KYAL-FM
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KYAL-FM
| logo = KYAL-FM logo.jpg
| logo_size = 230px
| city = Muskogee, Oklahoma
| area = Tulsa, Oklahoma
| branding = The Sports Animal
| frequency = 97.1 MHz
| repeaters = {{Radio Relay|101.1|KEOJ|Caney, Kansas}}
| airdate = January 19, 1984 (as KRLQ)
| format = Sports
| erp = 100,000 watts
| haat = 600 meters (1969 feet)
| class = C
| facility_id = 35141
| coordinates = {{coord|35|15|35|N|95|25|52|W}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = KRLQ (1984–1990)
KKWK (1988–1991)
KMMY (1991–2006)
| affiliations = ESPN Radio
| owner = KMMY, Inc.
| licensee =
| sister_stations = KITO-FM, KYAL, KEOJ
| webcast = [https://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/index.cfm?stationCallSign=KYAL Listen Live]
| website = {{URL|sportsanimalradio.com}}
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
KYAL-FM (97.1 FM, "The Sports Animal") is a radio station licensed to serve Muskogee, Oklahoma. The station is owned by KMMY, Inc. It airs a sports format.{{cite web|title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archive-date=2010-03-01 }} Its studios are located at the CityPlex Towers in South Tulsa and its transmitter is located near Stigler, Oklahoma.
History
As KKWK, the station was known as "Quick 97" and became an affiliate of American Top 40 back in 1987.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
As KMMY, this station was known as "Y97, Today's Hot New Country" and aired a country music format.{{cite web |work=WorldOfRadio.com |title=DX Listening Digest 6-158 |first=Glenn |last=Hauser |date=2006-10-24 |url=http://www.worldofradio.com/dxld6158.txt |access-date=2008-05-05}} Notable on-air personalities included disk jockey Gary Walker and weather forecaster Don Woods.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}
The station was assigned the KYAL-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on April 3, 2006.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=35141&Callsign=KYAL-FM |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}} The station flipped from country music to all-sports on April 17, 2006, when the "Sports Animal" format moved from KYAL (AM) to KYAL-FM.{{cite news |work=Daily Oklahoman |first=Dave |last=Sittler |title=Satisfying a Jones for a little magic |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-14040412_ITM |date=2006-03-28 |access-date=2008-05-05}} The AM station and KBIX simulcast this programming as part of the Sports Animal Network.{{cite news |work=Daily Oklahoman |title=Pat Jones a radio natural |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-18157219_ITM |first=Mel |last=Bracht |date=2006-05-12 |access-date=2008-05-05}} The station made the change to increase the coverage area and improve the signal as part of a drive to improve ratings.{{cite news |work=Tulsa World |title=Reid remains confident |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-12671404_ITM |first=Bill |last=Haisten |date=2006-02-10 |access-date=2008-05-05}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.sportsanimalradio.com/|KYAL-FM official website}}
{{Tulsa Radio}}
{{Sports Radio Stations in Oklahoma}}