KTCO
Encyclopedia
KTCO is a radio station
in Duluth, Minnesota
, airing a country music
format. KTCO-FM is owned by Midwest Communications
, which also owns KDWZ, WDSM
, WGEE
, KDAL
, and KDAL-FM
in Duluth. All the Duluth stations share the same studio location at 715 East Central Entrance, up the hill from downtown.
From 1974 to 1994, this frequency aired a classic rock
format, as "99 WAKX."
Its main competitor is Gap Broadcasting's KKCB
"B105".
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
in Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Saint Louis County. The fourth largest city in Minnesota, Duluth had a total population of 86,265 in the 2010 census. Duluth is also the second largest city that is located on Lake Superior after Thunder Bay, Ontario,...
, airing a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
format. KTCO-FM is owned by Midwest Communications
Midwest Communications
Midwest Communications, Inc. consists of Midwest Communications, Inc. and WRIG, Inc., which collectively own forty-six radio stations. The Company got its start in Wausau, Wisconsin, with WRIG, Inc. and the acquisition by the D.E. Wright family of a 1400 kHz, 250 watt AM facility from the...
, which also owns KDWZ, WDSM
WDSM
WDSM is a talk radio station in Duluth, Minnesota, . WDSM was created in 1938 as an affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System. The requested call letters were W Duluth Superior Mutual. WDSM provided Mutual programming throughout the Iron Range of Norther Minnesota as well as the...
, WGEE
WGEE
WGEE is a radio station licensed in Superior, Wisconsin. The station is owned and operated by Midwest Communications, which owns six stations in Duluth, Minnesota. All the Duluth stations share the same studio location at 715 East Central Entrance, up the hill from downtown.WGEE airs programming...
, KDAL
KDAL (AM)
KDAL is an AM radio station broadcasting out of Duluth, Minnesota with a News/Talk format. KDAL is currently owned and operated by Midwest Communications. Midwest Communications also owns KDWZ, WDSM, WGEE, KTCO, and KDAL-FM in Duluth...
, and KDAL-FM
KDAL-FM
KDAL-FM "Rock 96" is a radio station in Duluth, Minnesota airing a mainstream rock format.KDAL-FM is owned by Midwest Communications, which also owns KDWZ, WDSM, WGEE, KDAL, and KTCO in Duluth...
in Duluth. All the Duluth stations share the same studio location at 715 East Central Entrance, up the hill from downtown.
From 1974 to 1994, this frequency aired a classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
format, as "99 WAKX."
Its main competitor is Gap Broadcasting's KKCB
KKCB
KKCB is a radio station in Duluth, Minnesota, owned by Townsquare Media, airing a country music format. The studios and offices are with its three other sister stations at 14 E. Central Entrance, on the west side of Duluth. The station was WAVC during the 1980s.-External links:*...
"B105".