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WTXK

April 22, 2024

WTXK (1210 AM, "The Ticket") is a sports-formatted radio station licensed to Pike Road, Alabama, United States and serving nearby Montgomery. [5][6][7] The station, established in 1968, is currently owned and operated by Frontdoor Broadcasting, LLC as part of a duopoly with Contemporary Christian station WVRV (97.5 FM). Both stations share studios on Carmichael Way in eastern Montgomery, while its transmitter facilities are located between Montgomery and Pike Road.

WTXK
Broadcast areaMontgomery, Alabama
Frequency1210 kHz
BrandingESPN The Ticket
Programming
FormatSports
AffiliationsESPN Radio
Troy Trojans[1]
Motor Racing Network[2]
Performance Racing Network[3]
Ownership
Owner
  • Stroh Communications
  • (Frontdoor Broadcasting, LLC)
WVRV
History
First air date
October 5, 1968
Former call signs
WAYD (1968-1988)
WFSF (1988-1993)
WQLS (1993-2010)[4]
Former frequencies
1190 kHz (1968-1987)
1200 kHz (1987-2002)
Technical information
Facility ID63946
ClassD
Power10,000 watts day
5,000 watts critical hours
3 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
32°17′33″N 86°13′02″W / 32.29250°N 86.21722°W / 32.29250; -86.21722
Translator(s)107.5 W298BC (Montgomery)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.espntheticket.com

WTXK serves as the flagship station of the Troy Trojans and as a local affiliate of NASCAR racing via Motor Racing Network and Performance Racing Network.[1][2][3] Programming includes syndicated programming from ESPN Radio.[5][6]

In addition to the 1210 AM frequency, WTXK also broadcasts its programming on translator W298BC (107.5 FM) licensed to Montgomery. That station broadcasts from a transmitter at the studios of local television stations WAKA-TV, WNCF, and WBMM along Harrison Road in Montgomery.

History edit

The 1190 years edit

This station began regular broadcast operations on October 5, 1968, as a 1,000 watt daytime-only AM station at 1190 kHz known as WAYD under the ownership of Wade B. Sullivan.[8] WAYD aired a country & western music format through the entire 1970s.[8][9]

In October 1981, Wade B. Sullivan reached an agreement to sell WAYD to RJG Communications, owned by Raymond F. Akin, Gordon L. Bostic, and J.A. Baxter Jr. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 3, 1981.[10] RJG Communications in turn agreed in February 1983 to sell this station to MSB Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on April 8, 1983.[11]

Just over two years later, in August 1985, MSB Communications, Inc., contracted to sell this station to HS Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on September 18, 1985, and the transaction was consummated on February 10, 1986.[12]

The 1200 years edit

WAYD received a construction permit on June 16, 1986, that authorized a move from 1190 kHz to 1200 kHz and a power increase to 10,000 watts during the day and to 2,500 watts during critical hours operation.[13] The station received its license to cover this move and upgrade on April 20, 1987.[14]

In October 1988, HS Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Wesley R. Morgan. The deal was approved by the FCC on November 10, 1988, and the transaction was consummated on December 29, 1988.[15] On December 9, 1988, the new owners had the FCC change the station's call letters to WFSF.[4]

In March 1989, Wesley R. Morgan agreed to transfer the broadcast license for WFSF to the Morgan Broadcasting Limited Partnership. The transfer was approved by the FCC on April 21, 1989, and the transaction was consummated on May 2, 1989.[16] This ownership change would prove short-lived as in April 1990 Morgan Broadcasting Limited Partnership agreed to sell this station to Sunrise Broadcasting Corp. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 21, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on June 29, 1990.[17] Internal corporate shifts saw the license transferred to Sunrise Broadcasting of Alabama, Inc., in August 1991.[18]

On July 9, 1993, the station was assigned the WQLS callsign.[4]

The 1210 years edit

WQLS was granted a new construction permit in July 1995 that authorized an increase in critical hours signal power to 5,000 watts and the addition of nighttime broadcasting at 35 watts but necessitating another frequency shift, this time to the current 1210 kHz.[19] The station began broadcasting at the new frequency in March 1997 but did not receive the license to cover the change from the FCC until July 12, 2002.[20]

In September 1995, Sunrise Broadcasting of Alabama, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Woods Communications Group, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on November 21, 1995, and the transaction was consummated on January 20, 1996.[21]

