KZTK

For the White Oak, Texas radio station that held the call sign KZTK at 99.3 FM from 2009 to 2013, see KAPW.

KZTK

City of license	Arthur, North Dakota
Broadcast area	Casselton/Cass County, North Dakota
Branding	103.9 The Truck
Slogan	Today's Hot New Country Get Yer Butt In The Truck
Frequency	103.9 MHz
First air date	1992 (as KCQV at 96.7)
Format	Commercial; Country
ERP	25,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	C3
Facility ID	89841
Former callsigns	KCQV (1992-1998) KOCL (1998-1999) KVMI (1999-2014)
Former frequencies	96.7 MHz (1992-2003)
Owner	James A. Babbitt III (Vision Media Incorporated)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1039thetruck.com

KZTK, known as 103.9 The Truck, is a radio station serving the Cass County, North Dakota that airs a country music format. They are licensed to Arthur, North Dakota with studios in Casselton, North Dakota can be received in the Fargo-Moorhead Arbitron market (#209).

History

The station originally signed on 96.7 FM in 1992 as KCQV with an oldies format as "Kool 96.7". Kool 96.7 later changed its format. In 2003, the then-KVMI moved from its 5 kilowatt 96.7 signal to a new 25 kilowatt 103.9 frequency at a new transmitter site.

The move to 103.9 also encountered a format change back to oldies as "Kool 103.9". KVMI changed its format to adult contemporary as "Star 103.9" in 2004. The station has since changed to 103.9 "The Truck" and is a hot country format & features The Ben & Jim Show airing 7AM to 9AM Weekdays. The station changed its call sign to the current KZTK on March 13 2014.

Programming

KVMI changed to a country music brand posing as "103.9 The Truck" in January 2006, along with relocating the studios from Fargo, North Dakota to Casselton, North Dakota. The Truck also broadcasts to rural Cass County and has updates and programming from the Red River Farm Network, where they super serve agriculture communities in rural Cass County. KZTK is owned by Vision Media Inc. Vision Media Inc. has a sole owner since 1999, James A. Babbitt III. The Hot Country Programming is delivered via satellite by Westwood One/Dial Global in Denver, Colorado and Dallas, Texas.

External links

103.9 The Truck official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KZTK

Radio-Locator information on KZTK

Country radio stations in the state of North Dakota

Stations	KAOC – Langdon KBMR – Bismarck KBMW – Wahpeton KBTO – Bottineau KBVB – Fargo KCAD – Dickinson KCJB – Minot KDAK – Carrington KDDR – Oakes KDLR – Devils Lake KKBO – Bismarck KLTC – Dickinson KNDC – Hettinger KNDK – Langdon KOVC – Valley City KPOK – Bowman KQDY – Bismarck KQLX – Fargo KSJB – Jamestown KSNR – Grand Forks KUSB – Bismarck KVOX-FM – Fargo KWGO – Minot KXDI – Dickinson KXPO – Grafton KYCK – Grand Forks KYNU – Jamestown KYYX – Minot KYYZ – Williston KZTK – Casselton/Fargo KZZJ – Rugby KZZY – Devils Lake

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in North Dakota

Coordinates: 47°07′19″N 97°19′30″W / 47.122°N 97.325°W / 47.122; -97.325

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