KTFS (940
AM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
gospel music format. Licensed to
Texarkana, Texas
Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States, in the Ark-La-Tex region. Located approximately from Dallas, Texarkana is a twin city with neighboring Texarkana, Arkansas. The Texas city's population was 36,193 at the 2020 census ...
, United States, it serves the
Texarkana area. The station is currently owned by Texarkana Radio Center. Studios are located on Olive in
Texarkana, Texas
Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States, in the Ark-La-Tex region. Located approximately from Dallas, Texarkana is a twin city with neighboring Texarkana, Arkansas. The Texas city's population was 36,193 at the 2020 census ...
just one block west of the Texas/Arkansas state line and its transmitter is on South State Line Avenue.
KTFS was operated from a broadcast facility located on State Line Avenue on the Texarkana, Texas side. During that time the station operated with 250 watts, increasing power to 1,000 watts in 1967.
Dave Hall was the News Director and broke the 'Fouke Monster' story, in Fouke, on a Sunday morning via a mobile car phone.
In December 2011, KTFS was taken off the air after vandals committed vandalism at its broadcasting tower. The station filed a Special Temporary Authority to Remain Silent with the
FCC on January 9, 2012, which they honored shortly afterward.
[FCC document: Request for Special Temporary Authority to Remain Silent for KTFS (AM)]
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On December 20, 2012, KTFS returned to the air with a news/talk format, just two days before the station's license was set to expire.[
On April 19, 2013, KTFS changed formats to classic hits, simulcasting KTTY. The station's callsign was changed to KCMC on March 21, 2014.
On July 1, 2017, KCMC changed formats from classic hits to talk.
On November 28, 2017, KCMC's callsign was changed back to KTFS.
On January 22, 2019, KTFS changed their format from talk to gospel, branded as "KTOY Gospel 105.9" (simulcast on FM translator K290CP 105.9 FM Texarkana).Formats on the Move in Texarkana]
Radioinsight - January 22, 2019
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