WHVO

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WHVO and WKDZ
Broadcast area Clarksville, Tennessee–Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Frequencies
  • WHVO: 1480 kHz
  • WKDZ: 1110kHz
BrandingOldies Radio 96.5 & 100.9 FM
Programming
Format Oldies
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerHam Broadcasting Co., Inc.
WEKT, WKDZ-FM, WPKY
History
First air date
  • WHVO: September 19, 1954 (1954-09-19)
  • WKDZ: April 8, 1966 (1966-04-08) [1]
Former call signs
  • WHVO:
    • WKOA (1954–1986) [2]
    • WYKH (1986–1987)
    • WQKS (1987–2000)
Call sign meaning
  • WHVO: "Hopkinsville Oldies"
  • WKDZ: "Cadiz"
Technical information [3] [4]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID
  • WHVO: 55651
  • WKDZ: 25887
Class
  • WHVO: D
  • WKDZ: D
Power
  • WHVO:
    • 1,000 watts (day)
    • 24 watts (night)
  • WKDZ: 790 watts (day)
Transmitter coordinates
Translator(s)
  • WHVO: 96.5 W243CH (Hopkinsville)
  • WKDZ: 100.9 W265BW (Cadiz)
Links
Public license information
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, built by the Woods family, who were also the owners of the Kentucky New Era , the Woods family, was assigned the call letters WKOA upon signing on the air on September 19, 1954, [2] : 90–91  under the license of Pennyrile Broadcasting Company, the broadcast division of the New Era. Local businessman William Higgins purchased the station in 1958. [2] : 91  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 April 1, 1986, when it switched to a solid gold oldies format after being purchased by John N. Hall III. [2] : 91  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. [5] The current WHVO callsign was adopted on May 16, 2000. [6]

History of WKDZ (AM)

WKDZ (AM) signed on the air on April 8, 1966, [7] under license by Lake Barkley Broadcasting Company. [2] : 83  at approximately 11 a.m., with general manager Wilburn "Willie" Wilson, a former WPKY employee, providing the opening remarks. [8] WKDZ signed on the air with the performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by the Trigg County High School band. [9] The first song played on WKDZ was "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by Nancy Sinatra.

The station signed on and began simulcasting over its FM companion at 106.3 MHz in 1972. WKDZ-AM-FM remained under ownership of the Wilson family until 1986, when local businessman Gary Kidd acquired the station. The FM station became a separate outlet when that station became rock station WBZD. On January 22, 1991, its current owner, Ham Broadcasting, acquired WKDZ-AM and WBDZ (which reverted to WKDZ-FM on March 8, 1991). [2] : 84  [5]

WKDZ was the longtime broadcaster of the Cadiz Rotary Auction for many years since 1967. [10]

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 [11]

Recent history

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

Broadcast translator 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
Broadcast translator for WKDZ
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
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. [12]

The only times that WKDZ-AM and W265BW does not simulcast WHVO's programming is when it, 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. ↑ "ABOUT US". Cadiz, Kentucky: WHVO Radio.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nash, Francis M. (1995). Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State (PDF). HOST Communications. ISBN   9781879688933 – via World Radio History.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WHVO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKDZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  5. 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.
  6. ↑ "WHVO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  7. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 2010. p. D-237 – via World Radio History.
  8. ↑ Claussen, Joshua (April 8, 2021). "Edge Media Group celebrates 55 years of WKDZ-AM". WKDZ-FM/WHVO. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  9. ↑ Myers, Sandra (August 25, 2001). "Cadiz radio station changes frequencies". Kentucky New Era. p. A9. Retrieved June 3, 2023– via Google Books.
  10. ↑ Myers, Sandra (April 5, 2002). "Willie Wilson was 1st Rotary Auction broadcaster". 35th Annual Cadiz Rotary Auction special section. Kentucky New Era. p. 6. Retrieved June 16, 2024– via Google Books.
  11. ↑ "Cadiz radio stations make format changes". Kentucky New Era. July 3, 2007. p. A3. Retrieved February 21, 2024– via Google Books.
  12. ↑ WKDZ & WHVO Media Kit
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