WVKO (AM)

Infobox_Radio_station
name = WVKO


area = Columbus, Ohio
branding =
slogan = Ohio's Progressive Talk
airdate =
frequency = 1580 (KHz)
format = Progressive talk radio
power = 3,200 watts (daytime)
290 watts (nighttime)
class =
callsign_meaning = Voice of K(C)olumbus Ohio
owner = Bernard Ohio LLC
webcast = [http://www.wvko1580.com/listen/ Listen Live]
website = [http://www.wvko1580.com 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. [ [http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2007/11/all-you-need-to-know-about-wvko.html LTR - The alternative media resource: All you need to know about WVKO ] ] [ [http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2007/11/30/2_WVKO_TALK.ART_ART_11-30-07_D7_JP8KGO7.html?sid=101 The Columbus Dispatch : Radio | WVKO-AM switching to liberal talk format ] ]

Recent 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. [ [http://www.dispatch.com/features-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/05/06/20060506-A1-03.html The Columbus Dispatch - Local/State ] ]

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. [http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1158800.pdf]

On March 15, 2007, the FCC granted the station's new owners [http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=6141 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.

In May 2008, WVKO tied WYTS in the ratingsFact|date=August 2008. WYTS, under its previous call letters WTPG, had been Columbus's previous progressive-talk station from September 2004 to January 2007.

History

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.

Current Weekday Schedule

6am-9am : The Bill Press Show

9am-12pm : The Stephanie Miller Show

12pm-3pm : The Ed Schultz Show

3pm-5pm : Air America Afternoons

5pm-6pm : What's What with Mike Cole (Local Show)

6pm-9pm : The Rachel Maddow Show

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

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

3am-5am : This is America with Jon Elliot (Rebroadcast)

5am-6am : The Rachel Maddow Show (Rebroadcast: Hour 2)

Weekend Local Shows

aturdays

8am-9:30am : Radio Outlook

9:30am-11am : Blue State Diner

undays

6am-8am : Alvis Moore’s Gospel Sunday

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

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

Note

There are local news broadcasts during weekdays mornings. CNN Radio provides national news at the top and bottom of the hour. When the schedule gets preempted for local sports broadcasts, the radio web stream continues to broadcast the national syndicated shows.

References

External links

* [http://www.wvko1580.com WVKO Official Website]
* [http://www.ohiomajorityradio.com Ohio Majority Radio.com]
*AMQ|WVKO
*AML|WVKO