KITZ (1400 AM "Megatalk 920 and 1400") is a

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featuring a

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format,

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with

KGTK KGTK (920 AM "Megatalk 920 and 1400") is a commercial radio station featuring a talk radio format, simulcast with KITZ (1400 AM) in Silverdale. Licensed to Olympia, Washington, KGTK serves the Puget Sound Region. Its parent company, KITZ ...

(920 AM) in Olympia. Licensed to

Silverdale, Washington Silverdale is an unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, in the United States. Despite many attempts at incorporation, Silverdale has not become a city. The population was 20,733 at the 2020 census. For statistical purposes, the Un ...

, KITZ serves the

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, including

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and

Tacoma Tacoma ( ) is the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. A port city, it is situated along Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, southwest of Bellevue, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, northwest of Mount ...

. KITZ Radio, Inc. is owned by two gun-rights groups: the Second Amendment Foundation and its affiliate, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Its main studio and production facilities are on Mile High Drive in

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. By day, KITZ is powered at 1,000

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s, using a

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. At night, there is a slight reduction of power to 890 watts. The

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is on Tibardis Road NW in Silverdale.Radio-Locator.com/KITZ
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Programming

KITZ and KGTK air a mix of local and nationally syndicated

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shows. Syndicated programs include '' The Dana Show with Dana Loesch, Brian Kilmeade and Friends,

The Ramsey Show ''The Ramsey Show'' (formerly known as ''The Dave Ramsey Show'' and ''The Money Game'') is an American self-syndicated radio program hosted by finance author Dave Ramsey and a rotating group of co-hosts, that airs Monday through Friday from 2:0 ...

with

Dave Ramsey David Lawrence Ramsey III (born September 3, 1960) is an American radio personality who offers financial advice. He is the founder and CEO of Ramsey Solutions and a co-host of '' The Ramsey Show'', a nationally syndicated radio program. He ...

, The Guy Benson Show'' and '' Good Day Live with Doug Stephan''. Other programs, including '' Gun Talk with Tom Gresham'', deal with gun owners and their rights. Local programs includ
Outlaw Radio Network
on Wednesday at 7pm and Sunday at 8pm

History

The station

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the air on October 15, 1952. Its original

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was KTNT and it was based in Tacoma.History Cards for KITZ
fcc.gov. Retrieved May 25, 2018. KTNT was owned by the ''

Tacoma News Tribune ''The News Tribune'' is an American daily newspaper based in Tacoma, Washington. It is the second-largest daily newspaper in the state of Washington with a weekday circulation of 30,945 in 2020. With origins dating back to 1883, the newspaper w ...

''; the newspaper also owned KTNT-TV (now

KSTW KSTW (channel 11), branded on-air as Seattle 11, is an independent television station licensed to Tacoma, Washington, United States, serving the Seattle area. Owned by the CBS News and Stations group, the station maintains its transmitter on ...

) and KTNT-FM (now KIRO-FM). In 1983, the AM station became KPMA, which broadcast until 1985. The station was relaunched in 1986 as KITZ, under the ownership of Silversound Broadcasting Company. Its

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was transferred to Silverdale. KITZ and KGTK suspended broadcasting operations in January 2025.

References

External links

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