Editing KYFQ (section)

===Tacoma School District===
In 1949, the station first [[sign-on|signed on]] as '''KTOY'''.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1960/B%202%20Radio%20Yearbook%201960.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1960 page A-249]</ref>  It was owned by the [[Tacoma School District]] and had its studios at its vocational school, which became [[Bates Technical College]] in 1991.  During the day it was operated by Bates broadcasting students studying under former [[KJR (AM)|KJR]] [[disc jockey|DJ]] Lee Perkins.  It was powered at 3,500 watts, enough to cover Tacoma and adjacent communities but not the larger Seattle radio market.

From 1978 to 1984, KTOY aired educational programs during the day, with [[contemporary hit radio|Top 40]] hits in the afternoon and evening.  Starting at midnight on Friday and lasting until 6:00&nbsp;p.m. Sunday, KTOY broadcast [[hip hop music]] and [[urban contemporary]] under the slogan "Giving You The Music of Tomorrow, Today."  During 1983-1984, the late night hip-hop program's slogan was "R&B's best in the Pacific Northwest."  By 1985, the urban format was no longer the entire weekend.

In the 1980s, the power was increased to 7,900 watts.  The station changed its [[call sign]] to '''KTPS-FM''' for Tacoma Park Schools, in 1986.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1988/B-Radio-Neb-Terr-1988-YB.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1988 page B-303]</ref>  Then in 1992, the call letters were switched to '''KBTC''' for Bates Technical College. The station only played hip-hop and urban music on Sunday for two hours in the form of a top 20 countdown.