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| Broadcast area | Spokane metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 970kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Catholic radio |
| Affiliations | EWTN Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Sacred Heart Radio, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1947 (1947) (as 1340 KREM) |
Former call signs | |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 38492 |
| Class | B |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 47°36′57.6″N117°21′58.8″W / 47.616000°N 117.366333°W /47.616000; -117.366333 |
| Translator | 106.1 K291CO (Spokane) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | sacredheartradio |
KTTO (970kHz) is anAM radio station inSpokane, Washington, serving theSpokane metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Sacred Heart Radio, Inc.[2] It airs aCatholicradio format with most programming provided by theEWTN Radio Network.
KTTO'stransmitter is located off East Thurston Avenue in Spokane.[3] Programming is also heard onFMtranslator stationK291CO, powered at 155 watts, broadcasting at 106.1MHz.[4]
The station firstsigned on as KREM in 1946.[5] It originally broadcast at 1340 kHz, at a power of 250 watts. KREM was owned by Cole E. Wylie, who served as president and general manager. By the 1950s, it had moved to its current spot on the dial,AM 970, powered at 5,000 watts by day, 1,000 watts at night.[6]
In 1955, it put Spokane's first FM station on the air, 92.9 KREM-FM (nowKZZU-FM). They were joined byKREM-TV in 1954. In the 1950s and 1960s, when few people owned FM radios, KREM-FMsimulcast the AM station's programming. In 1957, KREM-AM-FM-TV were acquired bySeattle-basedKing Broadcasting Company. In the 1960s, KREM became aTop 40 station, vying withKJRB for Spokane's young radio listeners. KREM-FM switched to aprogressive rock sound in the late 1960s.
On October 16, 1987, the station changed itscall sign to KHIT, playing hits of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. On February 22, 1988, it became KTRW, playingcountry music. TheKTRW call letters are now on aChristian radio station atAM 630. On September 29, 2005, it switched to the current KTTO.[7]
On November 20, 2015, theFederal Communications Commission granted KTTO aconstruction permit to increase daytime power to 5,300 watts and decrease nighttime power to 750 watts.[8] In 2017, KTTO added an FMtranslator at 106.1MHz.
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