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). Owned by Radio Works, LLC through licensee Absolute Communications, LLC, it broadcasts a full service Spanish format.

History

The station first signed on the air in 2008 with a

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format under the KIMZ call letters. It flipped to a

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format as "US 104" with the KUSQ call letters in 2009, which competed against Luverne-based KLQL. After the station's parent company, Absolute Communications, purchased Three Eagles Communications stations in Worthington, the

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format and call letters were moved to the 100,000 watt 95.1 FM signal. On January 5, 2012, KUSQ changed their format to Top 40/CHR, branded as ''104.3 The Party'' with the KZTP call letters. Before the flip to CHR, the only other station with the format in the area was

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. While KKCK utilized a full 100,000 watts with a large coverage area, the tower is nearly 60 miles away, which makes it harder to receive than the local stations on portable radios.

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can be heard in areas west of Worthington. Most of the station's programming came from

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" network. On March 28, 2021, at 12:01 a.m., KZTP flipped to

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as ''104.3 The Bridge''; the station will carry a mix of CCM,

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and

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. The station will maintain its local sports coverage. On July 29, 2024, KZTP changed their format from contemporary Christian to full service Spanish, branded as "La Voz 104.3".Debuts a New Voz
Radioinsight - July 29, 2024

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External links

* ZTP Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 2008 {{Iowa-radio-station-stub