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KTAO ("KTAOS 101.9") is a solar-powered FM radio station licensed to serve Taos, New Mexico. The station is owned by Taos Communications Corporation. It airs an adult album alternative music format. The station was assigned the KTAO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on October 6, 1986. The station is an affiliate of the syndicated Pink Floyd program "Floydian Slip."

KTAO 95.3 FM, was an FM station in Los Gatos, owned by former Random House editor Bill Ryan (William Harvey Ryan III) and Lorenzo Milam.

KTAO’s transmitter was in the town of Taos prior to 1991. Following FCC approval to increase to 1,200 watts, a new transmitter site was needed. A new transmitter was located at 10,800-foot Picuris Peak, which does not have grid power. According to former owner Brad Hockmeyer, solar power was the only option. The high-altitude location of its transmitter gives KTAO rimshot broadcast coverage from as far south as Albuquerque, New Mexico, and north into southern Colorado. This broadcast area is the largest of any solar-powered station in the world. On June 8, 2010, Brad Hockmeyer sold KTAO and the Solar Center to Aidan Bain, gaining controlling interest of KTAOS Solar Radio 101.9 FM, and the KTAOS Solar Center, a full bar, restaurant, and music venue attached to the operating radio station office building.

KTAO is the largest solar powered radio station in the United States. It was featured in Episode 8, "Sky's The Limit", of the History Channel program Life After People.

New Mexico Broadcasters Association (2011)

NMBA Station of the Year

Public Service Announcement: “Holiday Shop Local Campaign”

Station Promotional Announcement: “Testimonial Campaign”

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