In March 2000, Jimmy Jarrell of Auburn, Alabama, reached an agreement to purchase news-talk formatted WQLS from Woods Communication Group Inc. of Dothan, Alabama (Carl Blackmon, secretary/treasurer) for a reported sale price of $12,000.[22] The deal gained FCC approval on 2000-05-02 and the transfer was consummated on 2000-06-20.[23]

In May 2002, Styles Broadcasting Inc. (Kim Styles, CEO) reached an agreement to purchase country music formatted WJRL-FM and gospel music formatted WQLS from Jimmy Jarrell for a reported sale price of $750,000.[24] The deal gained FCC approval on June 24, 2002, and the transfer was consummated on 2002-08-01.[25]

 
2006-2008 station logo

In December 2006, Horizon Broadcasting Company reached an agreement to purchase WQLS from Magic Broadcasting, LLC., for a reported $125,000.[26] The deal gained FCC approval on January 16, 2007, and the transfer was consummated on April 24, 2007.[27] Horizon operated WQLS as a "full Gospel radio station" with a Gospel music format until it went off-the-air in late January 2008 due to a fire.[28]

Dark times edit

In August 2008, Hughey Communications, Inc. (owned by Randall and Debra Hughey) agreed to purchase this dark station from Wayne North's Horizon Broadcasting Company for a reported sale price of $50,000 in cash.[29][30] The FCC approved the deal on November 19, 2008, and the transaction was consummated on January 26, 2009.[31]

On December 30, 2008, WQLS applied to the FCC for special temporary authority to broadcast with reduced power (1,000 watts daytime and critical hours, 3 watts at night) from temporary facilities at the existing tower site.[28] The station had been destroyed by a fire and was off the air for almost all of 2008.[28] If the station had not returned to the air by January 28, 2009, they risked the automatic forfeiture of their broadcast license for remaining silent for more than 12 months. The FCC granted this temporary authority on January 6, 2009, with a scheduled expiration of July 6, 2009.[32] The station filed for an extension of this authority in March 2009 which the FCC finally granted on December 17, 2009, with a scheduled expiration of January 29, 2010.[33]

New city, new owner, new format edit

On May 13, 2009, the station applied to change its community of license from Ozark, Alabama, near Dothan, to Pike Road, Alabama, near Montgomery. The FCC granted a construction permit for this relocation on November 20, 2009, with a scheduled expiration of November 20, 2012.[34] With construction and testing complete, the station was granted an updated broadcast license for the Pike Road location on February 22, 2010.[35]

