KTTI kept their format as jazz all throughout 1981, and in 1983, Sun Country Broadcasting bought KTTI and KBLU at two different times.
KALJ was sold and went silent on December 31, 1978, in preparation to relaunch two weeks later under new ownership as KTTI, an automated beautiful music outlet. KTTI flipped formats to country on October 1, 1981. 
Sun Country Broadcasting bought KTTI and KBLU at the same time in 1983. 
