WHVO

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WHVO & WKDZ
WHVO 96.5-100.9 logo.png
Broadcast area Clarksville, TN-Hopkinsville, KY
Frequency WHVO: 1480 kHz
WKDZ: 1110 kHz
BrandingOldies Radio 96.5 & 100.9 FM
Programming
Format Oldies
Affiliations Fox News Radio
Premiere Networks
United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
OwnerHam Broadcasting Co., Inc.
WEKT, WKDZ-FM
History
First air date
WHVO: September 19, 1954;69 years ago (1954-09-19)
WKDZ: April 8, 1966;58 years ago (1966-04-08) [1]
Former call signs
WHVO:
WKOA (1954-1986)
WYKH (1986-1987)
WQKS (1987-2000)
Call sign meaning
WHVO: "Hopkinsville Oldies"
WKDZ: Cadiz [2] or as pronounced "K-Diz"
Technical information
Facility ID WHVO: 55651
WKDZ: 25887
Class WHVO and WKDZ: D
Power WHVO: 1,000 watts day
24 watts night
WKDZ: 790 watts day
Transmitter coordinates
WHVO: 36°52′15″N87°30′43″W / 36.87083°N 87.51194°W / 36.87083; -87.51194
WKDZ: 36°52′57″N87°50′44″W / 36.88250°N 87.84556°W / 36.88250; -87.84556
Translator(s) WHVO: 96.5 W243CH (Hopkinsville)
WKDZ: 100.9 W265BW (Cadiz)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website www.whvoradio.com

WHVO (1480 AM) and WKDZ (1110 AM) are a pair of radio stations simulcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, United States, WHVO serves the Clarksville-Hopkinsville area. WKDZ is licensed to Cadiz, Kentucky. The stations are currently owned by Ham Broadcasting Co., Inc. and feature news programming from Fox News Radio. WKDZ is a daytime-only radio station, while WHVO broadcasts 24 hours a day.

Contents

The two stations maintain a shared studio facility with WKDZ-FM on US 68/KY 80 near its junction with Interstate 24 in Cadiz. WHVO's transmitter is located near the Western Kentucky State Fairgrounds in Hopkinsville. WKDZ's transmitter is located on Monitor Springs Road off KY 778 near Cadiz.

History

History of WHVO

The station was assigned the call letters WKOA upon signing on on September 19, 1954, under the license of Pennyrile Broadcasting Company. It was a middle-of-the-road (MOR format) in the 1970s, and then a big band/oldies format during the mid-1980s. The station's callsigns changed to WYKH on August 1, 1986. On December 14, 1987, the station changed its call sign to WQKS. WQKS was acquired by the station's current owner, Ham Broadcasting, in October 1995. [3] The current WHVO callsigns came on May 16, 2000. [4]

History of WKDZ (AM)

WKDZ (AM) signed on the air on April 8, 1966. [5] It signed on the air with the performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by the Trigg County High School band. [6] The first song played on WKDZ was "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by Nancy Sinatra.

Ham Broadcasting acquired WKDZ-AM on January 22, 1991. [3]

WHVO/WKDZ merger

In 2007, WKDZ ceased broadcasting as a separate station, ending the news/talk format on that station. The station began simulcasting WHVO's programming, however, WKDZ would still air separate sports broadcasts, depending on scheduling of high school and/or college sporting [7]

Recent history

In the early 2010s, Ham Broadcasting signed on two low-powered translators for the purpose of simulcasting WHVO's programming onto the FM dial.

Broadcast translators for WHVO
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
W243CH96.5 FM Hopkinsville, Kentucky 2183925059.9  m (197  ft)D LMS
W265BW100.9 FM Cadiz, Kentucky 145580250100.4 m (329 ft)D LMS

Programming

Sports programming

In addition to its usual oldies music, WHVO and WKDZ-AM is the broadcaster of the Fort Campbell High School Falcons football team. [8]

The only times that WKDZ-AM does not simulcast with WHVO is when WKDZ-AM, alone, also serves as a UK Sports Network affiliate broadcasting Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball alone, but also simulcasts football and men's basketball broadcasts with WKDZ-FM. WHOP-AM is the other UK Sports Network station that broadcasts all three kinds of sports broadcasts in the Clarksville/Hopkinsville area. WKDZ-AM also solos when broadcasting Trigg County High School basketball games.

Station programming schedule

News operation

WHVO/WKDZ, along with WKDZ-FM, boasts their own news operation. The one-hour newscasts, branded as News Edge, are broadcast at 12 Noon and 5:00 p.m. Central Time, and are simulcast over all three Ham Broadcasting-owned stations. Hourly national news updates on WHVO/WKDZ are provided by Fox News Radio, and are aired at the top of each hour.

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References

  1. ↑ WHVO 96.5 FM 100.9 FM - Cadiz, KY - ABOUT US
  2. ↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
  3. 1 2 "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1996. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1996. p. B-169.
  4. ↑ "WHVO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ↑ 2010 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook, page D-237 via World Radio History.
  6. ↑ Myers, Sandra (August 25, 2001). "Cadiz radio station changes frequencies". Kentucky New Era. p. A9 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "Cadiz radio stations make format changes". Kentucky New Era. July 3, 2007. p. A3. Retrieved February 21, 2024– via Google Books.
  8. ↑ WKDZ & WHVO Media Kit
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