KYAL-FM (97.1 FM, "The Sports Animal") is a

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to serve

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. The station is owned by KMMY, Inc. It airs a

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format. Its studios are located at the

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in South Tulsa and its transmitter is located near

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History

As KMMY, this station was known as "Y97, Today's Hot New Country" and aired a

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format. Notable on-air personalities included disk jockey Gary Walker and weather forecaster

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. The station was assigned the KYAL-FM call letters by the

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on April 3,

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. The station flipped from country music to all-sports on April 17, 2006, when the "Sports Animal" format moved from

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to KYAL-FM. The AM station and

KBIX KBIX (1490 AM, "Las Americas 1490 AM & 102.9 FM") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States. The station is owned by Antonio Perez, through licensee Grupo Teletul Multimedia, LLC. The s ...

simulcast this programming as part of the Sports Animal Network. The station made the change to increase the coverage area and improve the signal as part of a drive to improve ratings.

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* * {{Sports Radio Stations in Oklahoma YAL-FM Sports radio stations in the United States Muskogee, Oklahoma