KRMG-FM (102.3

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) is a

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, and serving the Tulsa metropolitan area. The station is owned by

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and airs a conservative news/talk

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with co-owned

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. Weekdays begin with ''The KRMG Morning News'' anchored by Dan Potter. ''The KRMG Evening News'' is anchored by Skyler Cooper in PM

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. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated talk shows hosted by

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, Jimmy Failla, Mark Kaye and Markley, Van Camp & Robbins. Weekends feature shows on money, health, real estate, cars, gardening, home repair, law and technology, some of which are paid

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. Weekend hosts include

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and

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. KRMG-AM-FM have a local news and weather sharing arrangement with co-owned

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affiliate

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(channel 23), with world and national news supplied by

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. The studios and offices are located on South Memorial Drive near

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in Tulsa. KRMG-FM's

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is on Route 97 on the Osage Reservation in Sand Springs. KRMG-AM-FM are also heard on Cox Digital Cable channel 960 in Tulsa.

History

In June 1989, the station first

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as KTOW-FM. It was owned by Music Sound Radio and was the FM counterpart of KTOW (now

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), with the two stations simulcasting a

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format. KTOW-FM ran at only 1,700

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s, a fraction of its current power. In the early 1990s, it flipped to

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as "Mix 102.3," giving Tulsa its first urban station on the FM dial since KKUL left the air in the late 1970s. In 1995, KTOW-AM-FM were sold to Bill Payne. KTOW-FM changed to a

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format as KTFX. Payne received permission from the

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to boost the station's power to 50,000 watts, allowing it to be heard all around Tulsa and its growing suburbs. In 1999, Payne sold the stations to

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for $3.5 million.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000 page D-362
/ref> Cox changed KTFX's format to

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as KRTQ ("Rock 102.3") to compete against heritage rocker

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. (The KTFX format and call letters moved to 103.3 MHz, now co-owned

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.) In 2005, KRTQ dropped its rock format and changed to

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as KKCM ("Spirit 102.3"), competing against heritage contemporary Christian station

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. The "Spirit" format leaned towards

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, with its

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made up of Christian hits from the 1980s to then-current titles. On March 16, 2009, the contemporary Christian format was dropped for a simulcast of AM

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KRMG, with the

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switched to KRMG-FM. (In the 1960s, the KRMG-FM call letters had been used on 95.5, now co-owned

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.) The move allows KRMG's news/talk programming to be heard on both the FM and AM dial, and improves KRMG's coverage in parts of Tulsa when the AM station adjusts its coverage at night. The Christian format can still be heard on Cox Digital Cable channel 962. On July 7, 2014, KRMG-AM-FM changed their slogan to "Tulsa’s 24-hour News, Weather and Traffic, News 102.3 and AM 740 KRMG." The station changed its positioning again on July 15, 2019, and currently brands itself as "102.3 KRMG, Tulsa's News and Talk."

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