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KTCU FM

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Broadcast area
  
Tarrant County

ERP
  
10,000 watts

Class
  
C3 Non-Commercial

Frequency
  
88.7 MHz

Format
  
Variety

Branding
  
The Choice

First air date
  
1965

HAAT
  
90 meters

Facility ID
  
65307

City of license
  
Fort Worth

Area
  
Tarrant County, Texas

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Owner
  
Texas Christian University

Call sign meaning
  
Texas Christian University

KTCU-FM is a radio station in Fort Worth, Texas, broadcasting from Texas Christian University. The station has been on the air since October 5, 1964 and is broadcast out of TCU's studios with 10,000 Watts ERP. Home of The Good Show with Tom & Chris,Sputnik with DJ Janice, The Papa E & Daddy D Show and The Riff Ram Sports Show with Geoff Craig, Stephen Simcox, Kris Gross and Phil "Shoulderneck" Taylor. Former D/FW news, sports and traffic reporter Russell Scott was station manager from 2006-2012.

Originally, KTCU was broadcast across the TCU campus and dormitories on 1025 AM from 1957-64.

Early notables include Russ Bloxom (later news anchor at WBAP/KXAS-TV, 1967–79,) Jerry Park (co-host of WFAA's "News 8 etc..." in the early 1970s, deceased,) John Moncrief (newscaster for TSN; now deceased,) Clem Candelaria (management at KTVT-TV,) Mike Marshall (Houston radio) and Sanda McQuerry (co-host of KTVT's "Reveille.")

References

KTCU-FM Wikipedia