There are quite a few Rangers fans in my opinion running around the great state of Oklahoma. I’d echo TonyH in that it’s Rangers, Cardinals and Royals.

I want to say the Rangers use to be on 640 which later became the Sports Animal. They switched to something like 1620 AM or 1820 AM and you could barely pick it up after that. Now of course you can get almost every game on TV if you have Dish network.

I was actually at a RedHawks game the other night and the announcer asked how many Rangers fans were a the stadium that night. Though there weren’t too many people in attendence – I was pleasantly surprised to hear quite a few cheers.

I think there are a lot of Rangers fans in Oklahoma. I don’t know that they are the most popular team here though. I know more Yankees and Cardinals fans. I wish there were a station that would pick up Rangers games. I can sometimes pick up KRLD but its usually too weak to get it clearly.

Rangers fans by a good margin, followed by the Cardinals, and then the Royals. Although I would agree that the Cardinals following are more of the older crowd. The Royals and the Cards are pretty close. I did enjoy your article on Enid. I do a lot of business in Enid. The high school ball park is one of the best you will ever find. I’m usually in KC once or twice a year, and try to catch the Royals when I am there. Most people who live in central and southern Oklahoma head to Dallas for games and entertainment. It’s a three hour drive from OKC, where KC is five or so hours.

The Rangers used to be the it team here up until the Rangers moved the AA over to Frisco. That put a bad taste in some fans mouths. But they sill dominate the television as almost every game can be seen as cox shows the kdfi games on their channel when foxsports doesn’t have a game. The Cardinals run into the playoffs a few years back also spiked interest over there and you had a lot of bandwagon fans visible during the world series. But you know its still a Rangers town when Frisco come to town to play the Drillers (now a Rockies franchise in case you forgot, which by the way is funny cause no one i know follows them, even when after last years run) draws a good crowd, i know im looking forward to seeing them next month. I make a pilgrimage each year to Arlington, in fact i just got back from watching the Toronto series…woo hoo :(

1) It is odd that the Astros don’t have much of a presence. Then again, for some reason it seems like the Rangers have been more successful in spreading their brand. The Rangers seem to have fans in NM and OK (Ark? I don’t knw) but the Stros just seem to be east texas. Maybe I’m wrong.

2) Tulsa could be a battle ground if the Royals ever got good. But it may also be closer to Cards territory. They seem to be big in southern MO.

I think the Rangers made a huge mistake by switching to KRLD. I’ve even picked up 820 out here in California late, late at night with some extra-clear skies. Keeping Eric Nadel’s voice on WBAP when the Rangers started getting fun to watch in the late ‘90s would have done wonders for the Rangers everywhere west of Kansas City and east of Phoenix

Growing up I’d have trouble with 1080 going underneath bridges in west Fort Worth.

I’m a huge Ranger fan, but I’m a recent transplant from Dallas. I can get KRLD on my work car after about 7:30 pm, but not if it’s not pretty clear weather. And even then, if I get to close to something electronic (drive-thru speaker, etc), it totally screws the whole thing up. Oddly enough, if I’m in my personal vehicle (or my wife’s), I’ve got no shot at all of picking up KRLD.

Since I’ve only lived here about 3 years, I don’t really have a good pulse on the sports-heartbeat of Oklahoma (except that everyone here seems to love o.u.)...it would be nice if there were a Ranger radio affiliate here, if for nothing else than for fans of the Redhawks to keep tabs on the big club and hear updates on guys that they used to watch play in OKC.