KTUC (1400 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Tucson, Arizona. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and airs an adult standards radio format, known as "Tucson's All Time Favorites." On Sunday mornings, it plays three hours of big band music and an additional six hours of Christian music. Most hours begin with co-owned Westwood One News. KTUC's studios and transmitter are on Nixon Low Way, off Roger Road. KTUC carries live play-by-play of University of Arizona Women's Basketball games. History Early Years KTUC is the oldest station in Tucson, signing on the air on July 10, 1926. Originally it broadcast on 1370 kilocycles, using the call sign KGAR. It was owned by Tucson Motor Services, with studios on South 6th Avenue. KGAR was the CBS Radio Network affiliate, carrying its schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio." In 1941, the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) switched the station's frequency to AM 1400, broadcasting at 250 watts. The call letters were changed to the current KTUC. It continued as a CBS news affiliate for more than half a century, even after network programming moved from radio to TV in the 1950s. At that time, KTUC switched to a full service, middle of the road format of popular music, news and sports. News and Talk In the early 1970s KTUC used the slogan "Formula 1400," which referred to its practice of airing 35 minutes of news programming and 25 minutes of music programming to round out the hour. The hour started with the news programming then went to the music programming. In the late 1970s, the station segued to a news/talk format, airing news all day and syndicated talk shows at night. It was an affiliate of the Arizona Broadcasting System and picked up newscasts from KTAR in Phoenix on a phone line. By 1977, it was airing a 20-minute newsreel format, with CBS, ABC and Mutual radio newscasts all heard each hour on 20 minute intervals. ABC and Mutual were both tape-delayed. Larry King's Mutual Network talk show aired overnight, although those broadcasts were replaced by the short-lived Enterprise Radio Network in 1981. Tucson Toros baseball games were carried live, although the studio recreated road games in 1980. It was named the AP Broadcast News Station of The Year in 1980. That year, its