED – McAlester KNID – Alva KOFM – Enid KOMS – Poteau KPNC – Ponca City KRIG-FM – Nowata KTFX-FM – Warner KTGX – Owasso KTJS – Hobart KTLQ – Tahlequah KTNT – Eufaula KTST – Oklahoma City KVOO-FM – Tulsa KWEN – Tulsa KWEY-FM – Clinton KWFX – Woodward KWHW – Altus KWHW-FM – Altus KWOX – Woodward KWSH – Wewoka KXBL – Henryetta KXXY – Oklahoma City KYBE – Frederick KYKC – Byng

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Oklahoma

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

Coordinates: 35°35′53″N 97°29′24″W / 35.598°N 97.490°W / 35.598; -97.490

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