WKTL is a non-commercial radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Variety

Variety (radio)

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 format from Struthers High School

Struthers High School

Struthers High School is a public high school in Struthers, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Struthers City School District.-Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships:* Girls Basketball – 1978...

. Licensed to Struthers, Ohio

Struthers, Ohio

Struthers is a city in Mahoning County, Ohio, United States. The population was 12,036 at the 2000 census. Struthers is served by a branch of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :John...

, USA, the station serves the Youngstown-Warren area. The station is currently owned by Board of Education Struthers Ohio City Schools.

Outside of local nationality programming on Saturdays, WKTL's programming is provided by Akron Public Schools-owned WAPS

WAPS (FM)

WAPS — 91.3 The Summit — is an American non-commercial radio station serving in and licensed to Akron, Ohio. The station is owned and operated by the Akron Public Schools system and airs an Adult album alternative format Monday through Saturday, including NPR's World Cafe on weekday mornings...

 91.3 FM "The Summit" in Akron

Akron, Ohio

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, which airs an adult album alternative

Adult album alternative

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(AAA) music format.

History

WKTL began broadcasting on September 13, 1965. and the station's website claims it was the first all student-staffed radio station in the country.

The station was conceived by Struthers High School speech instructor Stephen J. Gercevich, a former radio announcer, to "provide a unique laboratory to put classroom techniques to use".