KOVE (AM)

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KOVE
Broadcast area Riverton area
Frequency 1330 kHz
BrandingAM 1330 - 107.7 FM KOVE
Programming
Format News/Talk
Affiliations Fox News Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Will Hill
  • (Kairos Broadcasting, LLC)
KDLY, KTUG
History
First air date
November 6, 1948
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 22624
Class B
Power 5,000 watts (day)
250 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
 42°50′34″N108°44′41″W / 42.84278°N 108.74472°W / 42.84278; -108.74472
Translator(s) 107.7 K299BC (Lander)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website KOVE Online

KOVE (1330 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Lander, Wyoming, United States, the station serves the Riverton area. The station is currently owned by Will Hill, through licensee Kairos Broadcasting, LLC. [2]

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History

The station was initially licensed on 1230 kHz in 1948, receiving it's license to cover on February 23, 1949. The station started with 250 watts, the then-limit for so-called graveyarder frequencies, referred to as local frequencies by the FCC. [3] In November 1953, the station applied to move to 1330 kHz and increase power to 1,000 watts day and night. The station was owned by Fremont Broadcasting. The station received a power increase to 5,000 watts in 1962. [4]

For much of its life, the station carried a country music format. [5] [6]

In 2021, the station was sold from Fremont Broadcasting to Kairos Broadcasting, along with sister station KDLY. [7]

In September 2022, KOVE changed its format from country to news/talk. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KOVE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KOVE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "White's Radio Log". C. DeWitt White. 1951. p. 28.
  4. ↑ "FCC History cards for KOVE" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission.
  5. ↑ "The Country Music Who's who". Heather Publications. 1965. p. 16.
  6. ↑ "CMA: The 1994 Country Music Association Country Radio Directory". Country Music Association . 1994. pp. 121, 132.
  7. ↑ Adam Jacobson (July 12, 2021). "A Wind River Basin Duo Trades Hands, Thanks To Patricks". Radio & Television Business Report.
  8. ↑ Pair of Flips in Central Wyoming Radioinsight - October 27, 2022


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