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KTUC
KTUC (1400 AM) is a commercial radio station in Tucson, Arizona. It is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a conservative talk radio format, known as "Freedom 1400". KTUC's studios and transmitter are on Nixon Low Way, off Roger Road. KTUC is Class C AM station, powered at 1,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna.
KTUC airs mostly nationally syndicated conservative talk shows, many from co-owned Westwood One. They include programs hosted by Chris Plante, Dan Bongino, Ben Shapiro, Michael Knowles, Matt Walsh, Rick Valdés, America in the Morning and Red Eye Radio. From Fox News Talk, KTUC carries Brian Kilmeade, Jimmy Failla and Guy Benson. Because rival talk station KNST 790 AM carries Westwood One's Mark Levin, that show is not available to KTUC.
On Sunday mornings, KTUC plays six hours of Christian music. Most hours begin with an update from co-owned ABC News Radio. KTUC carries live play-by-play of the University of Arizona women's basketball games. KTUC's sister station KCUB 1290 AM is the flagship station for other Arizona Wildcats sports teams.
KTUC is the oldest station in Tucson, signing on the air on July 10, 1926. Originally it broadcast on 1370 kilocycles, using the call sign KGAR. It was owned by Tucson Motor Services, with studios on South 6th Avenue. KGAR was the CBS Radio Network affiliate, carrying its schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio."
In 1941, the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) switched the station's frequency to AM 1400, broadcasting at 250 watts. The call letters were changed to the current KTUC. It continued as a CBS news affiliate for more than half a century, even after network programming moved from radio to TV in the 1950s. At that time, KTUC switched to a full service, middle of the road format of popular music, news and sports.
In the early 1970s KTUC used the slogan "Formula 1400," which referred to its practice of airing 35 minutes of news programming and 25 minutes of music programming to round out the hour. The hour started with the news programming then went to the music programming.
In the late 1970s, the station segued to a news/talk format, airing news all day and syndicated talk shows at night. It was an affiliate of the Arizona Broadcasting System and picked up newscasts from KTAR in Phoenix on a phone line. By 1977, it was airing a 20-minute newsreel format, with CBS, ABC and Mutual radio newscasts all heard each hour on 20 minute intervals. ABC and Mutual were both tape-delayed. Larry King's Mutual Network talk show aired overnight, although those broadcasts were replaced by the short-lived Enterprise Radio Network in 1981.
Tucson Toros baseball games were carried live, although the studio recreated road games in 1980.
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KTUC
KTUC (1400 AM) is a commercial radio station in Tucson, Arizona. It is owned by Cumulus Media and airs a conservative talk radio format, known as "Freedom 1400". KTUC's studios and transmitter are on Nixon Low Way, off Roger Road. KTUC is Class C AM station, powered at 1,000 watts, using a non-directional antenna.
KTUC airs mostly nationally syndicated conservative talk shows, many from co-owned Westwood One. They include programs hosted by Chris Plante, Dan Bongino, Ben Shapiro, Michael Knowles, Matt Walsh, Rick Valdés, America in the Morning and Red Eye Radio. From Fox News Talk, KTUC carries Brian Kilmeade, Jimmy Failla and Guy Benson. Because rival talk station KNST 790 AM carries Westwood One's Mark Levin, that show is not available to KTUC.
On Sunday mornings, KTUC plays six hours of Christian music. Most hours begin with an update from co-owned ABC News Radio. KTUC carries live play-by-play of the University of Arizona women's basketball games. KTUC's sister station KCUB 1290 AM is the flagship station for other Arizona Wildcats sports teams.
KTUC is the oldest station in Tucson, signing on the air on July 10, 1926. Originally it broadcast on 1370 kilocycles, using the call sign KGAR. It was owned by Tucson Motor Services, with studios on South 6th Avenue. KGAR was the CBS Radio Network affiliate, carrying its schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio."
In 1941, the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) switched the station's frequency to AM 1400, broadcasting at 250 watts. The call letters were changed to the current KTUC. It continued as a CBS news affiliate for more than half a century, even after network programming moved from radio to TV in the 1950s. At that time, KTUC switched to a full service, middle of the road format of popular music, news and sports.
In the early 1970s KTUC used the slogan "Formula 1400," which referred to its practice of airing 35 minutes of news programming and 25 minutes of music programming to round out the hour. The hour started with the news programming then went to the music programming.
In the late 1970s, the station segued to a news/talk format, airing news all day and syndicated talk shows at night. It was an affiliate of the Arizona Broadcasting System and picked up newscasts from KTAR in Phoenix on a phone line. By 1977, it was airing a 20-minute newsreel format, with CBS, ABC and Mutual radio newscasts all heard each hour on 20 minute intervals. ABC and Mutual were both tape-delayed. Larry King's Mutual Network talk show aired overnight, although those broadcasts were replaced by the short-lived Enterprise Radio Network in 1981.
Tucson Toros baseball games were carried live, although the studio recreated road games in 1980.