KHTT
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| City | Muskogee, Oklahoma |
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| Broadcast area | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Branding | 106.9 K-Hits |
| Slogan | "Tulsa's #1 Hit music Station" |
| Frequency | 106.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1972 |
| Format | Commercial; Top 40 (CHR) |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 308 meters |
| Class | C0 |
| Facility ID | 55704 |
| Callsign meaning | K-HiTs Tulsa |
| Former callsigns | KMMM (?-1982) KAYI (1982-1993) |
| Owner |
E. W. Scripps Company (Scripps Broadcasting Holdings LLC) |
| Sister stations | KBEZ KVOO-FM KXBL-FM KFAQ |
| Website | khits.com |
KHTT (106.9 FM, "106.9 K-HITS") is a top 40 mainstream (CHR) radio station serving the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area of the United States. The E.W. Scripps Company outlet broadcasts at 106.9 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW and is licensed to Muskogee, Oklahoma. Its studios are located in Midtown Tulsa and the transmitter is southeast of Bixby.
KHTT was originally KMMM, and it was also known as "K-Triple M" (the three Ms in its call letters, which also stood for "Muskogee's Music Machine") and at times it was called "K-107." It targeted only Muskogee and the surrounding areas at the time. Very little format history is known for KMMM; one of the formats known for the station is urban contemporary. The station mixed in a few top 40 songs during the daytime and aired a straight ahead Urban presentation by evenings. By 1982 KMMM went dark.
In 1982, the station signed back on the air with an upgrade in its signal now allowing it to target Tulsa. It changed its format to top 40 and became known as KAYI ("KAY-107"). In the early 90s, KAYI evolved in an adult top 40 direction, but the change did not bring success. In November 1993, the station changed its call letters to KHTT and its slogan to "K-HITS." It remained an adult-leaning top 40 station for a few more years. Then in the summer of 1996, "K-HITS" shifted to a more mainstream top 40 format, which it has since used with an astounding success.
On March 8, 2012, Renda announced that it was selling KHTT and KBEZ to Journal Communications for $11.8 million. The deal closed on June 25, 2012. Both KHTT and its sister KBEZ have moved into the Journal Communications facility at 29th and Yale Avenue adjacent to the Broken Arrow Expressway joining the existing Journal stations KVOO, KXBL, and KFAQ.
Journal Communications (KHTT's owner) and the E. W. Scripps Company (owner of NBC's local affiliate KJRH-TV) announced on July 30, 2014 that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E.W. Scripps Company name that will own the two companies' broadcast properties, including KHTT. The transaction is slated to be completed in 2015, pending shareholder and regulatory approvals.
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