WHVO

WHVO & WKDZ

City	WHVO: Hopkinsville, Kentucky WKDZ: Cadiz, Kentucky
Broadcast area	Clarksville-Hopkinsville
Branding	Oldies Radio 1480 & 1110
Frequency	WHVO: 1480 kHz WKDZ: 1110 kHz
Translator(s)	96.5 W243CH (Hopkinsville) 100.9 W265BW (Hopkinsville)
First air date	WHVO: September 19, 1954 WKDZ: April 8, 1966 ^[1]
Format	Oldies
Audience share	0.9 (Fa'07, R&R^[2])
Power	WHVO: 1,000 watts day 24 watts night WKDZ: 790 watts day
Class	WHVO: D WKDZ: D
Facility ID	WHVO: 55651 WKDZ: 25887
Transmitter coordinates	WHVO: 36°52′15.00″N 87°30′43.00″W / 36.8708333°N 87.5119444°W / 36.8708333; -87.5119444 WKDZ: 36°52′57.00″N 87°50′44.00″W / 36.8825000°N 87.8455556°W / 36.8825000; -87.8455556
Callsign meaning	WHVO: unknown WKDZ: KDZ = Cadiz^[3]
Former callsigns	WHVO: WYKH (1986-1987) WQKS (1987-2000)
Affiliations	Fox News Radio, Jones Radio Network
Owner	Ham Broadcasting Co., Inc.
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	oldies1480.com

WHVO (1480 AM) and WKDZ (1110 AM) are a pair of radio stations simulcasting an Oldies format. Licensed to Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA, WHVO serves the Clarksville-Hopkinsville area. The stations are currently owned by Ham Broadcasting Co., Inc. and feature news programming from Fox News Radio.^[4]

History

WHVO history

WHVO was assigned the call letters WYKH on 1986-04-01. On 1987-12-14, the station changed its call sign to WQKS and again on 2000-05-16 to the current WHVO.^[5]

WKDZ-AM history

WKDZ signed on the air April 8, 1966. ^[6] The first music played on the station was the Star-Spangled Banner by the Trigg County High School band. The first song played was These Boots Are Made for Walkin' by Nancy Sinatra.

Programming

In addition to the Oldies music format, WHVO also broadcasts live coverage of Fort Campbell High School Falcons football. ^[7]

News operation

WHVO broadcasts their own news operation. The one-hour newscasts, branded as News Edge, are broadcast at 12 Noon and 5:00 p.m. Central Time over all three Ham Broadcasting-owned stations (WHVO, WKDZ-AM, and WKDZ-FM).

References

↑ WHVO 96.5 FM 100.9 FM - Cadiz, KY - ABOUT US
↑ "Clarksville-Hopkinsville Market Ratings". Radio & Records.
↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
↑ "WHVO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WHVO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ 2010 Broadcasting Yearbook, page D-237
↑ WHVO & WKDZ Media Kit

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WHVO

Radio-Locator Information on WHVO

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WHVO

Query the FCC's AM station database for WKDZ

Radio-Locator Information on WKDZ

Radio stations in the Clarksville, Tennessee–Hopkinsville, Kentucky market

By AM frequency	540 610 650 790 830 1110 1230 1300 1370 1400 1430 1480 1510

By FM frequency	88.3 89.3 90.3 91.9 92.9 94.3 95.5 96.3 97.5 97.9 98.7 99.1 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.5 103.3 104.5 105.9 106.5 107.5 107.9

By callsign	W256CI WAPX-FM WAYQ WCJK WCVQ WGFX WHOP WHOP-FM WHVO WJNA WJXA WJZM WKDF WKDZ WKDZ-FM WKFN WLAC WNKJ WNQM WNRQ WPLN WPLN-FM WPRT-FM WQZQ WRND WRND-FM WRUS WRVW WSIX-FM WSM WSM-FM WUBT WVVR WWH37 WZZP

Nearby radio markets Bowling Green Evansville Jackson Louisville Nashville Owensboro Paducah See also List of radio stations in Tennessee List of radio stations in Kentucky

Oldies radio stations in the state of Kentucky

By frequency	1110 1140 1240 1420 1430 1450 1460 1480 1490 1590 95.9 96.7 99.1 99.9 102.7 105.3 105.5

By callsign	WANV WCBL-FM WEKB WGKY WHVO WKDZ WKYA WLBN WLKS WMJL-FM WPKE WRLV WSIP WVJS WXKZ-FM WXMZ WYMC

By city	Annville Cadiz Elkhorn City Grand Rivers Greenville Hartford Hopkinsville Lebanon Marion Mayfield Owensboro Paintsville Pikeville Prestonsburg Providence Salyersville West Liberty Wickliffe

Defunct	WQXY 1560 AM

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Kentucky See also Oldies Classic Hits

Daytime-Only radio stations in Kentucky

Stations	WANY - Albany WBCE - Wickliffe WCBR - Richmond WCGW - Nicholasville WDFB - Junction City WEKC - Williamsburg WEKG - Jackson WFLE - Flemingsburg WGRK - Greensburg WJKY - Jamestown WKDO - Liberty WKDZ - Cadiz WKKS - Vanceburg WKVG - Jenkins WKXO - Berea WLCR - Mt. Washington WLGC - Greenup WLRS - Eminence WMJL - Marion WMMG - Brandenburg WMOR - Morehead WMTL - Letchfield WOFC - Murray WONS - Cannonsburg WRLV - Salyersville WTKY - Tompkinsville WUKB - Neon WZQQ - Hazard

Defunct	WQXY - Hazard

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