KGHM (AM)
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History | |
First air date | 1922 (as KGCB) |
Former call signs | KGCB (1922-1930s) KOCY (1930s-1983) KXXY (1983-1984) KCNN (1984-1985) KXXY (1985-1996) KEBC (1996-2010) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 58388 |
Class | C |
Power | 1,000 watts |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 1340thegame |
KGHM (1340
KGHM's
History
KGCB/KOCY
The station first
KOCY was a Mutual Broadcasting System network affiliate during the 1940s and early 1950s. It became Oklahoma City's first full-time Top 40 station in the mid-1950s. It was also the first radio station in the country to offer "News Every Hour - On the Hour".
After WKY and KOMA also switched to Top 40, with more powerful transmitters, KOCY management realized the station couldn't compete with the two new Top 40 outlets. KOCY had a "funeral" for its Top 40 format, by giving away records in a coffin. It then switched to a middle of the road (MOR) format of popular adult music.
Urban music
In the mid-1990s, KEBC aired an
In 2000,
The agreement between Clear Channel and Perry Broadcasting discontinued when Perry purchased KRPT in Anadarko, Oklahoma and upgraded the station to target Oklahoma City, then moved KVSP's Urban format to the FM dial. The Regional Mexican format was ended as the station switched to a Talk radio format.
"Keeping Everybody Country"
KEBC's call letters were previously used for KEBC, later a property also owned by Clear Channel. The station's slogan, "Keeping Everybody Country." Ironically, KEBC's competitor at the time, KXXY-FM, simulcast their FM signal at 1340 AM.
The call letters KEBC stood for Electronic Broadcasting Company which was the original ownership of KEBC. KEBC originally had its offices and transmitter at the "Rambling Ranchstyle studios" in Southeast OKC before moving to 31st and Western to studio space owned by Ralph Tyler.
Mounting debt to Tyler for rent and other financial obligation created a situation where Tyler became controlling owner of KEBC radio. After Ralph Tyler's controlling ownership of KEBC, the slogan "Keep Everybody Country" was formed on a suggestion from a friend of Ralph's.
Sports radio
As a time brokered Spanish (days) and Urban (nights) station in the early to mid 2000s, starting in early 2005, KGHM simulcast some programming of sister station KTOK along with some original shows. In January 2007, Clear Channel flipped the station to "Fox Sports Radio 1340." It later became "1340 The Game," making it the fourth all-sports station in Oklahoma City.
Former Dallas Cowboys and (
In mid-March 2003, following the sale of the Blazers primary radio home and then sister station WKY to Citadel Broadcasting, it was announced that then KEBC would carry the Oklahoma City Blazers hockey games for the remainder of the 2002-2003 Central Hockey League season and playoffs, KEBC also aired the Blazers radio talk show "Strictly Hockey Blazers Style", a one hour weekly talk show that aired live every Monday night throughout the Blazers season and playoffs from the location of an Oklahoma City area restaurant. It featured interviews with players, coach's, trainers and team staff, it was hosted by longtime Blazers play-by-play broadcaster John Brooks (1992-2005, 2005-2009 semi retired.) and was later co-hosted along with Brooks by longtime fill-in (And later full-time.) play-by-play broadcaster Jim Byers (2000-2005 fill-in, 2005-2009 full-time).
KEBC carried the Blazers again for the 2003–2004 season. In 2006 following a two-year absence, the Blazers returned to 1340 AM along with the
For a time, local sports talk shows were simulcast with
Friday Night Finals, a weekly two hour show of statewide high school football scores and highlights, aired on Friday nights. Game Day Saturday, a look at college football games, specifically University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State football was on the weekend schedule.
Since 2003, and again from 2006-present, KGHM has carried the games of the
From 2008-2016, KGHM also carried games as part of the National Football League Dallas Cowboys radio network.
References
External links
- 1340 The Game website
- KGHM in the FCC AM station database
- KGHM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database