KKTH
| City | Bosque Farms, New Mexico |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Albuquerque and central New Mexico |
| Frequency | 104.7 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Buenas Nuevas |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Spanish |
| Format | Spanish Christian Contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Delmarva Educational Association |
| History | |
First air date | 1985 (as KHBN) |
Former call signs | KHBN (1985–1987) KMXQ (1987–1995) KEXT (1995–2000) KTEG (2000–2007) KABQ-FM (2007-2021)[1] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 65704 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 257 meters (843 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°46′12″N 106°51′42″W / 34.77000°N 106.86167°WCoordinates: 34°46′12″N 106°51′42″W / 34.77000°N 106.86167°W |
| Links | |
| Website | buenasnuevas.fm |
KKTH (104.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to the suburb of Bosque Farms, New Mexico, it serves the Albuquerque metropolitan area. The station is owned by Delmarva Educational Association. KKTH broadcasts a 100,000-watt signal from a site close to Belen, nearly 35 miles south of Albuquerque sending a signal that is a bit weak with some static on many radios (even car radios) in much of the city.
History[]
104.7 history[]
This station originated in the Socorro area. It was first assigned the KHBN call sign on January 9, 1985. On October 5, 1987 the call sign was then changed to KMXQ and had a country music format which still airs in Socorro on 92.9 FM. By 1995, it had changed its license to Bosque Farms and moved into the Albuquerque market and on March 6, 1995 the call sign was again changed to KEXT with a Regional Mexican format as "Radio Exitos". KEXT was owned by Continental Communications and was sold to Clear Channel in early 2000 along with AM stations KXKS 1190 (which they later sold) and KABQ 1350.
KTEG "The Edge"[]
On July 25, 2000, the KTEG call sign and Modern rock format that had been launched on 107.9 FM (now KBQI) was moved to 104.7 FM to replace KEXT. In this era of "The Edge", the station started playing heavier rock music from bands that it had not previously played including Metallica and Pantera, while dropping bands such as U2 and No Doubt that were frequently heard on the previous frequency. On December 13, 2007, the KTEG call sign and Modern rock format was again moved to 104.1 FM and the KABQ-FM call sign and Smooth Jazz format was moved to 104.7 FM.
Smooth Jazz 104.7[]
A new format playing smooth jazz music programmed by satellite from Broadcast Architecture had launched on September 29, 2006 on 104.1 FM. On December 13, 2007, the station relocated from 104.1 FM to 104.7, a weaker signal in the Albuquerque market. The format lasted until May 2, 2009.
Classic country[]
On May 2, 2009, KABQ-FM flipped to classic country with music mainly from the 1980s. The station featured several personalities that were voice-tracked from outside the market. On June 21, 2013, the format moved to an HD subchannel of KBQI that will be rebroadcast on FM translator K251AU (98.1 FM).[3]
Classic hits & 80s KABQ[]
On July 2, 2013, KABQ-FM flipped to classic hits, branded as "104-7 KABQ Albuquerque's Classic Hits", and featuring music from the 1960s, '70s and '80s. The format did not feature any on-air personalities and had low ratings. On May 2, 2016, KABQ-FM shifted to an all-80's hits format. With the change, Mitch Craig, who had previously been the voice of KRQE, became the official voiceover talent for the station.[4] This brought the all-80's format back to the Albuquerque market after KRKE ended the format in late September 2015 in preparation of a sale of that station.
Sale and flip[]
On February 5, 2021, iHeartMedia's Aloha Station Trust LLC announced they would sell the station to the Delmarva Educational Association. Stuart Epperson, Jr. and Nancy Epperson’s Delmarva Educational Association will receive the station via a donation. Delmarva will pay $80,000 to iHeart to reimburse costs in connection to maintenance of the trust and divestiture of the station. Delmarva will also enter a sublease with iHeart to continue operating at its current transmitter site. The station will be required to take on new call letters at closing. The station was expected to flip to a religious-focused format upon the sale's closure, as the entirety of Delmarva's stations carry such a format. It is currently unknown if the station will shift to non-commercial status; however, it is a possibility, as all but one station owned by Delmarva (said station being WKOX (AM) in Boston, a former sister station under iHeart) are under such a status.[5]
On April 16, 2021, the sale of KABQ-FM from Aloha to Delmarva.[6] Following consummation, the station went dark. On April 27, 2021, the call letters changed to KKTH. The KABQ-FM call letters would be moved to former sister station KOLZ on May 31.[7] On June 4, 2021, the station returned to the air as "Buenas Nuevas", airing Spanish-language Christian contemporary music. However, by the end of that month, the station would broadcast dead air for a few weeks, and by about late July, would once again go off the air. It returned to the air in early Fall 2021.
References[]
- ^ "Call Sign History".
- ^ http://www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=70 HD Radio Guide for Albuquerque
- ^ "Albuquerque's Classic Country on the Move".
- ^ "KABQ Albuquerque Goes All 80s".
- ^ Delmarva Educational Association Acquires 104.7 KABQ-FM Albuquerque
- ^ Price For WSUA/Miami $350,000
- ^ https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=39265
External links[]
- KKTH in the FCC FM station database
- KKTH on Radio-Locator
- KKTH in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- HD Radio stations
- Radio stations in New Mexico