KCFO

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KCFO
KCFOlogo.jpg
Broadcast area Tulsa, Oklahoma
Frequency 970 kHz
Programming
Format Talk
Affiliations Salem Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
KMYZ-FM, KTSO, KXOJ-FM
History
First air date
Christmas Eve 1946
Former call signs
KAKC (1946–1984)
Technical information
Facility ID 22665
Class B
Power 2,500 watts day
1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 36°11′46″N96°02′22″W / 36.19611°N 96.03944°W / 36.19611; -96.03944
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website kcfo.com

KCFO (970 AM) is a Tulsa, Oklahoma talk radio station. KCFO airs national shows such as Dave Ramsey, J. Vernon McGee, David Jeremiah, Dennis Prager, Mike Gallagher, and Albert Mohler.

Contents

The station has been assigned the KCFO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since October 21, 1984. [1]

History

Beginnings on 1570

KAKC 970 first signed on the air on December 24, 1946; [2] it was founded by Sam Avey. [3] Avey was a local businessman and sports promoter, who owned the Tulsa Coliseum. [4] When KAKC first went on the air, it was a day-time only station, called "The Hometown Station," with a focus on serving the Tulsa community, broadcasting local sports, local news, and some music. It began at 1570 on the AM dial. [5] In April 1948, the station got permission to move to 970 AM, and it also received permission to broadcast in the evenings as well as during the day. [6]

The Top 40 era

In the mid-1950s, the station got new ownership and hired Vic Lundberg and Greg Chancellor as announcers. [7] From the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, KAKC 970 AM was a Top 40 station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Known first as "The Big 97" and later "The Rockin' 97", the station was owned (along with KAKC-FM 92.9) by S. Carl Mark. Both stations used consultant Bill Drake for their programming, with KAKC (AM) being the dominant music station for many years until the mid-1970s when long-time Top 40 competitor KELI (now known as KTBZ) and FM upstart KTFX "The Superfox 103" (now KJSR "Star 103.3") cut into their audience.

Simulcast on FM

KAKC-FM 92.9 FM in the 1970s used a Drake-Chenault programmed automated oldies format during the day. From 6 p.m. to midnight, the FM simulcasted with KAKC 970 to make up for the AM's weak 250-watt nighttime signal. In the summer of 1977 KAKC-FM flipped to the then-popular "Beautiful Music" format and changed the call letters to KBEZ-FM.

Adult standards & gospel (1979–1984)

In January 1979, KAKC shocked the Tulsa radio market by dropping Top 40 programming after 21 years for adult standards, with rapidly declining ratings as the result. A year later the station was purchased by the owners of KCFO-FM (now KVOO-FM) which changed the format to Southern Gospel music and Christian talk programming. In 1984 the legendary 970 call letters were changed to KCFO.

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References

  1. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ Steve Clem. Tulsa's KAKC Radio. Charleston SC: Arcadia Publishing Co., 2013, p. 11.
  3. ↑ "Tulsa Hall of Fame 2006 Inductees" Archived 2010-04-14 at the Wayback Machine at Tulsa Historical Society website (accessed March 25, 2010)
  4. ↑ "Sam Avey." Tulsa Historical Society
  5. ↑ Steve Clem. Tulsa's KAKC Radio. Charleston SC: Arcadia Publishing Co., 2013, p. 11.
  6. ↑ "FCC Actions." Broadcasting, April 5, 1948, p. 64.
  7. ↑ "Tulsa Radio KAKC" at Tulsa TV Memories website (accessed March 25, 2010)
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