KMOD-FM
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| Broadcast area | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| Frequency | 97.5MHz(HD Radio) |
| Branding | 97.5 KMOD |
| Programming | |
| Format | Mainstream rock |
| Subchannels | HD2:Alternative rock"ALT Radio" |
| Affiliations | Compass Media Networks |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KAKC,KIZS,KTBT,KTBZ,KTGX | |
| History | |
First air date | September 30,1959(as KOCW) |
Former call signs | KOCW (1959–1968) KMOD (1968–1980) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 11957 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 453 meters |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
| Website | kmod.iheart.com |
KMOD-FM(97.5MHz) is amainstream rockradio stationinTulsa, Oklahoma,owned byiHeartMedia, Inc.The station plays a wide variety of rock music from the 1960s through today. Its studios are located at the Tulsa Event Center in Southeast Tulsa and its transmitter site is on theOsage Reservation.
KMOD-FM broadcasts in theHDdigital format.[2]
History
[edit]KOCWsigned on September 30, 1959. It was owned by Grayhill, Inc.; in 1960, Claude Hill bought out partner Meridith Gray. KOCW was sold to Dawson Communications/Turnpike Broadcasting Corporation in 1968 and becameKMODon April 15 of that year. Clear Channel acquired the station in 1973 out of bankruptcy.
The station is best known as the nearly 30-year home ofdisc jockeysBrent Douglas and Phil Stone, who originated the characterRoy D. Mercer,the notorious and popularprank callerwho regularly threatened to "open a can of whup-ass" on the person he called (for some fabricated wrong the person supposedly had done), only for the person to find out the call was a prank. Stone died in 2012, not long after he and Douglas were not allowed to continue their works as DJs due to the latter's refusal to sign a new contract.[3]
ActressJeanne Tripplehornwas also a DJ at KMOD in the 1980s; she was known as Jeanne Summers.[4]
On January 18, 2021, nationally syndicatedJohn Clay WolfeShow joined KMOD on Saturday mornings.
External links
[edit]- KMOD official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 11957 (KMOD-FM)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- KMOD-FMinNielsen Audio's FM station database
- FCC History Cards for KMOD-FM
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for KMOD-FM".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=64Archived2015-10-02 at theWayback MachineHD Radio Guide for Tulsa
- ^"KMOD Tulsa's 27-Year Morning Hosts 'Fading Into The Sunset'".Newson6.com.12 September 2012.Retrieved18 October2019.
- ^Phelps, Brad (8 March 1991)."The Prime of Miss Jeanne Tripplehorn".Tulsa World.Retrieved18 October2019.