KECO

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KECO
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Broadcast areaSouthwestern Oklahoma
Frequency 96.5 FM MHz
Branding"96.5 KECO"
Programming
Format Country
Affiliations FOX News Radio [1]
Ownership
Owner
  • Blake Brewer
  • (Paragon Communications, Inc.)
KADS, KXOO
History
First air date
July 20, 1982
(41 years ago) (1982-07-20)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 51564
Class C1
ERP 100,000  watts
HAAT 210 meters (690 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 35°24′22.10″N99°29′55.30″W / 35.4061389°N 99.4986944°W / 35.4061389; -99.4986944
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.kecofm.com

KECO (96.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. [3] The station is licensed to Elk City, Oklahoma, United States, and is owned by Paragon Communications, Inc. [4]

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History

KECO began broadcasting on July 20, 1982; it was a country music station owned by Ronca Broadcasting, [5] a company controlled by Elk City farmer Ron Sewell. Ronca sold KECO to John B. Walton in 1984; Walton had previously been the licensee of KIKX in Tucson, Arizona, which had lost its FCC license and left the air in 1982 after a kidnapping hoax. [6] Walton sold a stake in the station to Dean Peninger, the general manager of Elk City station KADS, then sold it back to Sewell for assumption of debts in 1986. [7]

Paragon Broadcasting, a company of Mary Ann and Cletis Killiam, acquired KECO from Ronca Broadcasting in 1992. [8] Paragon owned the station for two years, selling to Brooks Brewer in 1994; Brewer owned the construction permit for KZRU (later on air as KXOO) as well as KOKL in Okmulgee. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Station Finder – Oklahoma". Fox News Channel/Premiere Networks . Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KECO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
  4. ↑ "KECO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
  5. ↑ "KECO(FM)". Broadcasting Yearbook. 1984. p. B-205.
  6. ↑ "For the Record". Broadcasting. July 30, 1984. p. 61. ProQuest   963248448.
  7. ↑ "For the Record". Broadcasting. November 24, 1986. pp. 86–87. ProQuest   1016917524.
  8. ↑ "Transactions". Radio & Records. August 7, 1992. p. 6. ProQuest   1017255149.
  9. ↑ "Changing Hands". Broadcasting & Cable. September 26, 1994. p. 49. ProQuest   1014760618.
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