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| Broadcast area | Clarksville, Tennessee–Hopkinsville, Kentucky |
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| Branding | Oldies Radio 96.5 & 100.9 FM |
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| Format | Oldies |
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| Owner | Ham Broadcasting Co., Inc. |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | www |
WHVO (1480AM) andWKDZ (1110 AM) are a pair ofradio stations simulcasting anoldiesformat. Licensed toHopkinsville, Kentucky, United States, WHVO serves the Clarksville-Hopkinsville area. WKDZ is licensed toCadiz, Kentucky. The stations are currently owned by Ham Broadcasting Co., Inc. and feature news programming fromFox News Radio. WKDZ is a daytime-only radio station, while WHVO broadcasts 24 hours a day.
The two stations maintain a shared studio facility withWKDZ-FM onUS 68/KY 80 near its junction withInterstate 24 inCadiz. WHVO's transmitter is located near the Western Kentucky State Fairgrounds in Hopkinsville. WKDZ's transmitter is located on Monitor Springs Road offKY 778 near Cadiz.
The station, built by the Woods family, who were also the owners of theKentucky New Era, the Woods family, was assigned the call lettersWKOA upon signing on the air on September 19, 1954,[2]: 90–91 under the license of Pennyrile Broadcasting Company, the broadcast division of theNew 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 toWYKH 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 itscall sign toWQKS.
WQKS was acquired by the station's current owner, Ham Broadcasting, in October 1995.[5] The station had changed to its current oldies format in October 1997 after a few years of airing an urban contemporary format.[6] The current WHVO callsign was adopted on May 16, 2000.[7]
WKDZ (AM) signed on the air on April 8, 1966,[8] under license by Lake Barkley Broadcasting Company.[2]: 83 at approximately 11 a.m., with general manager Wilburn "Willie" Wilson, a formerWPKY employee, providing the opening remarks.[9] WKDZ signed on the air with the performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" by the Trigg County High School band.[10] The first song played on WKDZ was "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" byNancy Sinatra.
The station signed on and began simulcasting overits 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.[11]
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[12]
In the early 2010s, Ham Broadcasting signed on two low-poweredtranslators for the purpose of simulcasting WHVO and WKDZ's programming onto the FM dial.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info |
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| W243CH | 96.5 FM | Hopkinsville, Kentucky | 21839 | 250 | 59.9 m (197 ft) | D | LMS |
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info |
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| W265BW | 100.9 FM | Cadiz, Kentucky | 145580 | 250 | 100.4 m (329 ft) | D | LMS |
In addition to its usual oldies music, WHVO and WKDZ-AM are the official broadcasters of theFort CampbellHigh School Falcons football team.[13]
The only times that WKDZ-AM and W265BW does not simulcast WHVO's programming is when it, alone, also serves as aUK Sports Network affiliate broadcastingKentucky Wildcats women's basketball alone, but also simulcasts football and men's basketball broadcasts with WKDZ-FM.WHOP (AM 1230) is the other UK Sports Network station that broadcasts all three kinds of UK Sports Network broadcasts in the Clarksville/Hopkinsville area. WKDZ-AM also solos when broadcasting Trigg County High School basketball games.
WHVO/WKDZ, along withWKDZ-FM, boasts their own news operation. The one-hour newscasts, branded asNews Edge, are broadcast at 12 Noon and 5:00 p.m.Central Time, and are simulcast over WHVO and WKDZ-AM-FM. Hourly national news updates on WHVO/WKDZ are provided byFox News Radio, and are aired at the top of each hour.