KECO

KECO

Elk City, Oklahoma United States
Broadcast area	Southwestern 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.)
Sister stations	KADS, KXOO
History
First air date	July 20, 1982 (43 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	Public file LMS
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]

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]

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 November 5, 2009.
4. "KECO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
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.

External links

• 96.5 KECO Online
• Facility details for Facility ID 51564 (KECO) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KECO in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 51564 (KECO) in the REC Networks database