KTUM is an American radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....

 to serve Tatum, New Mexico

Tatum, New Mexico

Tatum is a town in Lea County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 683 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Tatum is located at ....

, USA. The station, established in 2003, is owned by MTD Radio Inc. and the broadcast license

Broadcast license

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 is held by MTD, Inc. KTUM shares a broadcast tower with sister station

Sister station

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 KWMW

KWMW

KWMW is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Maljamar, New Mexico, USA, the station is currently owned by Mtd....

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KTUM broadcasts an active rock

Active rock

Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock plays contemporary rock artists with a mix of songs common in the classic rock radio format.-Format background:...

 music format featuring the satellite-fed "The Nerve

The Nerve (radio network)

The Nerve, is a new 24-hour live radio format produced by Cumulus Media Networks . This satellite-driven format airs the latest Active rock music design to target today’s 18-34 rock listeners...

" service from Citadel Media.

History

This station received its original construction permit

Construction permit

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 from the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 on November 6, 2000

2000 in radio

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. The new station was assigned the KTUM call sign

Call sign

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 by the FCC on November 20, 2000. KTUM received its license to cover

Broadcast license

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from the FCC on February 25, 2004.