KVOO-FM

KVOO-FM
City	Tulsa, Oklahoma
Broadcast area	Tulsa metropolitan area
Frequency	98.5 MHz
Branding	98.5 The Bull
Programming
Format	Country
Ownership
Owner	Griffin Communications ; (Griffin Licensing, L.L.C.)
Sister stations	KHTT, KBEZ, KXBL-FM, KTSB, KOTV-DT, KQCW-DT
History
First air date	November 16, 1973 (as KBJH)
Former call signs	KBJH (1973-1976); KCFO-FM (1976-1987); KUSO (1987-1988)
Call sign meaning	K Voice Of Oklahoma
Technical information
Facility ID	68330
Class	C
ERP	99,000 watts
HAAT	374 meters (1227 feet)
Transmitter coordinates	36°11′26″N 96°05′50″W / 36.19056°N 96.09722°W
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	thebulltulsa.com

KVOO-FM (98.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The station is owned by Griffin Communications and it airs a country music radio format. The station picked up the heritage call sign and country format in 1988. It shared the call letters with an AM sister station that had long been known for country music in Tulsa, until the AM outlet changed to a news/talk format as KFAQ in 2002. KVOO's studios are located in downtown Tulsa and the transmitter is in the Osage Reservation north of Sand Springs, Oklahoma.

KVOO-FM is licensed by the FCC to broadcast in the HD Radio format.^[1]^[2]

History[]

The station first signed on the air on November 16, 1973.^[3] Its call letters were KBJH, and it aired a Christian radio format. The station was started by evangelist Billy James Hargis and his initials were part of the call sign. The station's license was held by the American Christian College, founded by Hargis.

In 1976, the call letters were changed to KCFO. The station called itself "Love 98 FM" and it played Contemporary Christian music.

Journal Communications (KVOO-FM's former owner) and The E.W. Scripps Company (owner of Tulsa's NBC network affiliate KJRH-TV) announced on July 30, 2014, that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E.W. Scripps Company name. The new firm would own the two companies' broadcast properties, including KVOO-FM.^[4]

On June 26, 2018, parent company E.W. Scripps announced that it would sell KVOO, along with its sister stations, KBEZ, KFAQ, KHTT, and KXBL, to Griffin Communications.^[5] Griffin began operating the stations under a local marketing agreement on July 30, and completed the purchase October 1; the company already owned CBS affiliate KOTV-DT and CW affiliate KQCW-DT.^[6]