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The station originally signed on the air on July 14, 1972.<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D2-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf 2010 Broadcasting Yearbook, page D-240]</ref> The station was originally a class A station located at 105.5 FM, owned by John Barrick alongside [[AM broadcasting|AM]] station WCDS (1440 AM, now [[WWKU]]; unrelated to the current [[WCDS]]). WOVO inherited a [[Variety (radio)|variety]] format from WCDS, which switched exclusively to [[country music]] upon WOVO's inception. WOVO ran a longtime [[Top 40]] music format.<ref name=Nash>{{Cite book|last=Nash|first=Francis M.|date=1995|title=Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State|publisher=HOST Communications|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History/Towers-Over-Kentucky-Nash-1995.pdf|via=World Radio History|isbn=9781879688933|pages=142; 143}}</ref>
The station originally signed on the air on July 14, 1972.<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D2-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf 2010 Broadcasting Yearbook, page D-240]</ref> The station was originally a class A station located at 105.5 FM, owned by John Barrick alongside [[AM broadcasting|AM]] station WCDS (1440 AM, now [[WWKU]]; unrelated to the current [[WCDS]]). WOVO inherited a [[Variety (radio)|variety]] format from WCDS, which switched exclusively to [[country music]] upon WOVO's inception. WOVO ran a longtime [[Top 40]] music format.<ref name=Nash>{{Cite book|last=Nash|first=Francis M.|date=1995|title=Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State|publisher=HOST Communications|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History/Towers-Over-Kentucky-Nash-1995.pdf|via=World Radio History|isbn=9781879688933|pages=142; 143}}</ref>


In 1990, WOVO and WCDS were sold to Ward Communications. After a few months off the air due to strong winds toppling the transmission tower in 1991, the station had instituted three changes: the station changed frequencies to 105.3 FM to obtain a power increase, changed its [[call sign]] to WWWQ on March 1, and adopted a new [[contemporary hit radio]] format upon returning to the air on July 9, 1991{{r|Nash}}<ref>{{cite news|title=FM radio stations making changes|work=[[The Daily News (Kentucky)|Park City Daily News]]|location=Bowling Green, Kentucky|last=Reagan|first=Stan|date=August 4, 1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OyoeAAAAIBAJ&dq=WQXE&pg=PA2&article_id=6751,312288|via=Google Books}}</ref> following a tornado that affected the station's broadcasting facility that spring. On September 23, 1996, the station reversed their 1991 change of callsign and rechristened itself as WOVO.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=70870&Callsign=WOVO |title=WOVO Call Sign History |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>
In 1990, WOVO and WCDS were sold to Ward Communications. After a few months off the air due to strong winds toppling the transmission tower in 1991, the station had instituted three changes: the station changed frequencies to 105.3 FM to obtain a power increase, changed its [[call sign]] to WWWQ on March 1, and restore its [[contemporary hit radio]] format upon returning to the air on July 9, 1991{{r|Nash}}<ref>{{cite news|title=FM radio stations making changes|work=[[The Daily News (Kentucky)|Park City Daily News]]|location=Bowling Green, Kentucky|last=Reagan|first=Stan|date=August 4, 1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OyoeAAAAIBAJ&dq=WQXE&pg=PA2&article_id=6751,312288|via=Google Books}}</ref> following a tornado that affected the station's broadcasting facility that spring. On September 23, 1996, the station reversed their 1991 change of callsign and rechristened itself as WOVO.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=70870&Callsign=WOVO |title=WOVO Call Sign History |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division}}</ref>


[[File:WOVO logo.jpg|thumb|right|Last logo as WOVO]]
[[File:WOVO logo.jpg|thumb|right|Last logo as WOVO]]
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