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KOTV (AM)
KOTV (1170 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is owned by Griffin Communications and airs an all-news radio format. Studios and offices are located across from Guthrie Green in Downtown Tulsa. The transmitter is on East 11th Street (Route 66) in an undeveloped area of East Tulsa.
KOTV is a clear channel Class A station broadcasting at 50,000 watts, the maximum power for American AM stations. The station uses a non-directional antenna by day, heard over much of Eastern Oklahoma and parts of Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri. It provides secondary coverage as far north as Wichita, as far east as Fayetteville and Fort Smith, Arkansas. At night, it uses a directional antenna with a three-tower array to protect the other Class A station on 1170 AM, WWVA in Wheeling, West Virginia. Even with this restriction, KOTV's nighttime signal can be heard over much of the Central United States and well into the Rocky Mountains with a good radio.
The station carries News on 6 Now, a simulcast of the TV newscasts on channel 6 KOTV-DT and sister station channel 19 KQCW-DT. When channel 6 or channel 19 are broadcasting entertainment shows or syndicated programs, 1170 AM replays the most recent TV newscast.
KOTV-DT is the CBS network affiliate while KQCW-DT is The CW network affiliate for the Tulsa TV market. It airs local news on weekdays from 4:30 to 10 a.m., noon to 1 p.m., 4 to 5:30 p.m., 6 to 6:30 p.m. and 9 to 10:35 p.m. It also has several newscasts on Saturdays and Sundays. Griffin Media owns channel 6, channel 19, and 1170 AM.
KOTV is also the Tulsa affiliate of the Cowboy Radio Network, with live game broadcasts of Oklahoma State Cowboys football, Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball, and Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball.
Founded by E. H. Rollestone, KOTV first signed on the air on June 23, 1926. Its original call sign was KVOO, the "Voice Of Oklahoma". At the time, it was powered at 1,000 watts with its transmitter in Bristow, Oklahoma. Rollestone, a young oil millionaire, had previously founded another station in Bristow known as KFRU, which had already been sold to Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri.
KVOO was moved to Tulsa on September 13, 1927, after being partially purchased by William G. Skelly. Skelly later purchased the entire company on June 28, 1928. In 1933, radio legend Paul Harvey began his radio career at KVOO.
From the 1970s until May 2002, the station was primarily known for its country music heritage, as well as being nationally famous for Western swing music. KVOO hosted such musicians as Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, Johnnie Lee Wills and Billy Parker, who has won awards as country music disc jockey of the year. KVOO began live broadcasts of Bob Wills concerts in 1934; those concerts moved to Cain's Ballroom in 1935.
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KOTV (AM)
KOTV (1170 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is owned by Griffin Communications and airs an all-news radio format. Studios and offices are located across from Guthrie Green in Downtown Tulsa. The transmitter is on East 11th Street (Route 66) in an undeveloped area of East Tulsa.
KOTV is a clear channel Class A station broadcasting at 50,000 watts, the maximum power for American AM stations. The station uses a non-directional antenna by day, heard over much of Eastern Oklahoma and parts of Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri. It provides secondary coverage as far north as Wichita, as far east as Fayetteville and Fort Smith, Arkansas. At night, it uses a directional antenna with a three-tower array to protect the other Class A station on 1170 AM, WWVA in Wheeling, West Virginia. Even with this restriction, KOTV's nighttime signal can be heard over much of the Central United States and well into the Rocky Mountains with a good radio.
The station carries News on 6 Now, a simulcast of the TV newscasts on channel 6 KOTV-DT and sister station channel 19 KQCW-DT. When channel 6 or channel 19 are broadcasting entertainment shows or syndicated programs, 1170 AM replays the most recent TV newscast.
KOTV-DT is the CBS network affiliate while KQCW-DT is The CW network affiliate for the Tulsa TV market. It airs local news on weekdays from 4:30 to 10 a.m., noon to 1 p.m., 4 to 5:30 p.m., 6 to 6:30 p.m. and 9 to 10:35 p.m. It also has several newscasts on Saturdays and Sundays. Griffin Media owns channel 6, channel 19, and 1170 AM.
KOTV is also the Tulsa affiliate of the Cowboy Radio Network, with live game broadcasts of Oklahoma State Cowboys football, Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball, and Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball.
Founded by E. H. Rollestone, KOTV first signed on the air on June 23, 1926. Its original call sign was KVOO, the "Voice Of Oklahoma". At the time, it was powered at 1,000 watts with its transmitter in Bristow, Oklahoma. Rollestone, a young oil millionaire, had previously founded another station in Bristow known as KFRU, which had already been sold to Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri.
KVOO was moved to Tulsa on September 13, 1927, after being partially purchased by William G. Skelly. Skelly later purchased the entire company on June 28, 1928. In 1933, radio legend Paul Harvey began his radio career at KVOO.
From the 1970s until May 2002, the station was primarily known for its country music heritage, as well as being nationally famous for Western swing music. KVOO hosted such musicians as Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, Johnnie Lee Wills and Billy Parker, who has won awards as country music disc jockey of the year. KVOO began live broadcasts of Bob Wills concerts in 1934; those concerts moved to Cain's Ballroom in 1935.