By day, KTRC is powered at 5,000 watts. But to protect other stations on 1310 AM at night, KTRC reduces power to 1,000 watts at sunset.[3] Programming is also heard on 250 watt FM translatorK279CX at 103.7 MHz.[4]
The station went on the air as KVSF on February 14, 1992. On July 23, 2002, the station changed its call sign to the current KTRC.[6]
The station was purchased by American General Media in 2000 from Withers Broadcasting Co. in a $7 million deal that included KVSF1400 AM, KQBA107.5 FM, KLBU94.7 FM and KVCN106.7 FM.[7] KTRC was acquired by Hutton Broadcasting in 2008.[8] All these stations except 106.7 were eventually acquired by Hutton.
Logo before translator sign on
Hutton Broadcasting had a construction permit to move translator K235CO from Socorro to Santa Fe to broadcast this station on the FM band at 103.7. The translator was licensed for the new facility as K279CX effective February 21, 2018.
