WHVO (1480 AM) and WKDZ (1110 AM) are a pair of

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. Licensed to

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, United States, WHVO serves the Clarksville-Hopkinsville area. WKDZ is licensed to

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. The stations are currently owned by Ham Broadcasting Co., Inc. and feature news programming from

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. WKDZ is a daytime-only radio station, while WHVO broadcasts 24 hours a day. The two stations maintain a shared studio facility with

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near its junction with

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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 ''

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to WQKS. WQKS was acquired by the station's current owner, Ham Broadcasting, in October 1995."Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". ''Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1996''. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1996. p. B-169

/ref> The station had changed to its current oldies format in October 1997 after a few years of airing an urban contemporary format. The current WHVO callsign was adopted on May 16, 2000.

History of WKDZ (AM)

WKDZ (AM) signed on the air on April 8, 1966, under license by Lake Barkley Broadcasting Company. at approximately 11 a.m., with general manager Wilburn "Willie" Wilson, a former WPKY employee, providing the opening remarks. WKDZ signed on the air with the performance of "

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" by the Trigg County High School band. The first song played on WKDZ was "

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. 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). WKDZ was the longtime broadcaster of the Cadiz Rotary Auction for many years since 1967.

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

Recent history

In the early 2010s, Ham Broadcasting signed on two low-powered

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for the purpose of simulcasting WHVO and WKDZ's programming onto the FM dial.

Programming

Sports programming

In addition to its usual oldies music, WHVO and WKDZ-AM are the official broadcasters of the

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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.

Station programming schedule

* ''Hoptown This Morning'' – weekdays 6-9 a.m. * ''Mid-Days with Tony Winfield'' – weekdays 9 a.m.-12 Noon and 1-3 p.m. * ''Live Afternoon Drive with Kim Allen'' – weekdays 3-5 p.m. * ''Original Rock 'n Roll with Tom Rogers'' – weeknights after 6 p.m. Features rock and roll hits that were first heard on the station (as WKOA) when they were first played.

News operation

WHVO/WKDZ, along with

, 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 WHVO and WKDZ-AM-FM. Hourly national news updates on WHVO/WKDZ are provided by

, and are aired at the top of each hour.

References

External links

WHVO website

WKDZ Sports
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