KTON (940 AM) was a

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, United States, serving the Killeen–Temple area. The station's

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was most recently held by JLF Communications, LLP. Prior to shut down, it was a simulcast of

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92.1 in

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. In March 2009, the Commission learned that the station fell silent on December 30, 2008, when the owner of the transmitter site seized control of the transmitter and dismantled the station's

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s after KTON failed to make required rent payments. The station formally notified the

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(FCC) that they had fallen silent on March 9, 2009. The station applied to the FCC for

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to remain silent which was then granted. An application to change the station's frequency to 950 kHz and the

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to Kaufman, Texas, was submitted in July 2009. The Commission accepted the application for filing but never formally approved the move. As of June 2010, KTON is no longer licensed by the FCC. The FCC revoked KTON's license due to being silent for more than one year and for not notifying the FCC regarding the station being

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in a timely manner. The KTON

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was deleted from the FCC database on June 2, 2010, and eventually moved to an AM radio station in Cameron, Texas.

References

External links

Facility details for Facility ID 60091 (KTON)
in the FCC Licensing and Management System
FCC History Cards for KTON
(covering 1959-1980)

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Defunct radio stations in the United States Radio stations disestablished in 2010 2010 disestablishments in Texas Radio stations established in 1962 1962 establishments in Texas

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