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Copper Theft & Transmitter Damage Silence KFTI

Summary by RadioInsight
SummitMedia’s “Classic Country 1070” KFTI Wichita KS has been off the air since January 16 following significant damage to its transmission facilities. A filing with the FCC states that KFTI’s tower array was damaged because of theft of copper components, compromising the ground system and related infrastructure, while its transmitter experienced substantial equipment failures and requires extensive repairs and replacement of multiple components…
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RadioInsight broke the news in on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
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