KDVV

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KDVV
Broadcast area Topeka metropolitan area
Frequency 100.3 MHz
BrandingV100
Programming
Format Classic rock
Affiliations United Stations Radio Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
KMAJ, KMAJ-FM, KTOP, KTOP-FM, KWIC
History
First air date
May 29, 1960 (1960-05-29)
Former call signs
KTOP-FM (1960–1976)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 62237
Class C
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 300 meters (980 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 38°57′15″N95°54′43″W / 38.95417°N 95.91194°W / 38.95417; -95.91194
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website v100rocks.com

KDVV (100.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Topeka, Kansas, United States. Owned by Cumulus Media, the station airs a classic rock format branded as "V100" that leans toward harder-edged songs from the 1960s, 70s and 80s. [2] The studios are on South Kansas Avenue in Topeka.

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KDVV's transmitter is sited on SW Davis Road in Dover.

History

The station signed on the air on May 29, 1960, as KTOP-FM, and was the sister station to KTOP (1490 AM). (The KTOP-FM call letters are now found on a co-owned station at 102.9 MHz in St. Marys.) At first, KTOP-AM-FM simulcast and were network affiliates of the Mutual Broadcasting System. In 1964, KTOP-AM-FM were acquired by Harris Enterprises. [3]

By the 1970s, KTOP-FM had a separate format from 1490 AM. While KTOP (AM) was a Top 40 station in the 1960s and 70s, KTOP-FM aired an automated country music format. In 1976, the two stations flipped, with KTOP-FM becoming the Top 40 station, playing contemporary hits in FM stereo. During this time, KTOP-FM switched its call letters to KDVV. The Top 40 format continued throughout the 1980s and into the early 1990s.

The station has aired various forms of album rock music since the 1990s, at times leaning heavily on classic rock and at other times playing more new music. In 2014, KDVV became the Topeka affiliate of the Bob & Tom Show . KDVV serves now as the de facto active rock station for Topeka, Junction City, and Manhattan since the nearest active rock station provides only rimshot coverage.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KDVV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KDVV Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "Station KTOP Is Sold: Harris Publications, Hutchinson, Buys Topeka Radio Firm". The Kansas City Times. Kansas City, Missouri. Associated Press. August 6, 1963. p. 4. Archived from the original on April 18, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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