purecountry slogan the station involved with you frequency 93.5 mhz first air date april 1 1974 format country language s english erp 45 000 watts haat 161 meters 528 ft class c2 facility id 1196 transmitter coordinates 34 26 20 n 99 30 08 w 34.43889 n 99.50222 w 34.43889 ; 99.50222 former callsigns kwhw fm 1974 1984 krkz 1984 2011 1 affiliations citadel media dial global owner monarch broadcasting inc. sister stations kqtz kwhw webcast listen live website facebook page kwhw fm 93.5 fm is an american radio station licensed to serve altus oklahoma usa . the station established in 1974 is owned and operated by monarch broadcasting inc. it airs a full service mix of music news sports and local programming . the station is simulcast on sister station kwhw 1450 am . contents 1 programming 2 history 3 references 4 external links programming edit kwhw fm broadcasts a full service country music format along with farm reports on weekdays . sunday programming is primarily church broadcasts and gospel music programming . kwhw fm airs a tradio program called swap shop on weekday and saturday mornings . the station broadcasts the meetings of the altus city council on the first and third tuesdays of each month . kwhw fm also airs select sporting events involving altus high school and the oklahoma state cowboys . 2 some of the station s news and music programming comes from citadel media dial global . 3 kwhw s morning show is hosted by eddie wilcoxen . 4 5 he is a published poet recognized landscape designer karate champion and was named as an official olympic hero in 1996 . 4 6 in january 2011 wilcoxen was named poet laureate for the state of oklahoma for 2011 though 2012 by the oklahoma humanities council . 4 6 history edit on april 1 1974 kwhw fm signed on at 93.5 fm as a sister station to kwhw 1450 am . 7 in april 1984 broadcast license holder kwhw radio inc. reached an agreement to sell kwhw and kwhw fm to altus radio inc. the deal was approved by the federal communications commission fcc on may 29 1984 and the transaction was formally consummated on july 2 1984 . 8 the station s call sign was changed to krkz by the fcc on november 11 1984 . 1 in october 2003 altus radio inc. made a deal to sell this station along with sister stations kwhw in altus and kqtz in hobart to monarch broadcasting inc for a combined sale price of 1 800 000 . 9 the deal gained fcc approval on december 12 2003 and the transaction was consummated on december 31 2003 . 10 the station was re assigned the kwhw fm call sign by the fcc on may 30 2011 . 1 references edit a b c call sign history . fcc media bureau cdbs public access database . retrieved june 17 2011 . kwhw programming schedule . kwhw 1450 am . retrieved june 17 2011 . station information profile . arbitron . retrieved june 17 2011 . a b c week of 01.10.11 . inside radio . january 10 2011 . retrieved june 17 2011 . wilcoxen to be honored at capitol . altus times . april 16 2011 . retrieved june 17 2011 . a b kwhw s eddie d. wilcoxen named oklahoma poet laureate . all access music group . january 18 2011 . retrieved june 17 2011 . directory of radio stations in the united states and canada . broadcasting cable yearbook 1981 . washington dc broadcasting publications inc. 1981 . p. c 186 . application search details bal 19840411eb . fcc media bureau . may 29 1984 . retrieved june 17 2011 . monarch broadcasting acquires kwhw am krkz fm kqtz fm from altus radio press release . media services group . october 31 2003 . retrieved june 17 2011 . application search details bal 20031030acv . fcc media bureau . december 31 2003 . retrieved june 17 2011 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for kwhw radio locator information on kwhw query nielsen audio s fm station database for kwhw v t e country radio stations in the state of oklahoma stations kaco apache kbel fm idabel kblp lindsay keco elk city keok tahlequah keyb altus kfxi marlow kgfy stillwater kgve grove kgyn guymon khkc fm atoka kicm healdton kimy watonga kirc seminole kitx hugo kixo sulphur kjke newcastle kkaj fm davis kkbi broken bow kken duncan klaw lawton klbc durant kmad madill kmco wilburton knah mustang kned mcalester knid alva kofm enid koms poteau kpnc ponca city krig fm nowata ktfx fm warner ktgx owasso ktjs hobart ktlq tahlequah ktnt eufaula ktst oklahoma city kvoo fm tulsa kwen tulsa kwey fm clinton kwfx woodward kwhw altus kwhw fm altus kwox woodward kwsh wewoka kxbl henryetta kxxy oklahoma city kybe frederick kykc byng see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in oklahoma retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kwhw fm & oldid 710456736 categories radio stations in oklahomacountry radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1974jackson county oklahoma navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk 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