WOKV

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**WOKV-AM, WOKV-FM**
City of license	Jacksonville, FL
Branding	NewsTalk Radio WOKV
Slogan	Jacksonville's News, Traffic and Weather Station; The home of the Jaguars
Frequency	690 kHz, 106.5 mHz
Format	News/Talk
Power	50,000 watts daytime, 25,000 watts night
Former callsigns	WAPE-AM
Owner	Cox Communications
Webcast	yes
Website	WOKV.com

WOKV AM 690, (simulcast on 106.5 FM) is a news-talk radio station in Jacksonville, Florida. During the 1950s,1960s,1970s,and early 1980s this frequency was the original home to legendary Top 40 station WAPE, who migrated to the 95.1 frequency which had formerly been Urban WJAX in 1986. The 47th largest radio market in the U.S. WOKV has been at or near the top of the markets ratings since a small format change in 2001.^{[citation needed]} The station lineup includes Jacksonville's Morning News, Neal Boortz, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Clark Howard, plus Jaguars programing as the flagship station of the city's National Football League team. WOKV is owned by Cox Communications of Atlanta, who also owns WFYV, WJGL, WMXQ and WAPE, all FM stations in Jacksonville.

WOKV is the only AM radio station in the Jacksonville market to remain in the top 10 in the Arbitron ratings since 1996.

In 2006, the station upgraded its nighttime signal to 25 kWz and also added a simulcast on 106.5 FM, formely WBGB, making it one of the first News-Talk stations in the country to simulcast on both bands, joining, most notably, WWL AM and FM in New Orleans. They were followed by WHIO in Dayton, Ohio, who began simulcasting in October of 2006.

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WOKV.com Official site

FM radio stations in the Jacksonville, Florida market (Arbitron #47)

By frequency: 88.1 | 88.7 | 89.3 | 89.9 | 90.5 | 90.9 | 91.7 | 92.1 | 92.5 | 92.7 | 93.3 | 94.1 | 95.1 | 96.1 | 96.9 | 97.9 | 99.1 | 99.9 | 100.7 | 101.5 | 102.5 | 102.9 | 103.3 | 104.5 | 105.3 | 105.5 | 105.7 | 106.5 | 107.3

Florida Radio Markets Daytona Beach · Fort Myers · Ft. Walton Beach · Gainesville/Ocala · Jacksonville (AM) (FM) · Key West · Miami (AM) (FM) · Orlando (AM) (FM) · Panama City · Pensacola · Sebring · Tallahassee · Sarasota · Tampa/St. Petersburg (AM) (FM) · Vero Beach · West Palm Beach Shortwave: WYFR at SW 5.950

See also: List of radio stations in Florida and List of United States radio markets

AM radio stations in the Jacksonville, Florida market (Arbitron #47)

By frequency: 550 | 600 | 690 | 930 | 970 | 1010 | 1050 | 1160 | 1170 | 1190 | 1220 | 1240 | 1320 | 1360 | 1400 | 1420 | 1460 | 1530 | 1570 | 1600

See also: Jacksonville (FM) (AM)

See also: List of radio stations in Florida and List of United States radio markets

Radio stations in the Brunswick, Georgia market (Arbitron #298)

Georgia Radio Markets

See also: List of radio stations in Georgia and List of United States radio markets

Cox Enterprises, Inc.

ABC Network Affiliates: WFTV¹ | WSB | WSOC¹

CBS Network Affiliates: KIRO | WHIO

Fox Network Affiliates: KFOX | KRXI | KTVU¹ | WPGH²

Independent Television Stations: KICU¹ | WAXN¹ | WRDQ¹

MyNetworkTV Affiliate: KAME³

NBC Network Affiliates: WJAC | WPXI | WTOV

¹Stations involved in a duopoly.

²Cox holds a 10% interest in the station, of which Sinclair Broadcast Group owns the remaining 90%.

³Cox operates the station under a local marketing agreement.

Annual Revenue: $12.0 billion USD (2005) | Employees: 77,000 | Stock Symbol: Unknown at this time. | Website: www.coxenterprises.com

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