KXLS
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KXLS is a radio station
broadcasting a Adult Contemporary music format. Licensed to Lahoma, Oklahoma
, USA. The station is currently owned by Chisholm Trail Broadcasting Co. and features programing from Citadel Broadcasting
.
The station first broadcast under the callsign KACL May 14, 1993. It then changed to KMKZ on August 1, 1993. Briefly the station became KNID from July 12, 2000 to July 24, 2000 when it received its current callsign, KXLS. KXLS was also formerly the call sign for KOMA.
The KXLS call letters first appeared in northwest Oklahoma at 99.7 FM in early 1981. Using a frequency assigned to Alva, the station had a primary studio on Broadway near downtown Enid while using an auxiliary studio in Alva on weekend mornings. The initial owner was Zumma Broadcasting, with main owner William Lacy serving as General Manager. Lacy purchased an Oklahoma City FM station in the early 80's, changed its call letters to KZBS and played music very similar to KXLS.
KXLS called itself "Class FM," and gained national attention in the summer of 1982 for its "Zumma Beach" promotion. A hot tub was set up outside the station door, with sand surrounding it to give the impression of a oceanside beach hundreds of miles from the coast. The station also won Oklahoma Associated Press
awards for its newscasts in 1983.
Lacy sold KXLS for several million dollars to Larry Steckline in the mid-1980s. This allowed Steckline to expand his Mid-America Agri-Net. During that same time, the station went off the air for several weeks when its tower in Helena, Oklahoma
collapsed.
Radio station
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broadcasting a Adult Contemporary music format. Licensed to Lahoma, Oklahoma
Lahoma, Oklahoma
Lahoma is a town in Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 577 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lahoma is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
, USA. The station is currently owned by Chisholm Trail Broadcasting Co. and features programing from Citadel Broadcasting
Citadel Broadcasting
Citadel Broadcasting Corporation was a Las Vegas, Nevada-based broadcast holding company. Citadel owned 243 radio stations across the United States and was the third-largest radio station owner in the country...
.
The station first broadcast under the callsign KACL May 14, 1993. It then changed to KMKZ on August 1, 1993. Briefly the station became KNID from July 12, 2000 to July 24, 2000 when it received its current callsign, KXLS. KXLS was also formerly the call sign for KOMA.
The KXLS call letters first appeared in northwest Oklahoma at 99.7 FM in early 1981. Using a frequency assigned to Alva, the station had a primary studio on Broadway near downtown Enid while using an auxiliary studio in Alva on weekend mornings. The initial owner was Zumma Broadcasting, with main owner William Lacy serving as General Manager. Lacy purchased an Oklahoma City FM station in the early 80's, changed its call letters to KZBS and played music very similar to KXLS.
KXLS called itself "Class FM," and gained national attention in the summer of 1982 for its "Zumma Beach" promotion. A hot tub was set up outside the station door, with sand surrounding it to give the impression of a oceanside beach hundreds of miles from the coast. The station also won Oklahoma Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
awards for its newscasts in 1983.
Lacy sold KXLS for several million dollars to Larry Steckline in the mid-1980s. This allowed Steckline to expand his Mid-America Agri-Net. During that same time, the station went off the air for several weeks when its tower in Helena, Oklahoma
Helena, Oklahoma
Helena is a town in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 443 at the 2000 census. Residents pronounce the town's name with a long E: "Heh-LEE'-nuh." It shares a school district with the nearby town of Goltry, Oklahoma.-Geography:...
collapsed.