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词条 WTXK
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  1. History

     The 1190 years  The 1200 years  The 1210 years  Dark times  New city, new owner, new format 

  2. References

  3. External links

{{Infobox radio station
| name = WTXK
| image =
| city = Pike Road, Alabama
| area = Montgomery, Alabama
| branding = The Ticket
| slogan =
| airdate = October 5, 1968
| frequency = 1210 kHz
| translator = 107.5 W298BC (Montgomery)
| format = Sports
| power = 10,000 watts day
5,000 watts critical hours
3 watts night
| class = D
| facility_id = 63946
| coordinates = {{coord|32|17|33|N|86|13|02|W|region:US-AL_type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = WAYD (1968-1988)
WFSF (1988-1993)
WQLS (1993-2010)[1]
| former_frequencies = 1190 kHz (1968-1987)
1200 kHz (1987-2002)
| affiliations = Yahoo! Sports Radio
| owner = Frontdoor Broadcasting, LLC
| licensee =
| sister_stations = WALQ
| webcast = Listen Live
| website = wtxktheticket.com
}}

WTXK (1210 AM, "The Ticket") is a radio station licensed to serve Pike Road, Alabama, United States. The station, established in 1968, is currently owned and operated by Frontdoor Broadcasting, LLC.

WTXK broadcasts a sports format to the Montgomery, Alabama, area.[2][3][1] Programming includes syndicated programming from Yahoo! Sports Radio.[2][3]

In addition to the 1210 AM frequency, WTXK also broadcasts its programming on translator W298BC (107.5 FM) in Montgomery.

History

The 1190 years

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.[2] WAYD aired a country & western music format through the entire 1970s.[2][3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

The 1200 years

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.[7] The station received its license to cover this move and upgrade on April 20, 1987.[8]

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.[9] On December 9, 1988, the new owners had the FCC change the station's call letters to WFSF.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12] Internal corporate shifts saw the license transferred to Sunrise Broadcasting of Alabama, Inc., in August 1991.[13]

On July 9, 1993, the station was assigned the WQLS callsign.[10]

The 1210 years

WQLS was granted a new construction permit in July 1995 that authorized an increased 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.[14] 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.[15]

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.[16]

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.[17] The deal gained FCC approval on 2000-05-02 and the transfer was consummated on 2000-06-20.[18]

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.[19] The deal gained FCC approval on June 24, 2002, and the transfer was consummated on 2002-08-01.[20]

In December 2006, Horizon Broadcasting Company reached an agreement to purchase WQLS from Magic Broadcasting, LLC., for a reported $125,000.[21] The deal gained FCC approval on January 16, 2007, and the transfer was consummated on April 24, 2007.[22] 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.[30]

Dark times

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.[23][24] The deal was approved by the FCC on November 19, 2008, and the transaction was consummated on January 26, 2009.[25]

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.[26] The station had been destroyed by a fire and was off the air for almost all of 2008.[26] 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.[27] 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.[28]

New city, new owner, new format

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.[29] With construction and testing complete, the station was granted an updated broadcast license for the Pike Road location on February 22, 2010.[30]

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, and the transaction was consummated on January 28, 2010.[31] The new owners had the FCC change the station's call sign to WTXK on March 12, 2010.[10] 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.[32][33]

References

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2. ^1 {{cite book |title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1971 |chapter=Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S. |page=B-8 |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C. |year=1971}}
3. ^{{cite book |year=1979 |title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 |page=C-9 |chapter=Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C.}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=35013 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19811008GW) |date=December 3, 1981}}
5. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19830201EI) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=52086 |date=April 8, 1983}}
6. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19850805FV) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=80718 |date=February 10, 1986}}
7. ^{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=85961 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BP-19860219AA) |date=June 16, 1986}}
8. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BL-19870224AA) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=98030 |date=April 20, 1987}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=118777 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19880930EI) |date=December 29, 1988}}
10. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=63946&Callsign=WTXK |title=Call Sign History |accessdate=March 29, 2010}}
11. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19890313HJ) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=125819 |date=May 2, 1989}}
12. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19900424GG) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=147655 |date=June 29, 1990}}
13. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=161481 |title=Application Search Details (BAPL-19910523HC) |date=August 19, 1991}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=204990 |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BP-19941220AB) |date=July 25, 1995}}
15. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BL-19970325AD) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=243054 |date=July 12, 2002}}
16. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAPL-19950929GE) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=214407 |date=January 20, 1996}}
17. ^{{cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands - 4/10/2000 |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27841744_ITM |date=2000-04-10}}
18. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20000314ABC) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=494008 |date=2000-06-30}}
19. ^{{cite news |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Changing Hands - 5/20/2002 |date=May 20, 2002 |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA218119.html?q=WJRL}}
20. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20020506AAE) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=601697 |date=August 1, 2002}}
21. ^{{cite web |work=Radio & Records |title=Transactions for Dec. 1, 2006 |url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRWebSite/SearchStoryPage.aspx?ContentID=qwUfzX6FmB0%3d&Version=0&Search=Huntsville |date=2006-12-01 |accessdate=2007-12-30 |quote=Magic Broadcasting, LLC's WQLS-AM/Ozark, AL to Horizon Broadcasting Co. $125,000.}}
22. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20061128ABK) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1152767 |date=April 24, 2007}}
23. ^{{cite news |title=Transactions for Sept. 2, 2008 |url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRWebSite/NewsStoryPage.aspx?ContentID=L1l4UcNu5Hw%3D& |work=Radio & Records |date=September 2, 2008}}
24. ^{{cite news |work=Radio Business Report |url=http://www.rbr.com/radio/radio_deals/hughey_reaches_for_the_horizon.html |title=Hughey reaches for the Horizon |date=September 2, 2008}}
25. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20080828ABL) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1259352 |date=January 26, 2009}}
26. ^1 2 {{cite web |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |title=Engineering STA (BSTA - 20081230AEG) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1286273&Service=AM&Form_id=911&Facility_id=63946 |date=December 30, 2008}}
27. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BSTA-20081230AEG) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1286273 |date=January 6, 2009}}
28. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BLSTA-20090227ACB) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1297892 |date=December 17, 2009}}
29. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BP-20090508ACB) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1335081 |date=November 20, 2009}}
30. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BL-20100122ADE) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1355090 |date=February 22, 2010}}
31. ^{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20091201APY) |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1344781 |date=January 28, 2009}}
32. ^1 2 {{cite news|first=Mike |last=Tankersley |work=Montgomery Advertiser |title=New sports radio station may be just 'The Ticket' for some |url=http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20100328/SPORTS/3280327/1002/sports/New-sports-radio-station-may-be-just-The-Ticket-for-some |date=March 28, 2010 |accessdate=March 29, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331030238/http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20100328/SPORTS/3280327/1002/sports/New-sports-radio-station-may-be-just-The-Ticket-for-some |archivedate=March 31, 2010 }}
33. ^1 2 {{cite news |work=All Access |title=New Sports Outlet In Montgomery |url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/72847/new-sports-outlet-in-montgomery |date=March 29, 2010 |accessdate=March 29, 2010}}

External links

{{AM station data|WTXK}}
  • {{FMQ|W298BC}}
  • {{FMXL|W298BC}}
{{Montgomery Radio}}{{Sports Radio Stations in Alabama}}

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