KTFI (1270
AM, "Salt & Light Catholic Radio") is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic format. Licensed to
Twin Falls, Idaho
Twin Falls is the county seat of and the largest city in Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. The city had a population of 51,807 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. , United States, the station serves the Twin Falls area. The station is currently owned by Salt & Light Radio, Inc. and features programming from
EWTN
The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is an American basic cable television network which presents around-the-clock Catholic programming. It is the largest Catholic television network in America, and is purported to be "the world's larges ...
.
History
The station was licensed as KGIQ with
General Order 40
The Federal Radio Commission's (FRC) General Order 40, dated August 30, 1928, described the standards for a sweeping reorganization of radio broadcasting in the United States. This order grouped the AM radio band transmitting frequencies into thre ...
on November 11, 1928. The original owner was Stanley M. Soule and his Radio Broadcasting Corporation, sharing time with station
KGIO in
Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls is the List of cities in Idaho, fourth most populous city in Idaho and the county seat of Bonneville County, Idaho, Bonneville County. It is the state's most populous city outside the Boise metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United St ...
. KGIQ became KTFI on December 30, 1930. The studios for KTFI were located at its current transmitter site until 1940, when a new studio facility was built in downtown Twin Falls. The station originally transmitted on 1320 kHz; it moved to 1240 kHz in 1931, allowing it to go full-time, and then to 1270 kHz
in 1941. It also transmitted on 99.7 KTFI-FM from October 1947 until the license was canceled at the station's request on August 18, 1955.
The Soule family owned the station until 1947, when O.P. Soule died and Florence M. Gardner bought it from the estate. Greentree Broadcasting acquired the station in 1973. Four years later, the station's call letters changed to KTLC when the format was changed to country.
References
External links
FCC History Cards for KTFI*
Christian radio stations in Idaho
Radio stations established in 1928
1928 establishments in Idaho
Catholic radio stations
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