KVSO explained

KVSO
City:Ardmore, Oklahoma
Country:US
Branding:KVSO, The Sports Animal
Frequency:1240 kHz
Translator:107.5 K298CR (Ardmore)
Format:Sports
Power:1,000 watts unlimited
Class:C
Facility Id:11182
Coordinates:34.1817°N -97.1467°W
Callsign Meaning:"Voice of Southern Oklahoma"
Licensing Authority:FCC
Former Frequencies:1210 kHz (1935–1941)
Former Callsigns:KVSO (1935–1991)
KKAJ (1991–1995)
Affiliations:WWLS-FM Oklahoma City
Owner:Stephens Media Group
Licensee:SMG-Ardmore, LLC
Sister Stations:KKAJ-FM, KYNZ, KTRX

KVSO (1240 AM, "The Sports Animal") is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States, the station is currently owned by Stephens Media Group, through licensee SMG-Ardmore, LLC.[1] [2]

History

On August 13, 1934, The Ardmoreite Publishing Company applied to build a new radio station on 1210 kHz in Ardmore, to operate with 100 watts during daytime hours. The Federal Communications Commission granted the application on February 26, 1935. The call sign KVSO was selected, for "Voice of Southern Oklahoma".[3] Operating from studios and a transmitter at a converted two-story home north of the city that was once used as a showplace for local merchants,[4] [5] the station went on the air on August 4, 1935.[6] It was Ardmore's first broadcast outlet since the short-lived WOAA in 1922 and 1923.[7] While originally a daytime-only station, it was allowed to broadcast at night in 1936, and in January 1938, it increased power to 250 watts. In addition to local programs and World Broadcasting System features, the station also had newscasts, which originated from studios at the downtown printing plant and offices of The Ardmoreite.[8] When an adjacent building burned down in March 1938, newscasters reporting the blaze from the downtown studio had to periodically flee the studios for fresh air because of smoke.[9]

It was a charter member of the Oklahoma Network, itself affiliated with the Mutual Broadcasting System, when it was formed in 1937.[10] [11] Much of the Oklahoma Network joined NBC's Blue Network on January 1, 1941, resulting in the incorporation of five new Oklahoma outlets including KVSO.[12] On March 29 of that year, the station moved from 1210 to 1240 kHz as part of the enactment of NARBA. Studios moved from the transmitter site to the downtown Hotel Ardmore in 1942.

In 1944, KVSO was separated into the personal ownership of John F. Easley, publisher of The Ardmoreite, and it would remain in the Easley and Riesen-Easley family into the 1980s. The station continued to steadily grow. An FM station, KVSO-FM 93.7, operated from 1947 until 1950, when it was closed down due to the expense of repairing its transmitter.[13] The mountaintop site once used by the FM was rehabilitated in 1956 for use by KVSO-TV (channel 12), also an NBC affiliate, which was sold and became KXII in 1958.[14]

The Riesen family sold the Ardmoreite to Stauffer Communications in 1983, ending 63 years of family ownership of the newspaper. Stauffer was required to divest the radio stations to meet FCC regulations.[15] In buying the newspaper, the firm requested an 18-month waiver to take on the station (valued at $750,000), which would have brought it over the limit of AM outlets it could own, until a buyer could be sought.[16] The buyer for the station was Harold G. McEwen, who also owned KKAJ (95.7 FM) in town. Both outlets sold together for $1.75 million to Pat Nugent in 1986.[17] Under Nugent, KVSO programmed an oldies format.

The pair was to be sold again in 1991 to Carter County Broadcasting Inc., a company controlled by the First National Bank of Yorktown, Texas,[18] but that sale failed to close. At that time, the AM station changed its call sign to KKAJ and began to simulcast the country music format on KKAJ-FM, replacing what had been a Christian format.[19] Nugent would try again to sell the pair in 1993, this time to Chuckie Broadcasting, a company led by Lawrence B. Taishoff, the former publisher and chairman of Broadcasting magazine.[20] The KVSO call letters were restored to the AM station in 1995,[21] though it was not until 1996 that the station dropped the simulcast to broadcast an oldies and talk format.[22] The present sports format was adopted in 2001.[23] Chuckie Broadcasting was acquired by NextMedia for $5.5 million in 2002.[24]

LKCM Radio Group purchased the stations from NextMedia in 2006.[25] Stephens Media acquired the LKCM cluster in 2016.[26]

Programming

See main article: WWLS-FM. Most of the station's daytime sports talk programming is simulcast from WWLS-FM in Oklahoma City. The station also airs Oklahoma City Thunder basketball and Oklahoma Sooners athletic events.[27] [28]

