| Broadcast area | Seattle metropolitan area |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 770kHz |
| Branding | Seattle Red 770 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Conservative talk |
| Network | Fox News Radio |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KIRO,KIRO-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | April 5, 1925; 100 years ago (1925-04-05) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "The Truth" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 27023 |
| Class | B |
| Power |
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| Translator | 94.5 K233BU (Seattle) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | seattlered |
KTTH (770AM) is acommercialradio station inSeattle, Washington. It is owned bySalt Lake City–basedBonneville International, a broadcasting company owned by ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It airs aconservative talk radioformat. The station'stransmitter site is onVashon Island, while its studios are located in Seattle'sEastlake district.
By day, KTTH broadcasts with 50,000watts, the maximum for commercial AM stations.[2] Because770 AM is aclear-channel frequency, KTTH must reduce power to 5,000 watts at night to avoid interfering with other stations. Programming is also heard onFMtranslatorK233BU at 94.5MHz.[3]
Bonneville owns two talk radio stations in Seattle.KIRO-FM 97.3 concentrates largely on local shows and news while KTTH 770 airs mostlysyndicated programming. On weekdays afternoons, local talk host Jason Rantz is heard. The rest of the schedule includesArmstrong & Getty,The Dana Loesch Show,The Guy Benson Show,The Will Cain Show,Fox Across America with Jimmy Failla, America at Night with Rich Valdes andAmerica's First News with Matt Ray.
On weekends, KTTH features shows on health, money, retirement and real estate, some of which arebrokered programming. Weekend syndicated hosts includeBrian Kilmeade,Brett Baier andJosh Hammer. Most hours begin with an update fromFox News Radio.
The station was first licensed as KTCL, to the American Radio Telephone Company of Seattle.[4] The call letters stood for the slogan "Know The Charmed Land". Much of its facilities were obtained through the purchase of equipment previously used by Roy Olmsted's station, KFQX.[5] KTCL made its debut broadcast on April 5, 1925.[6]
In mid-1926 the call letters were changed from KTCL to KOMO, with the owner now listed as American Radio Telephone Co. (Birt F. Fisher).[7] Late that year the KOMO call letters were transferred to another Seattle station, with the now former KOMO changing to KGFA.[8] This was quickly changed back to the original call sign of KTCL.[9] In the fall of 1927 the call letters became KXA.[10]
In 1932, KXA was authorized to move to 760 kHz. In 1941, as part of the implementation of theNorth American Regional Broadcasting Agreement, KXA was shifted to 770 kHz. Because of the requirement to protect the nighttime signal of WJZ (later WABC) in New York City, the primary station on these frequencies, during its early history KXA was adaytimer station, and generally required to go off the air at sunset.
During the 1960s and 1970s, KXA had aclassical music format. It competed withKING-FM 98.1 andKUOW-FM 94.9, which both aired classical music on the FM dial.
As FM became more popular for listening to classical music, on October 1, 1980, the station changed to anoldies format and was known as "Old Gold 77 KXA".[11][12]
Following a bankruptcy filing, the station switched from oldies tobrokeredChristian radio programming in 1983.[13] The station's license was transferred to new owners that same year, and on October 8, 1984, a format called "love songs" began, which was essentially a return to oldies.[14][15]
In 1986, following a sale to Highsmith Broadcasting, the station flipped to asimulcast ofcountry music station KRPM-FM (nowKBKS-FM) and changed its call letters to KRPM.[16][17] In 1991, the station changed call letters to KULL, returning to oldies.[18] Country music returned in January 1995, as did the simulcast with KRPM.
In November 1995, a format swap was made withAM 1090, with 770 receiving the call letters KNWX and anall-news radio format, using programming fromCNN Headline News. That was followed by a switch to business talk programming in 1998.
The station's call letters were changed to KTTH in 2003, along with a flip to conservative talk. KNWX moved to 1210 AM that same year and continued until 2004, when it was renamed KWMG (nowKMIA).[19] In August 2025, the station changed its on-air branding toSeattle Red to accompany the launch of a new website under the same name, and efforts to include additional coverage ofIdaho andOregon.[20]
KTTH was the lastflagship radio station of theSeattle SuperSonics from2006 to2008, until their move to Oklahoma City. The station serves as a backup station to KIRO forSeattle Mariners andWashington State Cougars play-by-play when theSeahawks are playing at the same time. It also carriesSeattle University men's basketball coverage.
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