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{{Short description|Radio station in Hopkinsville, Kentucky}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WHVO & WKDZ
| logo = WHVO 96.5-100.9 logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| city = '''WHVO''': [[Hopkinsville, Kentucky]]<br />'''WKDZ''': [[Cadiz, Kentucky]]
| area = [[Clarksville, Tennessee]]–[[Hopkinsville, Kentucky]]
| branding = ''Oldies Radio 96.5 & 100.9 FM''
| frequency = '''WHVO''': 1480 [[kilohertz|kHz]]<br>'''WKDZ''': 1110 kHz
| translator = '''WHVO''': 96.5 W243CH (Hopkinsville)<br>'''WKDZ''': 100.9 W265BW (Cadiz)
| repeater =
| airdate = '''WHVO''': {{start date and age|1954|09|19}}<br>'''WKDZ''': {{start date and age|1966|04|08}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whvoradio.com/pages/21637774.php|publisher=WHVO Radio|location=Cadiz, Kentucky|title=ABOUT US}}</ref>
| last_airdate =
| format = [[Oldies]]
| language =
| power = '''WHVO''': 1,000 [[watt]]s day<br>24 watts night<br>'''WKDZ''': 790 watts day
| class = '''WHVO''' and '''WKDZ''': D
| facility_id = '''WHVO''': 55651<br>'''WKDZ''': 25887
| coordinates = '''WHVO''': {{coord|36|52|15|N|87|30|43|W|type:landmark}}<br>'''WKDZ''': {{coord|36|52|57|N|87|50|44|W|type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning  = '''WHVO''': "Hopkinsville Oldies"<br>'''WKDZ''': Cadiz<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldradio.com/archives/nelson/origins.call-list.html|title=Call Letter Origins|website=Radio History on the Web|access-date=June 15, 2024}}</ref> or as pronounced "K-Diz"
| former_callsigns = '''WHVO''':<br>WKOA (1954–1986)<ref name=Nash>{{Cite book|last=Nash|first=Francis M.|date=1995|title=Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State|publisher=HOST Communications|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History/Towers-Over-Kentucky-Nash-1995.pdf|via=World Radio History|isbn=9781879688933}}</ref><br>WYKH (1986–1987)<br>WQKS (1987–2000)
| former_frequencies =
| affiliations = [[Fox News Radio]]<br>[[Premiere Networks]]<br>[[United Stations Radio Networks]]
| owner = Ham Broadcasting Co., Inc.
| licensee =
| sister_stations = [[WEKT]], [[WKDZ-FM]], [[WPKY]]
| webcast = [https://us7.maindigitalstream.com/4448/ Listen Live]
| website = {{URL|http://www.whvoradio.com/}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''WHVO''' (1480 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) and '''WKDZ''' (1110 AM) are a pair of [[radio station]]s simulcasting an [[oldies]] [[radio format|format]]. Licensed to [[Hopkinsville, Kentucky]], United States, WHVO serves the Clarksville-Hopkinsville area. WKDZ is licensed to [[Cadiz, Kentucky]]. The stations are currently owned by Ham Broadcasting Co., Inc. and feature news programming from [[Fox News Radio]]. WKDZ is a daytime-only radio station, while WHVO broadcasts 24 hours a day.
The two stations maintain a shared studio facility with [[WKDZ-FM]] on [[U.S. Route 68|US 68]]/[[Kentucky Route 80|KY 80]] near its junction with [[Interstate 24]] in [[Cadiz, Kentucky|Cadiz]]. WHVO's transmitter is located near the Western Kentucky State Fairgrounds in Hopkinsville. WKDZ's transmitter is located on Monitor Springs Road off [[Kentucky Route 778|KY 778]] near Cadiz.
==History==
===History of WHVO===
The station, built by the Woods family, who were also the owners of the ''[[Kentucky New Era]]'', the Woods family, was assigned the call letters '''WKOA''' upon signing on the air on September 19, 1954,{{r|Nash|pages=90–91}} under the license of Pennyrile Broadcasting Company, the broadcast division of the ''New Era''. Local businessman William Higgins purchased the station in 1958.{{r|Nash|page=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 to '''WYKH''' on April 1, 1986, when it switched to a solid gold oldies format after being purchased by John N. Hall III.{{r|Nash|page=91}} On December 14, 1987, the station changed its [[call sign]] to '''WQKS'''. WQKS was acquired by the station's current owner, Ham Broadcasting, in October 1995.<ref name=1996bc>"Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". ''Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1996''. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1996. p. B-169. [https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1979/C-All%20%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201979-12.pdf]</ref> The current WHVO callsign was adopted on May 16, 2000.<ref>"[http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=55651&Callsign=WHVO WHVO Call Sign History]". ''[[United States]] [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division''.</ref>
===History of WKDZ (AM)===
WKDZ (AM) signed on the air on April 8, 1966,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D2-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf|year=2010|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook|page= D-237|publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc.|location=Washington, D.C.|via=World Radio History}}</ref> under license by Lake Barkley Broadcasting Company.{{r|Nash|page=83}} at approximately 11 a.m., with general manager Wilburn "Willie" Wilson, a former [[WPKY]] employee, providing the opening remarks.<ref>{{cite news|last=Claussen|first=Joshua|url=https://www.wkdzradio.com/2021/04/08/edge-media-group-celebrates-55-years-of-wkdz-am/news-edge/|title=Edge Media Group celebrates 55 years of WKDZ-AM|work=[[WKDZ-FM]]/WHVO|date=April 8, 2021|access-date=June 16, 2024}}</ref> WKDZ signed on the air with the performance of "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]" by the Trigg County High School band.<ref name=wkdz01>{{cite news|last=Myers|first=Sandra|date=August 25, 2001|title=Cadiz radio station changes frequencies|work=Kentucky New Era|page=A9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pegrAAAAIBAJ&dq=WKDZ&pg=PA17&article_id=2713,5380073|via=Google Books|access-date=June 3, 2023}}</ref> The first song played on WKDZ was "[[These Boots Are Made for Walkin']]" by [[Nancy Sinatra]].
