KAKC
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| City | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
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| Branding | 1300 The Buzz |
| Frequency | 1300 kHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Translator(s) | K272DQ 102.3 FM Fayetteville, AR |
| First air date | 1960s |
| Format | Sports radio |
| Power | 5,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night) |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 11939 |
| Former callsigns | KBBJ, KOME, KCNW, KXXO, KMOD |
| Affiliations | CBS Sports Radio |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Clear Channel Broadcasting Licenses, Inc.) |
| Website | 1300 The Buzz Website |
KAKC (1300 AM) is a sports talk radio station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. Its studios are located at the Tulsa Event Center in Southeast Tulsa and its transmitter site is near Broken Arrow.
KAKC 970 first signed on the air in 1946 and was founded by Sam Avey.
In the mid-1950s, the station got new ownership and hired Vic Lundberg and Greg Chancellor as announcers. From the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, KAKC 970 AM was a Top 40 station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Known first as "The Big 97" and later "The Rockin' 97", the station was owned (along with KAKC-FM 92.9) by S. Carl Mark. Both stations used consultant Bill Drake for their programming, with KAKC (AM) being the dominant music station for many years until the mid-1970s when long-time Top 40 competitor KELI (now known as KTBZ-AM) and FM upstart KTFX "The Superfox 103" (now KJSR "Star 103.3") cut into their audience.
KAKC-FM 92.9 FM in the 1970s used a Drake-Chenault programmed automated oldies format during the day. From 6 p.m. to midnight, the FM simulcasted with KAKC 970 to make up for the AM's weak 250 watt nighttime signal. In the summer of 1977 KAKC-FM flipped to the then-popular "Beautiful Music" format and changed the call letters to KBEZ-FM.
In January 1979, KAKC shocked the Tulsa radio market by dropping Top 40 programming after 21 years for adult standards, with rapidly declining ratings as the result. A year later the station was purchased by the owners of KCFO-FM (now KVOO-FM) which changed the format to Southern Gospel music and Christian talk programming. In 1984 the legendary 970 call letters were changed to KCFO-AM.
In 1985 KBBJ 1300 picked up the KAKC call letters and flipped from a MOR/Standards format to a satellite-based Oldies format. 1300 over the years has been a country music, R&B-disco, album rock, adult contemporary, news-talk, Spanish music, sports, and business news station. The station has had little success in the Tulsa radio market due to a limited night signal or little if any promotion by Clear Channel over the decades. Former call letters for 1300 AM include KOME, KCNW, KXXO, and KMOD-AM.
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