KOKL

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KOKL
Frequency 1240 kHz
Branding106.3FM & 1240AM The Brew
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
OwnerThird Day Broadcasting, Inc.
History
First air date
October 1937 (1937-10) (as KHBG)
Former call signs
KHBG (1937–1959) [1]
Call sign meaning
"Okmulgee" and "Oklahoma" [2]
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 55496
Class C
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
 35°36′31″N95°58′19″W / 35.60861°N 95.97194°W / 35.60861; -95.97194
Translator(s) 106.3 K292HF (Okmulgee)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1240thebrew.com

KOKL (1240 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format, licensed to Okmulgee, Oklahoma, United States. The station is owned by Third Day Broadcasting, Inc., and broadcasts from studios in the historic Kress building in downtown Okmulgee. [4]

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History

KHBG

In 1936, three groups applied to build a new radio station on 1210 kHz in Okmulgee, the city's first. Two represented local newspapers, the Record and Daily Times, while the third was the Okmulgee Broadcasting Company. [5] The newspapers dropped out of the running that April, with the Times stating that it felt local advertising support would be insufficient to sustain the outlet, especially if it could not broadcast at night. [6] Taking the call letters KHBG, representing founding owner Harry B. Greaves, [7] the new outlet signed on in the first week of October. [8] It broadcast during the daytime only with 100 watts. [1]

Two years after putting the station on air, the founding owners of Okmulgee Broadcasting Company transferred their shares to two families with involvement on the station staff, the Buford and Ross families, in 1939. [9] The new owners upgraded the station to broadcast with 250 watts and add nighttime service in 1939; two years later, NARBA reallocation moved it to its present 1240 kHz. [1] The station gained its first live network hookup in 1944 when it affiliated with the Mutual Broadcasting System. [10]

A decade after dropping its bid to build a radio station, the Daily Times bought KHBG in 1948 for $125,000, after the paper's owner, Donald W. Reynolds, had filed to build a new station there. [11] Reynolds pledged to the Federal Communications Commission that the station's operations would be separate with those of the newspaper and that the two businesses would compete in advertising sales. [12]

While the transmitter had been located on 20th Street on the southern edge of town since going on air, the studios had moved around between three different downtown sites, including the historic Hotel Parkinson. [1] Station operations moved in with the Times in 1951. [1]

KOKL

On September 15, 1959, [1] KHBG relaunched as KOKL—call letters representing both Okmulgee and Oklahoma—but retained its full-service format, playing a variety of music throughout the day. [2] Four years later, Reynolds would make one last upgrade, being approved to increase the station's daytime power to 1,000 watts. [1]

In 1964, Reynolds sold KOKL to J. William Brauer, an advertising executive, for $85,000; [13] the station moved to the Enterprise Building on 6th Street after separating from the Times. [1] The station's transmitter site was damaged in a 1971 brush fire. [14]

Brauer sold the station to James R. "Bob" Brewer, who also owned stations in Claremore, Frederick, Elk City and Chickasha, in 1973. [15] [1] A sister station on FM, KLLS (94.3 FM), signed on May 24, 1976; it became an adult contemporary outlet, and KOKL settled into a country format. [16] The FM station was sold to a group headed by former pro football player Ben Davis in 1989; the new owner upgraded and moved it into the Tulsa market on 94.1 MHz in 1990. [17]

The station moved from the Enterprise Building to the Kress Building in 1997; during this time, it broadcast country music during the day and programming from American Family Radio during evening hours. [18] In 2014, Bob retired, and his son Brooks purchased the station by way of Third Day Broadcasting. [19] [20] Music programming concentrates on artists of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. [21]

FM translator

KOKL is also broadcast on the following FM translator, which began broadcasting in 2018. [19]

Broadcast translator for KOKL
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class FCC info
K292HF106.3 FM Okmulgee, Oklahoma 20067225092  m (302  ft)D LMS

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "History Cards for KOKL". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards)
  2. 1 2 "SIGHT And.......SOUND". Okmulgee Daily Times. September 15, 1959. p. 1. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KOKL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ "KOKL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ↑ "Radio Station Depositions Are Taken". Okmulgee Daily Times. February 6, 1937. p. 8. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Two Quit Contest for Radio Permit". Okmulgee Daily Times. April 6, 1937. pp. 1, 3 . Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  7. ↑ "City to Be On Air With New Station". Okmulgee Daily Times. July 1, 1937. p. 3. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  8. ↑ "KHBG, Okmulgee, Ready" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 1, 1937. p. 78. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Present Staff of KHBG Gets Outstanding Stock" (PDF). Broadcasting. August 1, 1939. p. 45. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  10. ↑ "KHBG Is Affiliated With Mutual System". Okmulgee Daily Times. June 18, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  11. ↑ "KHBG, KPDR Sales Await FCC Consent" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 26, 1948. p. 56. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Reynolds Expands Radio Interests". Sooner State Press. November 27, 1948. p. 4. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  13. ↑ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 12, 1964. p. 104. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  14. ↑ "3 Brush Fires Scorch Rangeland". The Daily Oklahoman. January 27, 1971. p. 21. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Bob Brewer". Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. 2019. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  16. ↑ "KOKL(AM)" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1978. p. C-176. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  17. ↑ Wooley, John (September 6, 1990). "The Hawk Has Flown – New Radio Station Goes on the Air". Tulsa World. p. C8.
  18. ↑ "KOKL... Okmulgee's Best in Radio". Okmulgee Daily Times. March 30, 1997. p. 20A. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  19. 1 2 Delaune, Darren (April 15, 2018). "Long running AM station making jump to FM". The Mvskoke News. p. 8. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  20. ↑ "Asset Purchase Agreement (BAL-20131205BBV)". December 5, 2013. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  21. ↑ "Homepage". 1240 The Brew. Retrieved August 11, 2021.
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