KTIA-FM

KTIA-FM
City	Huxley, Iowa
Frequency	99.3 MHz
Format	Religious
ERP	5,200 watts
HAAT	107 m (351 ft)
Class	A
Facility ID	6417
Transmitter coordinates	42°02′55″N 93°53′54″W / 42.04861°N 93.89833°W / 42.04861; -93.89833
Former callsigns	KFGQ, KFFF-FM
Owner	Truth Broadcasting, Inc.

KTIA-FM (99.3 FM) is a commercial radio station that serves the Central Iowa area. The station broadcasts a religious format. KTIA-FM is licensed to Truth Broadcasting, Inc.^[1]

The station was originally licensed as KFGQ but changed callsigns to KFFF-FM on February 1, 2005.^[2]

The transmitter and broadcast tower were originally located in southwest Boone, Iowa on West Park Avenue. According to the Antenna Structure Registration database, the tower is 90 m (295 ft) tall with the FM broadcast antenna mounted at the 87 m (285 ft) level. ^[3] The calculated Height Above Average Terrain is 107 m (351 ft). The FM antenna array is a FMC-4A manufactured by Harris.

Truth Broadcasting applied to move KTIA's transmitter from Boone, Iowa to Huxley, Iowa and broadcast from a tower near Huxley. This move would represent a 15-mile relocation to the southeast for KTIA and provide a better signal to the Des Moines metro area, thus adding 400,000 people into the listening range of KTIA. Truth had opposition from Saga Communications, which said that the move was a "move-in" to the Des Moines or Ames Designated Urban Areas, resulting in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in serving Truth Broadcasting with a Deficiency Letter that gave the owners the opportunity to rebut Saga's assertion. Truth Broadcasting instead countered with its own petition asking that the Deficiency Letter be reviewed and reversed because the move could not hit the Des Moines market without being over 50% of the metro, while the Commission noted that at one site with a directional pattern, the signal could get into over 50% of the Ames area. As a result of this, the FCC denied Truth's request and Petition for reconsideration, thus canceling the application.^[4] After reconsidering the decision, the FCC has since reversed its previous ruling and granted the construction permit for KTIA moving to Huxley. The station was issued its license to cover Huxley on July 6, 2015.

References

↑ FCC Ownership database
↑ FCC Callsign History database
↑ FCC Antenna Structure Registration database
↑ FCC Nixes KTIA Move from All Access (December 23, 2013)

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KTIA

Radio-Locator information on KTIA

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KTIA

Radio stations in the Des Moines–Ames, Iowa market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.7 88.9 89.3 90.1 91.3 91.7 92.5 93.3 94.1 94.9 96.1 96.3 97.3 97.7 97.9 98.3 98.9 99.3 99.9 100.3 101.1 101.7 102.5 103.3 104.1 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.3 107.1 107.5

By AM frequency	540 640 940 1040 1150 1260 1310 1350 1430 1460 1490 1590 1700

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

By callsign	K260AM KASI KAZR KBGG KCYZ KDFR KDLF KDLS KDLS-FM KDPS KDRA KDRB KDXA KFMG-LP KGGO KHKI KICG KICJ KICL KICP KIOA KJJY KJMC KKDM KMYR KNSL KNWI KNWM KPSZ KPUL KRNT KSTZ KTIA-FM KURE KWBG KWDM KWKY KWMT KWQW KXIA KXLQ KXNO WHO WOI WOI-FM WXL57

Defunct	KCBC-FM KGVC-LP (94.1 FM)

Nearby radio markets Cedar Rapids–Iowa City Fort Dodge Kansas City Omaha–Council Bluffs Ottumwa Sioux City Waterloo–Cedar Falls See also List of radio stations in Iowa

Religious radio stations in the state of Iowa

Stations	KAYP – Burlington KBDC – Mason City KCRM – Marshalltown KDCR – Sioux Center KDFR – Des Moines KDLF – Boone KHLW – Tabor KIAD – Dubuque KIHS – Adel KJCY – Saint Ansgar KJIA – Spirit Lake KJTT – Story City KJYL – Eagle Grove KLFG – Fort Dodge KLNG – Council Bluffs KLOX – Creston KMDY – Keokuk KQLF – Ottumwa KPSZ – Des Moines KRJE – Hawkeye KRQC-LP – Davenport KSKB – Brooklyn KTFC – Sioux City KTFG – Sioux Rapids KTIA-FM – Huxley KTJT-LP – Davenport KWKY – Des Moines KWVI – Waverly KYFR – Shenandoah

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Iowa See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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