KOVE (AM)
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KOVE
| logo = File:KOVE_1330_Lander,_WY_logo_(2024).jpg
| logo_size = 100px
| city = Lander, Wyoming
| area = Riverton area
| branding = AM 1330 - 107.7 FM KOVE
| frequency = 1330 kHz
| translator = 107.7 K299BC (Lander)
| airdate = November 6, 1948
| format = News/Talk
| power = 5,000 watts (day)
250 watts (night)
| class = B
| facility_id = 22624
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|42|50|34|N|108|44|41|W|region:US_type:landmark}}}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns =
| affiliations = Fox News Radio
| owner = Will Hill
| licensee = Kairos Broadcasting, LLC
| sister_stations = KDLY, KTUG
| webcast = [http://radio.securenetsystems.net/ce/index.cfm?stationCallSign=KOVE Listen Live]
| website = [https://county10.com/kove/ KOVE Online]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KOVE (1330 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Lander, Wyoming, United States, the station serves the Riverton area. The station is currently owned by Will Hill, through licensee Kairos Broadcasting, LLC.{{cite web |title=KOVE Facility Record |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=KOVE |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
History
The station was initially licensed on 1230 kHz in 1948, receiving it's license to cover on February 23, 1949. The station started with 250 watts, the then-limit for so-called graveyarder frequencies, referred to as local frequencies by the FCC.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eot-ZToIQCQC&q=KOVE+1230|title=White's Radio Log|date=1951|page=28|publisher=C. DeWitt White}} In November 1953, the station applied to move to 1330 kHz and increase power to 1,000 watts day and night. The station was owned by Fremont Broadcasting. The station received a power increase to 5,000 watts in 1962.{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/9c3c9234-e3b3-41c8-8163-51356d2999bc.pdf|title=FCC History cards for KOVE|work=Federal Communications Commission}}
For much of its life, the station carried a country music format.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2zBLAAAAYAAJ&q=KOVE+1330|title=The Country Music Who's who|publisher=Heather Publications|date=1965|page=16}}
{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=opr2GGhDTrYC&q=KOVE+1330|work=Country Music Association|title=CMA: The 1994 Country Music Association Country Radio Directory|date=1994|pages=121, 132}}
In 2021, the station was sold from Fremont Broadcasting to Kairos Broadcasting, along with sister station KDLY.{{cite web|url=https://rbr.com/wyoming-kdly-deal|title=A Wind River Basin Duo Trades Hands, Thanks To Patricks|work=Radio & Television Business Report|author=Adam Jacobson|date=July 12, 2021}}
In September 2022, KOVE changed its format from country to news/talk.[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/244382/double-flip-in-central-wyoming/ Pair of Flips in Central Wyoming] Radioinsight - October 27, 2022
Previous logo
References
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External links
{{AM station data|22624|KOVE}}
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|148074|K299BC}}
- {{FXL|K299BC}}
{{Riverton Radio}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in Wyoming}}
Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1948
Category:1948 establishments in Wyoming
Category:Fremont County, Colorado
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