KTMC-FM (105.1 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

Classic Rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, prim ...

music format. Licensed to

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, United States. The station is currently owned by Southeastern Oklahoma Radio, LLC.

History

The station first signed on with a

Top 40 In the music industry, the Top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or "conte ...

/ CHR format under the call letters KZBX on June 24, 1987. In 1990, the station changed its call letters to KTMC-FM and flipped its format to

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...

after

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dropped its previous adult contemporary format that same year. The station flipped its format to

oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music (broadly characterized as classic rock and pop rock) from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as wel ...

in late-1993 and to its current classic rock format in 1997. The station originally signed on the air on 104.9 FM but was moved up a notch to 105.1 FM in 1997.

References

External links

McAlester Radio website
* TMC-FM Classic rock radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1987 {{Oklahoma-radio-station-stub