License holders Hughey Communications, Inc., reached an agreement to sell WQLS to Frontdoor Broadcasting, LLC, in December 2009. The FCC approved the deal on January 19, 2010. The transaction was consummated on January 28, 2010.[36] The new owners had the FCC change the station's call sign to WTXK on March 12, 2010.[4] The call sign was changed to match the station's new branding as "The Ticket", a sports talk format that took effect in late March 2010. The move also resulted in WTXK simulcasting its new programming on FM translator W298BC (107.5 FM) in Montgomery.[5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Troy Sports Radio Network". Frontdoor Broadcasting LLC. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Radio Partners". Motor Racing Network. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. ^ a b "NASCAR Cup Series Affiliates". Performance Racing Network. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  5. ^ a b c Tankersley, Mike (March 28, 2010). . Montgomery Advertiser. Archived from the original on March 31, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  6. ^ a b c "New Sports Outlet In Montgomery". All Access. March 29, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  7. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved March 29, 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S.". Broadcasting Yearbook 1971. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1971. p. B-8.
  9. ^ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-9.
  10. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19811008GW)". FCC Media Bureau. December 3, 1981.
  11. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19830201EI)". FCC Media Bureau. April 8, 1983.
  12. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19850805FV)". FCC Media Bureau. February 10, 1986.
  13. ^ "Application Search Details (BP-19860219AA)". FCC Media Bureau. June 16, 1986.
  14. ^ "Application Search Details (BL-19870224AA)". FCC Media Bureau. April 20, 1987.
  15. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19880930EI)". FCC Media Bureau. December 29, 1988.
  16. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19890313HJ)". FCC Media Bureau. May 2, 1989.
  17. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19900424GG)". FCC Media Bureau. June 29, 1990.
  18. ^ "Application Search Details (BAPL-19910523HC)". FCC Media Bureau. August 19, 1991.
  19. ^ "Application Search Details (BP-19941220AB)". FCC Media Bureau. July 25, 1995.
  20. ^ "Application Search Details (BL-19970325AD)". FCC Media Bureau. July 12, 2002.
  21. ^ "Application Search Details (BAPL-19950929GE)". FCC Media Bureau. January 20, 1996.
  22. ^ "Changing Hands - 4/10/2000". Broadcasting & Cable. 2000-04-10.
  23. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-20000314ABC)". FCC Media Bureau. 2000-06-30.
  24. ^ "Changing Hands - 5/20/2002". Broadcasting & Cable. May 20, 2002.
  25. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-20020506AAE)". FCC Media Bureau. August 1, 2002.
  26. ^ "Transactions for Dec. 1, 2006". Radio & Records. 2006-12-01. Retrieved 2007-12-30. Magic Broadcasting, LLC's WQLS-AM/Ozark, AL to Horizon Broadcasting Co. $125,000.
  27. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-20061128ABK)". FCC Media Bureau. April 24, 2007.
  28. ^ a b c "Engineering STA (BSTA - 20081230AEG)". Federal Communications Commission. December 30, 2008.
  29. ^ "Transactions for Sept. 2, 2008". Radio & Records. September 2, 2008.
  30. ^ "Hughey reaches for the Horizon". Radio Business Report. September 2, 2008.
  31. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-20080828ABL)". FCC Media Bureau. January 26, 2009.
  32. ^ "Application Search Details (BSTA-20081230AEG)". FCC Media Bureau. January 6, 2009.
  33. ^ "Application Search Details (BLSTA-20090227ACB)". FCC Media Bureau. December 17, 2009.
  34. ^ "Application Search Details (BP-20090508ACB)". FCC Media Bureau. November 20, 2009.
  35. ^ "Application Search Details (BL-20100122ADE)". FCC Media Bureau. February 22, 2010.
  36. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-20091201APY)". FCC Media Bureau. January 28, 2009.

External links edit

  • WTXK in the FCC AM station database
  • WTXK in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
  • W298BC in the FCC FM station database
  • W298BC at FCCdata.org

