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KPGM

Radio station in Pawhuska, Oklahoma

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ14708523 ↗
Source-derived summary

KPGM (1500 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Currently, KPGM is a WWLS The Sports Animal and Fox Sports Radio affiliate. The station is licensed to Pawhuska, Oklahoma, United States, and is currently owned by Potter Radio, LLC. In addition to being heard at 1500 AM and Bartlesvilleradio.com, KPGM simulcasts on KYFM 100.1's HD2 channel and on a translator at 99.1 MHz in Bartlesville.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “KPGM” as radio station in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1500—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where KPGM, Radio and station can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as radio station in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 24, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q14708523. Authority coordinates are 36.762, -96.199. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1500.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “KPGM”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow KPGM primary sources, KPGM archive and KPGM research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “KPGM”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “KPGM” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.