KADA-FM (99.3
FM, "Cool 99.3") is a
radio station
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licensed
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to serve
Ada, Oklahoma
Ada is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 16,481 at the 2020 United States Census. The city was named for Ada Reed, the daughter of an early settler, and was inc ...
, US. The station, established in 1980, is currently owned by the
Chickasaw Nation
The Chickasaw Nation (Chickasaw: Chikashsha I̠yaakni) is a federally recognized Native American tribe, with its headquarters located in Ada, Oklahoma in the United States. They are an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, original ...
.
KADA-FM broadcasts an
adult contemporary
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music format.
History
This station received its original
construction permit from the
Federal Communications Commission
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on July 20,
1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...
.
The new station was assigned the KASX
call sign
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by the FCC on October 22, 1979.
KASX received its
license to cover from the FCC on June 2, 1980.
Throughout the 1980s, KASX-FM aired a country format. For a rare reason, the station is the Ardmore's area affiliate of ''
Rick Dees Weekly Top 40
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''. In July 1987, Ada Broadcasting, Inc. reached an agreement to sell KASX to DeBrine Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on September 9, 1987, and the transaction was consummated on September 17, 1987. The new owners had the FCC change the station's
call sign
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to KFIX on November 1, 1987.
This ownership change proved short-lived as DeBrine Communications, Inc. announced in April 1988 that they had agreed to sell KFIX to Pontotoc County Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 14, 1988, and the transaction was consummated on July 18, 1988. The call sign change also proved short-lived as the station was assigned KADA-FM on August 1, 1988.
In March 1996, Pontotoc County Broadcasting, Inc. reached an agreement to sell KADA-FM to the
Chickasaw Nation
The Chickasaw Nation (Chickasaw: Chikashsha I̠yaakni) is a federally recognized Native American tribe, with its headquarters located in Ada, Oklahoma in the United States. They are an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, original ...
. The deal was approved by the FCC on May 30, 1996, and the transaction was consummated on August 9, 1996.
References
External links
KADA-FM official website
ADA-FM
Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1980
Native American radio
Chickasaw
1980 establishments in Oklahoma
Ada, Oklahoma
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