The station signed on and began simulcasting over [[WKDZ-FM|its FM companion]] at 106.3&nbsp;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).{{r|Nash|page=84}}<ref name=1996bc/>
WKDZ was the longtime broadcaster of the Cadiz Rotary Auction for many years since 1967.<ref>{{cite news|last=Myers|first=Sandra|title=Willie Wilson was 1st Rotary Auction broadcaster|work=35th Annual Cadiz Rotary Auction special section|publisher=[[Kentucky New Era]]|date=April 5, 2002|page=6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOQrAAAAIBAJ&dq=WKDZ+1110&pg=PA16&article_id=1227,600620|via=Google Books|access-date=June 16, 2024}}</ref>
===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 <ref>{{cite news|title=Cadiz radio stations make format changes|work=Kentucky New Era|date=July 3, 2007|page=A3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JgAsAAAAIBAJ&dq=WKDZ&pg=PA2&article_id=4868,111013|via=Google Books|access-date=February 21, 2024}}</ref>
===Recent history===
In the early 2010s, Ham Broadcasting signed on two low-powered [[FM translator|translators]] for the purpose of simulcasting WHVO and WKDZ's programming onto the FM dial.
{{RadioTranslators
|callsign         = WHVO
|call1            = W243CH
|freq1            = 96.5
|fid1             = 21839
|watts1           = 250
|haat1            = 59.9
|class1           = D
|city1            = Hopkinsville, Kentucky
}}
{{RadioTranslators
|callsign = WKDZ
|call1 = W265BW
|freq1 = 100.9
|fid1= 145580
|watts1 = 250
|haat1= 100.4
|class1 = D
|city1 = Cadiz, Kentucky
}}
==Programming==
===Sports programming===
In addition to its usual oldies music, WHVO and WKDZ-AM is the broadcaster of the [[Fort Campbell]] [[Fort Campbell High School|High School]] Falcons football team.<ref>[http://imgsrv.wkdzradio.com/image/wkdz4/UserFiles/File/sherry/wkdz%20media%20kit.pdf WKDZ & WHVO Media Kit]</ref>
The only times that WKDZ-AM and W265BW does not simulcast WHVO's programming is when it, alone, also serves as a [[UK Sports Network]] affiliate broadcasting [[Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball]] alone, but also simulcasts football and men's basketball broadcasts with WKDZ-FM. [[WHOP (AM)|WHOP-AM]] is the other UK Sports Network station that broadcasts all three kinds of sports broadcasts in the Clarksville/Hopkinsville area. WKDZ-AM also solos when broadcasting Trigg County High School basketball games.
===Station programming schedule===
* ''Hoptown This Morning'' &ndash; weekdays 6-9 a.m.
* ''Mid-Days with Tony Winfield'' &ndash; weekdays 9 a.m.-12 Noon and 1-3 p.m.
* ''Live Afternoon Drive with Kim Allen'' &ndash; weekdays 3-5 p.m.
* ''Original Rock 'n Roll with Tom Rogers'' &ndash; 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 [[WKDZ-FM]], boasts their own news operation. The one-hour newscasts, branded as ''News Edge'', are broadcast at 12 Noon and 5:00&nbsp;p.m. [[Central Time Zone|Central Time]], and are simulcast over all three Ham Broadcasting-owned stations. Hourly national news updates on WHVO/WKDZ are provided by [[Fox News Radio]], and are aired at the top of each hour.
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
==External links==
*[http://www.whvoradio.com/ WHVO website]
*[http://wkdzsports.typepad.com/ WKDZ Sports]
{{AM station data|55651|WHVO}}
{{AM station data|25887|WKDZ}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|21839|W243CH}}
*{{FXL|W243CH}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|145580|W265BW}}
*{{FXL|W265BW}}
*{{FCC letter|letterid=25887|callsign=WKDZ (1966-1980)|hcards=yes}}
*{{FCC letter|letterid=55651|callsign=WKOA (1954-1980)|hcards=yes}}
{{Clarksville-Hopkinsville Radio}}
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