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KTPI-FM (97.7 FM, "97-7 KTPI") is a commercial radio station licensed to Mojave, California, United States, and serving the Antelope Valley region of Southern California. It is owned by RZ Radio LLC and broadcasts a country music format.
The transmitter is off Prospect Road at 20th Street in Mojave. The studios are on East Avenue K-4 at 6th Street East in Lancaster.
The station signed on the air on August 1, 1967. The original call sign was KDOL-FM and the studios were in Mojave. It aired a Country music format as a simulcast of AM sister station KDOL. In 1984, the simulcast ended and 97.7 FM began operating an automated Top 40 format branded "Hot 97".
In July 1985, Chambers Broadcasting purchased KDOL-AM-FM for $475,000. As Chambers also owned KTPI (then on 103.1 FM). The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at the time limited radio station ownership to one AM and one FM station per market, so KDOL-FM was spun off to Antelope Broadcasting, which owned KAVL 610 AM. Antelope retained the top 40 format but changed the call letters to KAVS.
KAVS flipped to modern rock in September 1995. In February 1997, KAVS began simulcasting with KYHT (105.3 FM) in Yermo and both stations broadcast as "High Desert Modern Rock 97.7 & 105.3".
In September 1998, Antelope Broadcasting sold its three stations — KAVS, KTPI, and KYHT — to Jacor Communications for $4 million. Jacor would be purchased by Clear Channel Communications the following year. KAVS and KYHT dropped their modern rock programming and began simulcasting the top 40 format of Clear Channel sister station KIIS-FM (102.7 FM) in Los Angeles. In the early days of Jacor/Clear Channel ownership, KAVS hosted many on-air events in the Antelope Valley and Barstow/Victor Valley areas.
Following the Jacor-Clear Channel merger, the new owners made drastic changes that produced a ripple effect across Southern California radio. The KAVS/KYHT simulcast was discontinued, and the latter's operations were transferred to Clear Channel's Victorville office. KYHT continued with the KIIS-FM format for two years, after which it began simulcasting KZXY-FM (Y102) in Victorville. KFMS in Las Vegas dropped its KIIS-FM simulcast and "KISS-FM" branding, introducing all-local programming and eventually changing formats altogether. Meanwhile, KAVS changed its call sign to KVVS in August 2000. Under Clear Channel ownership, the station gradually reduced its local airstaff and community activity. Eventually, the station dropped all local content except advertisements and simulcast KIIS-FM full-time; the website for KVVS simply redirected to that of KIIS-FM.
On December 21, 2007, the KVVS call letters and the simulcast of KIIS-FM were moved to 105.5 FM; that station was previously known as KOSS, "105.5 The Oasis". The KOSS call letters relocated to 97.7 FM, as did the country format from the then-KTPI-FM on 103.1 FM; that frequency then began simulcasting KYSR (Star 98.7) in Los Angeles. While the format of 97.7 FM was branded as "97-7 KTPI", the KTPI-FM call sign remained at 103.1 FM in Tehachapi temporarily. On January 2, 2008, KOSS and KTPI-FM swapped call signs, with 97.7 FM now becoming KTPI-FM. The station at 103.1 FM took on the KOSS call letters briefly, changing to KSRY on January 10, 2008.
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KTPI-FM
KTPI-FM (97.7 FM, "97-7 KTPI") is a commercial radio station licensed to Mojave, California, United States, and serving the Antelope Valley region of Southern California. It is owned by RZ Radio LLC and broadcasts a country music format.
The transmitter is off Prospect Road at 20th Street in Mojave. The studios are on East Avenue K-4 at 6th Street East in Lancaster.
The station signed on the air on August 1, 1967. The original call sign was KDOL-FM and the studios were in Mojave. It aired a Country music format as a simulcast of AM sister station KDOL. In 1984, the simulcast ended and 97.7 FM began operating an automated Top 40 format branded "Hot 97".
In July 1985, Chambers Broadcasting purchased KDOL-AM-FM for $475,000. As Chambers also owned KTPI (then on 103.1 FM). The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at the time limited radio station ownership to one AM and one FM station per market, so KDOL-FM was spun off to Antelope Broadcasting, which owned KAVL 610 AM. Antelope retained the top 40 format but changed the call letters to KAVS.
KAVS flipped to modern rock in September 1995. In February 1997, KAVS began simulcasting with KYHT (105.3 FM) in Yermo and both stations broadcast as "High Desert Modern Rock 97.7 & 105.3".
In September 1998, Antelope Broadcasting sold its three stations — KAVS, KTPI, and KYHT — to Jacor Communications for $4 million. Jacor would be purchased by Clear Channel Communications the following year. KAVS and KYHT dropped their modern rock programming and began simulcasting the top 40 format of Clear Channel sister station KIIS-FM (102.7 FM) in Los Angeles. In the early days of Jacor/Clear Channel ownership, KAVS hosted many on-air events in the Antelope Valley and Barstow/Victor Valley areas.
Following the Jacor-Clear Channel merger, the new owners made drastic changes that produced a ripple effect across Southern California radio. The KAVS/KYHT simulcast was discontinued, and the latter's operations were transferred to Clear Channel's Victorville office. KYHT continued with the KIIS-FM format for two years, after which it began simulcasting KZXY-FM (Y102) in Victorville. KFMS in Las Vegas dropped its KIIS-FM simulcast and "KISS-FM" branding, introducing all-local programming and eventually changing formats altogether. Meanwhile, KAVS changed its call sign to KVVS in August 2000. Under Clear Channel ownership, the station gradually reduced its local airstaff and community activity. Eventually, the station dropped all local content except advertisements and simulcast KIIS-FM full-time; the website for KVVS simply redirected to that of KIIS-FM.
On December 21, 2007, the KVVS call letters and the simulcast of KIIS-FM were moved to 105.5 FM; that station was previously known as KOSS, "105.5 The Oasis". The KOSS call letters relocated to 97.7 FM, as did the country format from the then-KTPI-FM on 103.1 FM; that frequency then began simulcasting KYSR (Star 98.7) in Los Angeles. While the format of 97.7 FM was branded as "97-7 KTPI", the KTPI-FM call sign remained at 103.1 FM in Tehachapi temporarily. On January 2, 2008, KOSS and KTPI-FM swapped call signs, with 97.7 FM now becoming KTPI-FM. The station at 103.1 FM took on the KOSS call letters briefly, changing to KSRY on January 10, 2008.