April 22, 2024
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WTXK 1210 AM The Ticket is a sports formatted radio station licensed to Pike Road Alabama United States and serving nearby Montgomery 5 6 7 The station established in 1968 is currently owned and operated by Frontdoor Broadcasting LLC as part of a duopoly with Contemporary Christian station WVRV 97 5 FM Both stations share studios on Carmichael Way in eastern Montgomery while its transmitter facilities are located between Montgomery and Pike Road WTXKPike Road AlabamaBroadcast areaMontgomery AlabamaFrequency1210 kHzBrandingESPN The TicketProgrammingFormatSportsAffiliationsESPN RadioTroy Trojans 1 Motor Racing Network 2 Performance Racing Network 3 OwnershipOwnerStroh Communications Frontdoor Broadcasting LLC Sister stationsWVRVHistoryFirst air dateOctober 5 1968Former call signsWAYD 1968 1988 WFSF 1988 1993 WQLS 1993 2010 4 Former frequencies1190 kHz 1968 1987 1200 kHz 1987 2002 Technical informationFacility ID63946ClassDPower10 000 watts day5 000 watts critical hours3 watts nightTransmitter coordinates32 17 33 N 86 13 02 W 32 29250 N 86 21722 W 32 29250 86 21722Translator s 107 5 W298BC Montgomery LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitewww wbr espntheticket wbr com WTXK serves as the flagship station of the Troy Trojans and as a local affiliate of NASCAR racing via Motor Racing Network and Performance Racing Network 1 2 3 Programming includes syndicated programming from ESPN Radio 5 6 In addition to the 1210 AM frequency WTXK also broadcasts its programming on translator W298BC 107 5 FM licensed to Montgomery That station broadcasts from a transmitter at the studios of local television stations WAKA TV WNCF and WBMM along Harrison Road in Montgomery Contents 1 History 1 1 The 1190 years 1 2 The 1200 years 1 3 The 1210 years 1 4 Dark times 1 5 New city new owner new format 2 References 3 External linksHistory editThe 1190 years edit This station began regular broadcast operations on October 5 1968 as a 1 000 watt daytime only AM station at 1190 kHz known as WAYD under the ownership of Wade B Sullivan 8 WAYD aired a country amp western music format through the entire 1970s 8 9 In October 1981 Wade B Sullivan reached an agreement to sell WAYD to RJG Communications owned by Raymond F Akin Gordon L Bostic and J A Baxter Jr The deal was approved by the FCC on December 3 1981 10 RJG Communications in turn agreed in February 1983 to sell this station to MSB Communications Inc The deal was approved by the FCC on April 8 1983 11 Just over two years later in August 1985 MSB Communications Inc contracted to sell this station to HS Communications Inc The deal was approved by the FCC on September 18 1985 and the transaction was consummated on February 10 1986 12 The 1200 years edit WAYD received a construction permit on June 16 1986 that authorized a move from 1190 kHz to 1200 kHz and a power increase to 10 000 watts during the day and to 2 500 watts during critical hours operation 13 The station received its license to cover this move and upgrade on April 20 1987 14 In October 1988 HS Broadcasting Inc reached an agreement to sell this station to Wesley R Morgan The deal was approved by the FCC on November 10 1988 and the transaction was consummated on December 29 1988 15 On December 9 1988 the new owners had the FCC change the station s call letters to WFSF 4 In March 1989 Wesley R Morgan agreed to transfer the broadcast license for WFSF to the Morgan Broadcasting Limited Partnership The transfer was approved by the FCC on April 21 1989 and the transaction was consummated on May 2 1989 16 This ownership change would prove short lived as in April 1990 Morgan Broadcasting Limited Partnership agreed to sell this station to Sunrise Broadcasting Corp The deal was approved by the FCC on June 21 1990 and the transaction was consummated on June 29 1990 17 Internal corporate shifts saw the license transferred to Sunrise Broadcasting of Alabama Inc in August 1991 18 On July 9 1993 the station was assigned the WQLS callsign 4 The 1210 years edit WQLS was granted a new construction permit in July 1995 that authorized an increase in critical hours signal power to 5 000 watts and the addition of nighttime broadcasting at 35 watts but necessitating another frequency shift this time to the current 1210 kHz 19 The station began broadcasting at the new frequency in March 1997 but did not receive the license to cover the change from the FCC until July 12 2002 20 In September 1995 Sunrise Broadcasting of Alabama Inc reached an agreement to sell this station to Woods Communications Group Inc The deal was approved by the FCC on November 21 1995 and the transaction was consummated on January 20 1996 21 In March 2000 Jimmy Jarrell of Auburn Alabama reached an agreement to purchase news talk formatted WQLS from Woods Communication Group Inc of Dothan Alabama Carl Blackmon secretary treasurer for a reported sale price of 12 000 22 The deal gained FCC approval on 2000 05 02 and the transfer was consummated on 2000 06 20 23 In May 2002 Styles Broadcasting Inc Kim Styles CEO reached an agreement to purchase country music formatted WJRL FM and gospel music formatted WQLS from Jimmy Jarrell for a reported sale price of 750 000 24 The deal gained FCC approval on June 24 2002 and the transfer was consummated on 2002 08 01 25 nbsp 2006 2008 station logo In December 2006 Horizon Broadcasting Company reached an agreement to purchase WQLS from Magic Broadcasting LLC for a reported 125 000 26 The deal gained FCC approval