Radiorob2.0, The AC/oldie format ran on KXOK between 1978 and the spring of 1983. In 1983, there was music in morning and afternoon drive mixed with syndicated talk programming from ABC Talkradio (overnight and daytime), and NBC Talknet (evening). Eventually music was dropped entirely, and this format lasted sometime into the mid 1980's.
In 1986 KXOK bought out AC KLTH (K-Light 97.1). The stations would be owned by Emmitt Capstick (sp?), who was the owner of either The Admiral or President riverboat.
Sometime in 1987 I remember a return to music on KXOK, but I wouldn't call it Top-40. It didn't have the formatics that a CHR would have, although they did play AC and pop hits. It sounded very disorganized.
One side note--in 1987 I called in and won tickets to see the motion picture "Dragnet" on KXOK. Let's just say it was not difficult to "call in and win," LOL.
Also, KXOK had an early morning farm and talk show that featured Max Stewart and Kay Quinn (who later went on to work for KSDK-TV).
By early 1988, both KXOK and KLTH underwent changes. KXOK dropped music entirely, using ABC Talkradio syndication (Michael Jackson, Sally Jesse Rafael, Tom Snyder), Dr. Toni Grant, and Rush Limbaugh (in August of 1988). They also featured programming from the Florida based Sun Radio Network on the weekends.
KLTH kept their light rock format during the day, and adopted The Breeze Network from 5 PM to 6 AM in February 1988. The Breeze's programming was new age/jazz/folk (a precursor to the smooth jazz format). By September of that year, The Breeze was a 24 hour format.
I was a listener to both stations and enjoyed each format, but the place was run on a shoestring budget. There was lot of dead air.
Both KXOK and KLTH kept these formats until the end of July 1989, when the stations were purchased by Saul Frischling. After stunting with a Christmas music simulcast, KXOK went with an all-news format, and KLTH became KHTK--Hot 97, a dance-heavy CHR.
In early 1991, KXOK dropped their news format for Urban AC, calling themselves "Soul 63." In 1993, KXOK simulcast the format on the FM, with their new slogan "Mix 97.1" In 1994, KXOK-AM was sold to Crawford and became Christian talk KJSL.