Translators

In the immediate Ardmore area, KVSO is simulcast on a 250-watt translator on the FM band.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KVSO Facility Record . United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division . December 21, 2008 . April 20, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220420061926/https://transition.fcc.gov/favicon.ico . live .
  2. Web site: KVSO Station Information Profile. Arbitron. December 21, 2008. May 28, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120528164415/http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=KVSO. live.
  3. News: KVSO To Designate Ardmore's Station. April 19, 1935. 5. Waurika News-Democrat. Waurika, Oklahoma. Newspapers.com. April 20, 2022. April 20, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220420061857/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100097458/kvso-to-designate-ardmores-station/. live.
  4. News: Waurike To Help In Opening Radio Station. August 2, 1935. 1. Waurika News-Democrat. Waurika, Oklahoma. Newspapers.com. April 20, 2022. April 20, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220420061902/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100097520/waurike-to-help-in-opening-radio-station/. live.
  5. Web site: City of Ardmore Historic Preservation Plan. October 11, 2011. Robison and Associates. 34. April 20, 2022. April 20, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220420061906/https://www.ardmorehp.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Ardmore-Preservation-Plan-FINAL-October-11-2011.pdf. live.
  6. News: Voice of Southern Oklahoma Goes On Air: Nine Towns Have Part In Inaugural Program. 1, Radio 2. The Daily Ardmoreite. August 4, 1935. April 20, 2022. April 20, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220420061905/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-aug-04-1935-3173188/. live.
  7. News: Hardy Station Radio Pioneer: WOAA, Dr. Hardy's Station, Was First to Go on Air In This Section. Radio 2. The Daily Ardmoreite. August 4, 1935. April 20, 2022. April 20, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220420061905/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-aug-04-1935-3173188/. live.
  8. News: 1, 7. Fire Sweeps Plant of Sam P. McCullough; Menaces Entire Block. March 20, 1938. The Daily Ardmoreite. April 20, 2022. April 20, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220420061904/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-mar-20-1938-3173224/. live.
  9. News: Studio Notes. Broadcasting. April 1, 1938. 75. April 20, 2022. November 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211108151259/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1938/1938-04-01-BC.pdf. live.
  10. News: New Okla. Network. May 19, 2016. Radio Daily. February 9, 1937. 1. November 27, 2014. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20141127204335/http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Daily/RA-1937/RA-1937-Feb.pdf. live.
  11. News: Buryl Lottridge Named Head of Oklahoma Net. August 1, 1937. Broadcasting. 43. April 20, 2022. November 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211108151243/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1937/1937-08-01-BC.pdf. live.
  12. News: Program From New York Is To Be Dedicated to New Members of Blue Network. 1. The Daily Ardmoreite. December 27, 1940. April 20, 2022. April 20, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220420061905/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-dec-27-1940-3173210/. live.
  13. News: FCC Roundup. April 3, 1950. Broadcasting. 69. April 20, 2022. November 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211108151617/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1950/BC-1950-04-03.pdf. live.
  14. News: 24. Mac. McGalliard. The Way I See It. The Daily Ardmoreite. May 3, 1956. April 20, 2022. April 20, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220420061906/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-may-03-1956-3173245/. live.
  15. News: Daily Ardmoreite sells to Stauffer; Lee Porter takes reins as publisher. February 1, 1983. 7. The Oklahoma Times. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Newspapers.com. April 20, 2022. April 20, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220420061904/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100099211/daily-ardmoreite-sells-to-stauffer-lee/. live.
  16. News: Changing Hands. February 28, 1983. 101. Broadcasting. April 20, 2022. November 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211108151454/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1983/BC-1983-02-28.pdf. live.
  17. News: Changing Hands. February 17, 1986. Broadcasting. 71. April 20, 2022. November 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211108151341/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1986/BC-1986-02-17.pdf. live.
  18. News: Changing Hands. 43. Broadcasting. August 19, 1991. April 20, 2022. November 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211108151259/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1991/BC-1991-08-19.pdf. live.
  19. News: Format Changes. M Street Journal. 1. June 3, 1991. April 20, 2022. September 30, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210930001656/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1991-06.pdf. live.
  20. News: Changing Hands. March 1, 1993. Broadcasting & Cable. 41. April 20, 2022. November 8, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211108151328/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1993/BC-1993-03-01.pdf. live.
  21. Web site: KVSO Call Sign History . United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division . December 21, 2008 . April 20, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220420061906/https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=11182&Callsign=KVSO . live .
  22. News: Format Changes. 2. M Street Journal. April 20, 2022. January 2, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220102201358/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1996-09.pdf. live.
  23. News: 5. Format Changes and Updates. M Street Journal. May 16, 2001. April 19, 2022. World Radio History. September 30, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210930002434/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-2001-05.pdf#page=21. live.
  24. News: NextMedia buying radio stations in Okla.. Denver Business Journal. August 20, 2002. April 20, 2022. February 16, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060216233719/http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2002/08/19/daily13.html. live.
  25. News: Ardmore or less? NM out, LKCM in. March 30, 2006. RBR Epaper. April 20, 2022. April 20, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220420061905/https://www.rbr.com/epaper/issue63-06-hga.html. live.
  26. News: LKCM Sells Four in Oklahoma. Radio and Television Business Report. April 7, 2016. April 20, 2022. January 26, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126123912/https://www.rbr.com/lkcm-sells-four-in-oklahoma/. live.
  27. Web site: KVSO . 2022-04-20 . SMG Exchange . en . April 20, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220420061905/https://smgexchange.com/products/kvso . live .
  28. Web site: Sooner Sports Radio Network . 2022-04-20 . University of Oklahoma . en . March 24, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324000200/https://soonersports.com/sports/2019/8/9/210185760.aspx . live .

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