on January 16 2007 and the transfer was consummated on April 24 2007 27 Horizon operated WQLS as a full Gospel radio station with a Gospel music format until it went off the air in late January 2008 due to a fire 28 Dark times edit In August 2008 Hughey Communications Inc owned by Randall and Debra Hughey agreed to purchase this dark station from Wayne North s Horizon Broadcasting Company for a reported sale price of 50 000 in cash 29 30 The FCC approved the deal on November 19 2008 and the transaction was consummated on January 26 2009 31 On December 30 2008 WQLS applied to the FCC for special temporary authority to broadcast with reduced power 1 000 watts daytime and critical hours 3 watts at night from temporary facilities at the existing tower site 28 The station had been destroyed by a fire and was off the air for almost all of 2008 28 If the station had not returned to the air by January 28 2009 they risked the automatic forfeiture of their broadcast license for remaining silent for more than 12 months The FCC granted this temporary authority on January 6 2009 with a scheduled expiration of July 6 2009 32 The station filed for an extension of this authority in March 2009 which the FCC finally granted on December 17 2009 with a scheduled expiration of January 29 2010 33 New city new owner new format edit On May 13 2009 the station applied to change its community of license from Ozark Alabama near Dothan to Pike Road Alabama near Montgomery The FCC granted a construction permit for this relocation on November 20 2009 with a scheduled expiration of November 20 2012 34 With construction and testing complete the station was granted an updated broadcast license for the Pike Road location on February 22 2010 35 License holders Hughey Communications Inc reached an agreement to sell WQLS to Frontdoor Broadcasting LLC in December 2009 The FCC approved the deal on January 19 2010 The transaction was consummated on January 28 2010 36 The new owners had the FCC change the station s call sign to WTXK on March 12 2010 4 The call sign was changed to match the station s new branding as The Ticket a sports talk format that took effect in late March 2010 The move also resulted in WTXK simulcasting its new programming on FM translator W298BC 107 5 FM in Montgomery 5 6 References edit a b Troy Sports Radio Network Frontdoor Broadcasting LLC Retrieved 24 July 2022 a b Radio Partners Motor Racing Network Retrieved 24 July 2022 a b NASCAR Cup Series Affiliates Performance Racing Network 5 July 2022 Retrieved 24 July 2022 a b c d Call Sign History FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database Retrieved March 29 2010 a b c Tankersley Mike March 28 2010 New sports radio station may be just The Ticket for some Montgomery Advertiser Archived from the original on March 31 2010 Retrieved March 29 2010 a b c New Sports Outlet In Montgomery All Access March 29 2010 Retrieved March 29 2010 Station Information Profile Arbitron Retrieved March 29 2010 a b Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U S Broadcasting Yearbook 1971 Washington D C Broadcasting Publications Inc 1971 p B 8 Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 Washington D C Broadcasting Publications Inc 1979 p C 9 Application Search Details BAL 19811008GW FCC Media Bureau December 3 1981 Application Search Details BAL 19830201EI FCC Media Bureau April 8 1983 Application Search Details BAL 19850805FV FCC Media Bureau February 10 1986 Application Search Details BP 19860219AA FCC Media Bureau June 16 1986 Application Search Details BL 19870224AA FCC Media Bureau April 20 1987 Application Search Details BAL 19880930EI FCC Media Bureau December 29 1988 Application Search Details BAL 19890313HJ FCC Media Bureau May 2 1989 Application Search Details BAL 19900424GG FCC Media Bureau June 29 1990 Application Search Details BAPL 19910523HC FCC Media Bureau August 19 1991 Application Search Details BP 19941220AB FCC Media Bureau July 25 1995 Application Search Details BL 19970325AD FCC Media Bureau July 12 2002 Application Search Details BAPL 19950929GE FCC Media Bureau January 20 1996 Changing Hands 4 10 2000 Broadcasting amp Cable 2000 04 10 Application Search Details BAL 20000314ABC FCC Media Bureau 2000 06 30 Changing Hands 5 20 2002 Broadcasting amp Cable May 20 2002 Application Search Details BAL 20020506AAE FCC Media Bureau August 1 2002 Transactions for Dec 1 2006 Radio amp Records 2006 12 01 Retrieved 2007 12 30 Magic Broadcasting LLC s WQLS AM Ozark AL to Horizon Broadcasting Co 125 000 Application Search Details BAL 20061128ABK FCC Media Bureau April 24 2007 a b c Engineering STA BSTA 20081230AEG Federal Communications Commission December 30 2008 Transactions for Sept 2 2008 Radio amp Records September 2 2008 Hughey reaches for the Horizon Radio Business Report September 2 2008 Application Search Details BAL 20080828ABL FCC Media Bureau January 26 2009 Application Search Details BSTA 20081230AEG FCC Media Bureau January 6 2009 Application Search Details BLSTA 20090227ACB FCC Media Bureau December 17 2009 Application Search Details BP 20090508ACB FCC Media Bureau November 20 2009 Application Search Details BL 20100122ADE FCC Media Bureau February 22 2010 Application Search Details BAL 20091201APY FCC Media Bureau January 28 2009 External links editWTXK in the FCC AM station database WTXK in Nielsen Audio s AM station database W298BC in the FCC FM station database W298BC at FCCdata org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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