KTGV

KTGV (106.3 FM, "106.3 The Groove") is a commercial radio station located in Oracle, Arizona, broadcasting to the Tucson, Arizona, area. KTGV airs a rhythmic oldies music format which it launched in 1999 and uses the slogan "Tucson's Old School and R&B". The slogan was added to the station's imaging in July 2007. It is based from studios co-located with television station KGUN-TV in Tucson, and a transmitter site is located in the city's northwest side.

History

KTGV goes back to the mid-1980s when KTTZ went on the air at 103.1, displacing K276AL which was a translator for KUAT-FM, that moved to 89.5 before the station went on the air. Once on the air it took an eclectic view of rock music, which lasted until August 31, 1987. The next day KHYT moved from 1330 to 103.1 and switched to a classic rock format. That didn't last and in May 1988 they adopted the calls KAWV and the imaging for Los Angeles' KTWV including the slogan 'The Wave'.

Soon that was gone and it went through several other formats and calls. Eventually a frequency swap involving moving the 103.1 frequency to Florence Arizona placed them on the current 106.3 frequency and they got a power increase as well.