KTLI (99.1 FM) is a radio station in Wichita, Kansas, and licensed to

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, Kansas. The station airs the

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programming from the

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. El Dorado Licenses is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMF. KTLI's transmitter is located near

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History

KTLI signed on the air in 1972 at 99.3 FM. Its format history includes

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and

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as KOYY and

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as KSPG-FM. In February 1988, Gary and Ann Violet purchased KSPG-FM along with KSPG-AM (1360). The country format was dropped on the FM side for

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as the second incarnation of KBUZ (formerly on 106.5 FM, now

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), targeting Wichita, despite its (at the time) poor signal. In the fall of 1989, KBUZ upgraded its signal for better coverage over Wichita; the power increased from 3 kW to 50 kW, and relocated its transmitter to a site near Towanda. Along with an increase in its power, the station changed frequencies from 99.3 to 99.1. The format leaned slightly towards a

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direction for a brief period and later moved back to an urban direction. In December 1991, the Violets once again sold KBUZ along with KSPG-AM, this time to New Life Fellowship Inc., whose principal was local pastor David Brace. At Midnight on December 6, the new owners dropped KBUZ's urban format again, and changed to

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as "Light 99" (the KTLI call letters would be adopted on January 12, 1993). In December 1995, Brace was convicted on federal money laundering charges; because of this, KTLI was sold off in bankruptcy court to Adonai Radio Group. In June 2004, Adonai Radio Group announced they would sell KTLI to

(EMF), at the time based in

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. Since the completion of the sale in October 2004, KTLI has aired EMF's "

" contemporary Christian music format.Brent Castillo, "Faith & music", ''The Wichita Eagle'', September 4, 2004.

References

External links

Station website
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