KTAI

KTAI-FM
City Kingsville, Texas
Broadcast area Kingsville-Alice-Falfurrias
Slogan The One
Frequency 91.1 MHz
campus Cable TV ch. 2
First air date 1970
Format College/Oldies/Country/Hip-Hop/Rock and Roll
ERP 100 watts
HAAT 30.0 meters (98.4 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 65304
Transmitter coordinates 27°31′24.00″N 97°52′42.00″W / 27.5233333°N 97.8783333°W / 27.5233333; -97.8783333Coordinates: 27°31′24.00″N 97°52′42.00″W / 27.5233333°N 97.8783333°W / 27.5233333; -97.8783333
Callsign meaning K-Texas A & I University (1967–1993)
(Before becoming part of the Texas A&M University System
Owner Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Webcast Listen Live
Website Official website

KTAI (91.1FM) is a radio station licensed to Kingsville, Texas, USA, the station serves the Kingsville-Alice-Falfurrias area. The station is currently owned by Texas A&M University-Kingsville.[1]

History

Manning Hall and the KTAI radio tower

KTAI-FM began as a closed circuit radio broadcast at Texas A&M University-Kingsville (then called Texas A&I University) in 1969. In 1970, the station upgraded into a full broadcast FM radio station.[2] KTAI is a student-operated radio station that provides a mix of music, news and live sports programming.[3] KTAI is currently the only radio station in Kingsville, Texas.

As Kingsville's only radio station, KTAI is a student-operated radio station that provides a mix of music, news and live sports programming. The school also offers a campus television station, TAMUK TV-2, which is aired throughout the campus and via local Educational-access television cable TV channel 2. Like KTAI, TAMUK TV-2 offers students the opportunity to work in various aspects and roles of broadcast media while earning college credit. Many students have moved on to work in radio and television throughout Texas. Both KTAI and TAMUK TV-2 are operated under the auspices of the Radio and Television division of the Art Communications Theater Arts Department. [4]

In Fall 2011, KTAI began streaming online in HD. They also joined RadioFlag, a social media and content discovery platform for radio at the same time. "RadioFlag allows users to discover new stations, new DJ’s and talk audio hosts, and stream their personal favorite stations from their smartphone or computer." [5]

Awards

KTAI won the first ever Spirit of College Radio Day Award presented by College Radio Day in Fall 2011. [6] In Spring 2012, KTAI won yet another "first" of a RadioFlag sponsored competition for college radio stations. On-Air personality Roughneck Rich, along with three others, won in the category for Best Music Show. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "KTAI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  2. ↑ "About KTAI-FM". Tamuk.edu. 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  3. ↑ "KTAI-FM 91.1 "The One"". Tamuk.edu. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  4. ↑ "KTAI-FM 91.1 "The One"". Tamuk.edu. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  5. ↑ "Home". RadioFlag. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  6. ↑ "award2011". College Radio Day. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  7. ↑ "Home". RadioFlag. Retrieved 2012-05-28.

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