Hall of Fame history

KVOO “Big Country Radio”

Oklahoma radio institution whose early KFRU/KVOO history includes Tulsa broadcasts, Gene Autry, and Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.

Oklahoma connection

The Oklahoma Historical Society documents KVOO's Oklahoma origin: KFRU began broadcasting from Bristow in January 1925, became KVOO in 1926, moved to Tulsa, and carried Oklahoma country/western-swing broadcasting.

Recognition

The captured Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame roster places this entry under 1999.

Questions in the source record

The exact Hall ceremony, award rationale, and institutional continuity represented by the 1999 row were not independently located beyond the archived OMHOF entry and OHS history.

Sources

  1. okmusichall.com/inductees/
  2. digitalprairie.ok.gov/digital/api/collection/stgovpub/id/26544/download
  3. www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry