[11] This multi-station facility, located at the west end of Eastern Oregon Regional Airport, is also close to KTIX's new tower site.
[13] This station began regular broadcast operations in May 1941 with 250 watts of power on 1240 kHz as KWRC under the ownership of the Western Radio Corporation.
Kenworthy would continue to own and operate KWRC until December 23, 1958, when the station was sold to WSC Broadcasting Company of Oregon, Inc.[2][15] The new owners had the station's call letters changed to KKID in 1959[2] and by early 1961 had been authorized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to increase its daytime signal strength to 1,000 watts while nighttime power remained at 250 watts.
[16] On July 15, 1961, ownership of KKID passed from WSC Broadcasting Company of Oregon, Inc., to Roderick Sound, Inc.[3] The callsign was changed again in 1964, this time to the current KTIX.
[3] Eastern Oregon Broadcasters, Inc., acquired KTIX on August 1, 1967, and flipped the station to a contemporary music format.