KFJF, as I was first known, started transmitting my 15 watt signal on Christmas Eve, 1922. Originally, my principal function was to rebroadcast the programming of larger eastern stations.
By late 1924, I increased my power to 125 watts—reaching as far away as New Jersey, and claimed to have over 100,000 listeners. Three years later, I boosted my signal to 5,000 watts and moved to 1480 on the AM dial.
In 1932, I became known as KOMA. During this time, I took on my familiar frequency when the Federal Communications Commission moved all AM radio stations 40 kilohertz up the dial. KOMA 1480 became KOMA 1520, and was operating at 50,000 watts.
During the 1930s and '40s, CBS provided over 90% of my programming.
I am best known for my heyday as one of the most recognized and powerful Top-40 stations in the United States and beyond. I flipped to a "Rock N' Roll" format in 1958 and remained that way until 1980.
To this day, my 50,000 watt signal blankets the western U.S. and can be heard in Denver, Salt Lake City, Phoenix and even Los Angeles.
After simulcasting my sister station 92.5 KOMA for several years, I changed my format to news-talk in 2003, and officially became News-Talk 1520 KOKC on August 27,2004.
I bring you the latest headlines from ABC News, the best in talk as well as the latest Oklahoma forecast from KWTV News 9.
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