KTIL-FM (95.9 FM, "KTIL Country") is a

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to serve

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, United States. The station is owned by Alexandra Communications, Inc., of

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. KTIL-FM broadcasts a

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format to the greater

Tillamook, Oregon The city of Tillamook ( ) serves as the county seat of Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. The city is located on the southeast end of Tillamook Bay on the Pacific Ocean. The population was 5,231 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. ...

, area.

History

Horizon Broadcasting Group, LLC, received the original

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for this station from the

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on February 24,

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

. The new station was assigned the

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KIXT by the FCC on April 6, 2005. In April 2005, Horizon Broadcasting Group, LLC, reached an agreement to sell the construction permit for this station to Tom Hodgins-owned Alexandra Communications, Inc., for a reported cash price of $150,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 14, 2005, and the transaction was consummated on August 2, 2005. KIXT received its license to cover from the FCC on January 11, 2006. The station changed

s to KTIL-FM on June 10, 2010.

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* {{Country Radio Stations in Oregon TIL-FM Country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 2005 Tillamook County, Oregon 2005 establishments in Oregon