KTKR INFO
Original Owner: Ken Aitken

Other Owners:
Jack Smith, George Tsumey &
Mann Broadcasting Company 1959 to 1989
Farm Workers Union
FWU Had station ransacked and destroyed in
early 90's while operation under an LMA over
dispute with community leaders.

Technical Information:
KTKR operated on 1310 Khz
with a daytime power of 1,000 watts
using a 207 foot diamond shaped
Blaw-Knox look alike tower.

Alumni:
Clifton Leon (Lee) Johnson aka DJ Flash
Rev. Sam White
Sam had a radio ministry for 40 years called "The Message of Hope Broadcast"

The KTKR building was vandalized many times over the years; including by its last owners: The Farm Workers Union destroyed the studios to prevent it returning to English and local control.

NEW KTKR INFORMATION:
Courtesy of the Mann family

The tower used by KTKR was not a Blaw-Knox. It looked like one. It was actually made by welding two oilfield lightning rods together at their base. Ken Aitken bought KTKR from Sheldon Anderson, who built Channel 29 in Bakersfield & Channel 27 in Tulare. KWAC in Bakersfield  has has a Blaw Knox look alike too as did KCOK in Tulare which used two of them. Although KCOK has since moved their transmitter site, and I fear those two may be gone soon.
 
KTKR's tower was 207 feet tall, including a 2 foot concrete base.  A 1000 watt Collins 20-V3 was installed in 1964, replacing the 500 watt Motorola police transmitter that Ken Aitken put KTKR on the air with in '48.