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KTTI

KTTI (95.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Yuma, Arizona, United States. The station is owned by Education Media Foundation. It airs a Spanish Christian format.[2]

KTTI
Broadcast area
Yuma, Arizona
Frequency95.1 MHz
BrandingRadio Nueva Vida
Programming
FormatSpanish Christian
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
November 6, 1970 (1970-11-06)
Former call signs
KALJ (1970–1978)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
62234
ClassC2
ERP50,000 watts
HAAT75 meters (246 ft)
Links
Public license information
Websitenuevavida.com

History

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KALJ

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KALJ took to the air on November 6, 1970.[3] The station was owned by Lan-Jol Enterprises, owned by Robert Langill and Joel Pollard (the call letters stood for Arizona Lan-Jol).[4]

KTTI

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KALJ was sold and went silent on December 31, 1978, in preparation to relaunch two weeks later under new ownership as KTTI, an automated beautiful music outlet.[5] The new owners were Purr Broadcasting, owned by former KBLU-TV/KYEL advertising manager Jim Evans and businessman Rick Richmond.[6] KTTI flipped formats to country on October 1, 1981.[7] Sun Country Broadcasting bought KTTI and KBLU at the same time in 1983.[8]

KBLU and KTTI were owned by Robert Tezak, the owner of Uno, from 1988 to 1995.[9] That year, they were purchased out of bankruptcy by Commonwealth Broadcasting, owner of KYJT (now KQSR).[10] In a quick succession of owners, Commonwealth was acquired by Capstar in 1997,[11] Capstar merged with Chancellor Broadcasting to form AMFM in 1998,[12] and Clear Channel acquired AMFM in 1999.[13] Clear Channel sold its Yuma stations to El Dorado Broadcasters in 2007.[14] Even though KTTI and KQSR were the top two stations in the Yuma market in Eastlan's spring 2025 ratings, El Dorado Broadcasters agreed to sell the stations to K-Love Inc. for $375,000 in November 2025; KBLU was not included in the deal[15] and was closed on February 28, 2026, ahead of a planned mid-March completion of the sale.[16]

References

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  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KTTI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Yuma's KALJ-FM On Air at Noon". Yuma Daily Sun. November 6, 1970. p. 1. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  4. ↑ "New sound ripples in Yuma air". Yuma Daily Sun. November 15, 1970. p. 6. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  5. ↑ Hughes, Candy (January 14, 1979). "KTTI-FM on air tonight with most 'beautiful' music". Yuma Daily Sun. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ Hughes, Candy (January 3, 1979). "KTTI-FM to replace KALJ on Yuma radio". Yuma Daily Sun. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Most listeners like new KTTI". Yuma Daily Sun. October 9, 1981. p. 27. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  8. ↑ Bob Werley (May 18, 1983). "Two radio stations purchased". The Yuma Daily Sun. p. 1. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  9. ↑ "RKO Sells NY & L.A. Properties Separately For $136.6 Million" (PDF). Radio & Records. September 2, 1988. p. 8.
  10. ↑ Christie (June 11, 1995). "Owner adds two radio stations". The Yuma Daily Sun. p. 22. Retrieved December 2, 2019 – via NewspaperArchive.
  11. ↑ "Capstar Broadcasting in Deal for 20 Radio Stations". The New York Times. Reuters. February 5, 1997. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  12. ↑ Bodipo-Memba, Alejandro; Tejada, Carlos (August 28, 1998). "Hicks Muse Plans to Combine Radio Firms Chancellor, Capstar". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  13. ↑ Hofmeister, Sallie (October 5, 1999). "Clear Channel to Buy Radio Leader AMFM in $15.9 Billion Deal". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Price For 16 AZ, CA Clear Channel Stations: $40 Million". All Access. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
  15. ↑ Venta, Lance (November 25, 2025). "K-Love Acquires Yuma Pair From El Dorado". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 9, 2026.
  16. ↑ Venta, Lance (March 1, 2026). "KBLU Yuma Shuts Down". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 9, 2026.
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