WVKO (AM)

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WVKO
Broadcast area Columbus, Ohio
Branding The New 1580 WVKO
Frequency 1580 (KHz)
Format Progressive talk radio
Power 3,200 watts (daytime)
290 watts (nighttime)
Callsign meaning Voice of K(C)olumbus Ohio
Owner Bernard Ohio LLC
Webcast Listen Live
Website wvko1580.com

WVKO is an American AM radio station licensed to broadcast in Columbus, Ohio. The station changed to a progressive talk format on December 3, 2007.[1][2]

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[edit] History

WVKO went off the air on May 5, 2006 due to the upcoming expiration of its transmitter land lease and major financial issues. The station moved to another transmitter site in 2007, at which point it returned to the air. [3]

The Station license was transferred on January 22, 2007 to Bernard Ohio LLC following a period under the supervision of a bankruptcy trustee, despite some formal objections filed with the FCC.[4]

On March 15, 2007, the FCC granted the station's new owners Special Temporary Authority permission to resume broadcasting from its new location at reduced power, in order to prevent the loss of the station license due to the station being off the air for a period of one year - which automatically results in forfeiture of a station's FCC license.

On December 2007 the format flipped from Latino/Mexican Music to Progressive Talk.

On May 2007 WVKO AM ties WYTS AM in the ratings. WYTS was the former station that carries progressive talk.

[edit] History

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Previously, WVKO aired gospel music and local talk and information programs aimed at the African-American community. It was also the broadcast outlet for the Columbus Clippers minor league baseball team. Prior to that WVKO was Columbus' R&B/Soul music station in the 1960s and 70s. FM sister station WSPO picked up WVKO programing into the evening hours, since the AM station held a daytime-only license at the time.

During the Summer of 2007, when the station returned to the air, they initially broadcast a Spanish-language format. On December 3, 2007 at 6 AM the format changed to progressive talk.

[edit] Current Weekday Schedule

6am-9am : The Bill Press Show

9am-12pm : The Stephanie Miller Show

12pm-3pm : The Ed Schultz Show

3pm-6pm : Air America Afternoons

6pm-7pm : What's What with Mike Cole (Local Show)

7pm-9pm : The Rachel Maddow Show

9pm-12am : Thom Hartmann Program (Rebroadcast)

12am-3am : The Mike Malloy Show (Rebroadcast)

3am-6am : This is America with Jon Elliot (Rebroadcast)

[edit] Weekend Local Shows

[edit] Saturdays

12pm-1pm : Radio Outlook

1pm-2pm : Blue State Diner

[edit] Sundays

6am-8am : Alvis Moore’s Gospel Sunday

8am-8:30am : The Lord’s Table Ministry

8:30am-11am : Alvis Moore’s Gospel Sunday

[edit] Note

There are local news broadcast during the weekdays mornings. Free Speech Radio News segments fill in when Michael Alwood is away. The schedule gets preempted for Columbus Clippers Baseball. The radio web stream continues to broadcast the national syndicated shows.

[edit] References

  1. ^ LTR - The alternative media resource: All you need to know about WVKO
  2. ^ The Columbus Dispatch : Radio | WVKO-AM switching to liberal talk format
  3. ^ The Columbus Dispatch - Local/State
  4. ^ http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1158800.pdf

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