KKOW (AM)

Infobox Radio Station


name = KKOW
airdate = October 11, 1937
frequency = 860 kHz
area = Pittsburg, Kansas
format = Farm/Classic Country
owner = American Media Investments
power = 10,000 watts daytime
5,000 watts nighttime
branding = 860 AM KKOW
slogan = Classic Country!
class = B
website = [http://www.kkowradio.com www.kkowradio.com]
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = KOAM (1937-1981)|

KKOW is a radio station in Pittsburg, Kansas. It broadcasts classic country music.

It began on October 11, 1937 as KOAM, owned by E. Victor Baxter and Lester L. Cox on 790 kHz. It later moved to 810 kHz. It traded off 810 kHz with KCMO (AM) in Kansas City, Missouri (now on 710 kHz) for its current location on 860 kHz.

KOAM originally was an NBC affiliate, carrying programming from both the Red and Blue networks. Cox and Baxter also founded KOAM-TV in 1953, an NBC affiliate carrying secondary affiliations with CBS, ABC, and DuMont.

By the end of the 1970s, KOAM adopted a country music format.

It was sold to American Media Investments on May 11, 1981 . Due to the ownership split of KOAM AM-FM from KOAM-TV, its callsign changed from KOAM to KKOW on May 18, 1981.

KKOW is the flagship station for Pittsburg State University football and basketball games. Those broadcasts also air on sister station KBZI.

External links

* [http://www.kkowradio.com/ KKOW's Web site]
*AMQ|KKOW