KADS

{{short description|Radio station in Elk City, Oklahoma}}

{{About||the airport in Addison, Texas assigned the ICAO code KADS|Addison Airport}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox radio station

| name = KADS

| logo =

| city = Elk City, Oklahoma

| area =

| branding = The Sports Animal

| frequency = 1240 kHz

| translator = 98.1 K251CN (Elk City)

| airdate = 1932

| format = Sports

| power = 1,000 watts (unlimited)

| class = C

| facility_id = 29030

| coordinates = {{coord|35|22|51|N|99|24|25|W}}

| callsign_meaning =

| former_callsigns =

| affiliations =

| owner = Paragon Communications, Inc.

| licensee =

| sister_stations =

| webcast = [http://us7.maindigitalstream.com/2055/ Listen Live]

| website = [https://kadsam.com kadsam.com]

| licensing_authority= FCC

}}

KADS (1240 AM, "The Sports Animal") is a radio station licensed to serve Elk City, Oklahoma, United States. The station, established in 1929,{{cite book |title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 |date=1979 |chapter=Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada |publisher=Broadcasting Publications, Inc |location=Washington, DC |page=C-176}} is currently owned by Paragon Communications, Inc.

KADS broadcasts a sports format, largely as a simulcast of WWLS-FM (98.1 FM) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.{{cite web |work=Arbitron |title=Station Information Profile |url=http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/station_information.htm |accessdate=June 24, 2009}}

The station was assigned the KADS call sign by the Federal Communications Commission.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=29030&Callsign=KADS |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |accessdate=June 24, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}