KECO
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| Broadcast area | Southwestern Oklahoma |
| Frequency | 96.5 FMMHz |
| Branding | "96.5 KECO" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | FOX News Radio[1] |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KADS,KXOO | |
| History | |
First air date | July 20, 1982 |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 51564 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 210 meters (690 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°24′22.10″N99°29′55.30″W/ 35.4061389°N 99.4986944°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
KECO(96.5FM) is aradio stationbroadcasting acountrymusic format.[3]The station is licensed toElk City, Oklahoma,United States, and is owned by Paragon Communications, Inc.[4]
History
[edit]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 ofKIKX 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 stationKADS,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 asKXOO) as well asKOKLinOkmulgee.[9]
References
[edit]- ^"Station Finder – Oklahoma".Fox News Channel/Premiere Networks.RetrievedDecember 22,2023.
- ^"Facility Technical Data for KECO".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Station Information Profile".Arbitron.Summer 2009.Retrieved2009-11-05.
- ^"KECO Facility Record".United StatesFederal Communications Commission,audio division.Retrieved2009-11-05.
- ^"KECO(FM)".Broadcasting Yearbook.1984. p. B-205.
- ^"For the Record".Broadcasting.July 30, 1984. p. 61.ProQuest963248448.
- ^"For the Record".Broadcasting.November 24, 1986. pp. 86–87.ProQuest1016917524.
- ^"Transactions".Radio & Records.August 7, 1992. p. 6.ProQuest1017255149.
- ^"Changing Hands".Broadcasting & Cable.September 26, 1994. p. 49.ProQuest1014760618.
External links
[edit]- 96.5 KECO Online
- Facility details for Facility ID 51564 (KECO)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- KECOinNielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 51564 (KECO)in the REC Networks database