KXTA (AM)

KXTA
City of license	Rupert, Idaho
Broadcast area	Twin Falls, Idaho
Branding	La Patrona - La Que Manda
Frequency	970 kHz
First air date	1955-10-24 (as KAYT)
Format	Regional Mexican
Power	2,500 watts day 900 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	67743
Transmitter coordinates	42°36′10″N 113°43′21″W / 42.60278°N 113.72250°W / 42.60278; -113.72250
Former callsigns	KAYT (1955-1985) KBBK (1985-2000) KFTA (2000-2014) KZNO (2014-2015)
Affiliations	GLR Networks, Futbol de Primera
Owner	Lee Family Broadcasting
Sister stations	KZDX, KART, KKMV, KEDJ, KBAR

KXTA (970 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Rupert, Idaho, USA, the station serves the Twin Falls area. The station is currently owned by Lee Family Broadcasting and features programming from GLR Networks.^[1]

History

The station was assigned the call letters KAYT on 1955-10-24. They changed to KBBK on 1985-01-01, and on 2000-02-24, the station changed its call sign to KFTA.^[2]

The station began its regional Mexican format on November 1, 1999, as "La Fantástica 970", under the direction of Benjamin Reed, a.k.a. "El Chupacabras." Reed is Anglo by birth, but is fluent in Spanish. Reed has also been featured in Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hector Tobar's book, Translation Nation.

On March 1, 2013, the station began broadcasting the Spanish adult hits format "Juan" from Westwood One. It is now known as "Juan 970."

On August 4, 2014, KFTA changed their format to sports, branded as "The Zone", under new call letters, KZNO. The KZNO calls and "Zone" sports format were previously on 103.1 FM KEDJ, which switched to active rock as "The Edge".

On April 13, 2015, the station changed its call sign to the current KXTA. Its Regional Mexican oldies format returned to the air on June 6, 2015 at 7 PM. The station is again programmed by Benjamin Reed, "El Chupacabras."

References

↑ "KXTA Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "KFTA Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for KXTA

Radio-Locator Information on KXTA

Radio stations in the Twin Falls (Sun Valley) market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.3 89.9 90.7 91.7 92.7 93.3 95.3 95.7 96.5 98.3 99.1 99.9 102.1 103.1 103.9 104.7 105.5 106.1 106.7

By AM frequency	970 1230 1270 1310 1400 1450 1480

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.450 162.475

By callsign	K207DL KAGF-LP KART KAWZ KBAR KBSW KCIR KDKI-LP KECH KEDJ KEFX KEZJ KEZJ-FM KIKX KIRQ KKMV KLIX KLIX-FM KRXR KSNQ KTFI KTFY KTPZ KUMC-LP KXTA KXTA-FM KYUN KZDX WNG605 WXL35 WZ2520

Nearby radio markets Boise Elko Idaho Falls Pocatello Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo See also List of radio stations in Idaho

Spanish-language radio stations in the state of Idaho

Stations	KDBI – Homedale KDIL – Jerome KPDA – Mountain Home KRXR – Gooding KWEI – Weiser KXTA-FM – Gooding

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Idaho See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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