WKY

WKY (930 AM) is a radio station located in Oklahoma City and is under ownership of Cumulus Media. Its studios are in Northwest Oklahoma City, and the transmitter and 3 directional towers are located on E. Britton Road in Oklahoma City.

WKY is the oldest radio station in Oklahoma, the 28th-oldest in the nation and the third-oldest west of the Mississippi River (behind only WEW in St. Louis and KGU in Honolulu). It has featured many formats over the years, including Top-40, Oldies, Country, Adult Contemporary, Easy Listening, Christian, "Hot Talk," News-Talk and Regional Hispanic (acting as a simulcast of then-sister station KINB), and sports talk. The station broadcasts from the tallest AM radio tower in the country.

History

Early years

"5XT" became the 87th licensed station in the United States on March 16, 1922. It was owned by the Oklahoma Radio Shop (Earl C. Hull & H.S. Richards). The station was assigned the WKY call letters and began broadcasting weekdays from noon to 1:00 P.M. and from 7:30 to 9:30 P.M. On Sundays, WKY was on the air from 3 to 4 P.M. and 7:30 to 9:30 P.M.