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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KTNK
| logo             =
| city             = [[Lompoc, California]]
| area             = [[Santa Maria, California|Santa Maria]]—[[Lompoc, California]]
| branding         = Y'all 103.7
| frequency        = 1410 [[Hertz|kHz]]
| translator       = {{Radio Relay|103.7|K279CY|[[Lompoc, California|Lompoc]]}}
| airdate          = May 25, 1963
| format           = [[Country music|Country]]
| power            = 500 [[watt]]s day<br/>77 watts night
| class            = D
| facility_id      = 51263
| coordinates      = {{nowrap|{{coord|34|39|46.9|N|120|23|1.6|W|region:US-CA_type:landmark}}}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|KKOK (1963–1977)|KBIK (1977–1979)|KLVV (1979–1983)|KLLB (1983–1987)|KTME (1987–2006)|KINF (2006)|KUHL (2006–2009)<br>KSMA (2009–2014)<ref name="fcc1" />}}
| affiliations     = [[Westwood One]]
| owner            = Sticks Media, LLC
| licensee         = Sticks Media, LLC
| sister_stations  =
| webcast          = [https://n0c.radiojar.com/vwhwdfdudtuvv?rj-ttl=5&rj-tok=AAABkrCgchgAVjQrCZWFB5A3mQ Listen Live]
| website          = {{url|https://www.yall1037.com/}}
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''KTNK''' (1410 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a commercial [[radio station]] that is [[City of license|licensed]] to [[Lompoc, California]], and serves the [[Santa Maria, California|Santa Maria]]—Lompoc area. The station, established in 1963,<ref name="bc64">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Annuals/Archive-BC-YB-IDX/60s-OCR-YB/1964-YB/1964-BC-YB-OCR-Page-0190.pdf |magazine=Broadcasting Yearbook |year=1964 |page=B-16 |title=Directory of AM and FM Radio Stations in the U.S. |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc. |location=Washington, D.C. }}</ref> is owned by Sticks Media, LLC<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=KTNK |title=KTNK Facility Record |website=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=July 10, 2018 }}</ref> and broadcasts a [[country music]] format. KTNK features programming from [[Westwood One]].
==History==
The station first [[signed on]]May 25, 1963, as KKOK.<ref name="bc64" /> The station underwent several [[call sign]] changes over the next two decades: first to KBIK in 1977; then, to KLVV two years later on November 8, 1979; and finally, to KLLB on August 22, 1983.<ref name="FCC Callsign KTNK">{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=51263&Callsign=KTNK |title=Call Sign History: KTNK |website=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] }}</ref>
In 1985, Sunshine Wireless sold KLLB and its [[FM broadcasting|FM]] sister station [[KRQK]] (100.9 FM, now on 100.3) to Crystal Broadcasting Inc. for $1.75 million.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/85-OCR/BC-1985-12-16-OCR-Page-0124.pdf |title=For the Record |magazine=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=124 |date=December 16, 1985 |access-date=July 28, 2018 }}</ref> On September 1, 1987, the AM outlet changed its call letters to KTME.<ref name="FCC Callsign KTNK" /> On December 22, 1989, Crystal Broadcasting sold KTME and KRQK to Nova Broadcasting—Santa Maria, headed by Gregg Peterson, for $1.47 million.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/90-OCR/BC-1990-02-12-OCR-Page-0046.pdf |title=For the Record |magazine=Broadcasting |publisher=Broadcasting Publications Inc. |page=46 |date=February 12, 1990 |access-date=July 28, 2018 }}</ref>
The station changed hands several times in the 1990s. Nova Broadcasting sold KTME and KRQK to Padre Serra Communications for $450,000 in May 1993.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/93-OCR/BC-1993-05-24-OCR-Page-0064.pdf |title=Changing Hands |magazine=Broadcasting & Cable |publisher=Cahners Publishing Company |page=64 |date=May 24, 1993 |access-date=July 28, 2018 }}</ref> In March 1995, Padre Serra traded KTME for [[KSBQ]] (1480 AM), owned by Los Padres Broadcasting Corporation. Like KTME, KSBQ was licensed to [[Lompoc, California]] and broadcast in [[Spanish language |Spanish]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/95/RR-1995-03-17-OCR-Page-0006.pdf |title=NewCity Communications Picks Up $6 Million Daytona Beach FM |magazine=Radio & Records |page=6 |date=March 17, 1995 |access-date=July 29, 2018 }}</ref> In November 1996, Classic Communications Corporation purchased the station for only $20,000.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/96/R&R-1996-11-08-OCR-Page-0006.pdf |title=Emmis Now A Potent Arch Rival |magazine=Radio & Records |page=6 |date=November 8, 1996 |access-date=July 29, 2018 }}</ref> KTME saw a new owner just one year later as Classic sold the then-[[Dark (broadcasting)|silent]] station to [[Santa Maria, California|Santa Maria]]-based Blackhawk Communications for $80,000.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RandR-IDX/IDX/90s/97/RR-1997-04-09-OCR-Page-0008.pdf |title=For the Record |magazine=Broadcasting & Cable |publisher=R.R. Bowker |page=90 |date=November 10, 1997 |access-date=July 29, 2018 }}</ref>
In April 2006, [[Mapleton Communications]] sold KTME and the station it was [[simulcast]]ing, [[KUHL]] (1440 AM) in Santa Maria, to Knight Broadcasting Inc.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/8193/knight-buys-kuhl-ktme-santa-maria |title=Knight Buys KUHL-KTME/Santa Maria |website=All Access |publisher=All Access Music Group |date=April 6, 2006 |access-date=July 10, 2018 }}</ref> KTME changed its call letters to KINF on July 31, 2006, then to KUHL that September. On January 27, 2009, the station became KSMA.<ref name="FCC Callsign KTNK" />
In February 2014, Knight Broadcasting sold KSMA to Michael Alan Day's Cross and Crown Broadcasting Corporation for $160,000; the transaction closed in May. At the time of the sale, KSMA broadcast a [[classic country]] format that was branded as "AM 1410 The Range".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/126639/price-for-good-karma-big-radio-janesville-wi-deal- |title=Price For Good Karma-Big Radio Janesville, WI Deal: $1.45 Million |website=All Access |publisher=All Access Music Group |date=February 10, 2014 |access-date=July 10, 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/129323/fcc-oks-religious-stations-swap |title=FCC OKs Religious Stations Swap |website=All Access |publisher=All Access Music Group |date=May 5, 2014 |access-date=July 10, 2018 }}</ref> The new owner changed the station's call sign to KTNK on May 6, 2014.<ref name="FCC Callsign KTNK" />
In September 2023, the station relaunched as "Y'all 103.7", with the station adding a small, but noticeable, number of current and recurrent country hits to the still gold-based format. The previous iteration of the format continues on an online exclusive stream.<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/258881/yall-debuts-in-lompoc/ Y'all Debuts in Lompoc]</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{official website |https://www.yall1037.com/ }}
*{{AM station data|51263|KTNK}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|202699|K279CY}}
*{{FXL|K279CY}}
*[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=43280 FCC History Cards for KTNK]
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