KOGT

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KOGT
KOGT 1600AM logo.png
Broadcast area Southeast Texas, Southwest Louisiana
Frequency 1600 kHz
Programming
Format Defunct
Ownership
OwnerG-Cap Communications, Inc.
History
First air date
January 16, 1948 (1948-01-16)
Last air date
December 31, 2021 (2021-12-31)
Call sign meaning
Orange, Texas
Technical information
Facility ID 22950
Class B
Power 1,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
 30°8′25.00″N93°45′11.00″W / 30.1402778°N 93.7530556°W / 30.1402778; -93.7530556 Coordinates: 30°8′25.00″N93°45′11.00″W / 30.1402778°N 93.7530556°W / 30.1402778; -93.7530556
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website KOGT

KOGT (1600 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a full service country music format. [1] It was licensed to Orange, Texas, United States, and was last owned by G-Cap Communications. [2]

Contents

KOGT's programming included country western music, sports, local news and weather, and was known for having live announcers; the station was not automated.

History

KOGT signed on January 16, 1948, [3] under the ownership of the Sabine Area Broadcasting Corporation. [4] The station began its country music format in 1966, [5] though, during the early 1970s, it programmed rock at night. [6]

Sabine Area Broadcasting sold KOGT to the owners of KVUE in Austin, which included Allan Shivers, for $488,000 in 1976, [7] a transaction approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the following year; [4] all but Shivers also owned KNET in Palestine. [7] This group sold KOGT to Klement Broadcasting for $900,000 in 1982; the new owner, Richard Klement, was a real estate investor in Gainesville, Texas, and owner of that city's KGAF AM-FM. [8]

Klement sold KOGT to G-Cap Communications, controlled by Gary P. Stelly, for $250,000 in 1992. [9] Stelly had previously worked at KOGT in college. [3] On December 28, 2021, Stelly announced that KOGT would shut down on December 31, in part due to a "changing media"; [3] the announcement did not disclose if the station's license would be sold or surrendered to the FCC. [10] The final song was How Do I Live by Trisha Yearwood.

The license was surrendered to the FCC on February 16, 2023, and cancelled the same day. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  2. ↑ "KOGT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  3. 1 2 3 "AM Going Dark After 73 Years Serving The Community". Radio Ink . December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  4. 1 2 "KOGT history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  5. ↑ "4 More Outlets In C&W Arena". Billboard . September 3, 1966. p. 26. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  6. ↑ Hall, Claude (January 23, 1971). "Vox Jox". Billboard . p. 33. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting . September 27, 1976. p. 82. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting . May 24, 1982. p. 58. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting . July 20, 1992. p. 28. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  10. ↑ Venta, Lance (December 28, 2021). "KOGT To Shut Down 12/31". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Notification of Surrender of the KOGT Station License". February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.


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