Yuma Loses Country 95.1 and Classic Hits 100.9 to K-LOVE Network

Three Yuma FM stations have now gone dark in a single month after Country 95.1 KTTI and Classic Hits 100.9 "The River" (KQSR) fell silent shortly before noon on Friday, March 13, with both licenses sold to the national K-LOVE Network, operated by Educational Media Foundation.

The back-to-back shutoffs mark a significant shift in Yuma's radio landscape. KBLU, also owned by El Dorado Broadcasters, had already gone off the air earlier in March. The FCC filings tied to the KTTI and KQSR license sales were made on November 25 of last year, suggesting the transactions had been in process for months before Friday's abrupt silence.

K-LOVE is a national Christian music network with hundreds of stations across the country, but what format or programming it intends to bring to the Yuma market remains unclear. As KYMA reported, "there is no word on what K-LOVE will bring to our area in the future."

For a market the size of Yuma, losing two locally familiar stations in a single afternoon is a notable contraction. Country 95.1 KTTI had been a fixture for country music listeners across the valley, while 100.9 The River had served the classic hits audience. Neither format has an obvious immediate replacement on the local dial.

The story was first reported by KYMA journalists Adrik Vargas and Dillon Fuhrman. No statement from Educational Media Foundation confirming programming plans for the Yuma market had been released as of the reporting date.