KTUA (88.1 FM) is a

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licensed to

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, United States, and serving the

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area. The station is currently owned by the

Educational Media Foundation Educational Media Foundation (formerly EMF Broadcasting, abbreviated EMF) is an American nonprofit Christian media ministry based in Franklin, a suburb of Nashville. EMF is the parent company of K-LOVE and Air1—the world's largest contempor ...

and broadcasts the

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network.

History

In 2002, the

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approved a 1996 application from David Ingles Ministries Church Inc. for a construction permit for this station. On January 6, 2003, the station took the call sign KDIM. Under David Ingles Ministries, KDIM was part of the Oasis Radio Network. In 2021, KDIM was sold to the

for $2.415 million. When the sale closed on December 2, 2021, the station began airing EMF's

Air 1 Air1 is an American Christian radio network owned by the Educational Media Foundation (EMF), a non-profit Christian ministry. It primarily broadcasts contemporary worship music, and is a sister to the EMF's K-Love network. History On July 15, ...

network. Air1 had been heard on KWRI (89.1 FM) at

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and two translators in the Tulsa metro area, which became KKLB and joined the

K-Love K-Love (stylized as K-LOVE) is an American Christian radio network. Owned by the Educational Media Foundation (EMF), a non-profit Christian ministry, it primarily broadcasts contemporary Christian music. As of June 2019, the network's progr ...

network. The station changed its call sign to KTUA on December 21, 2021.

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* TUA Radio stations established in 2003 2003 establishments in Oklahoma Educational Media Foundation radio stations Air1 radio stations {{Oklahoma-radio-station-stub