KECO
Radio station in Oklahoma, United States
35°24′22.10″N 99°29′55.30″W / 35.4061389°N 99.4986944°W / 35.4061389; -99.4986944Public license information
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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
- ^ "Station Finder – Oklahoma". Fox News Channel/Premiere Networks. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KECO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ "KECO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ "KECO(FM)". Broadcasting Yearbook. 1984. p. B-205.
- ^ "For the Record". Broadcasting. July 30, 1984. p. 61. ProQuest 963248448.
- ^ "For the Record". Broadcasting. November 24, 1986. pp. 86–87. ProQuest 1016917524.
- ^ "Transactions". Radio & Records. August 7, 1992. p. 6. ProQuest 1017255149.
- ^ "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
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Country radio stations in the state of Oklahoma
- KACO – Apache
- KALV - Alva
- KBEL-FM – Idabel
- KBLP – Lindsay
- KECO – Elk City
- KEOK – Tahlequah
- KEYB – Altus
- KFXI – Marlow
- KGFY – Stillwater
- KGVE – Grove
- KGYN – Guymon
- KHKC-FM – Atoka
- KICM – Healdton
- KIMY – Watonga
- KIRC – Seminole
- KITX – Hugo
- KJKE- Newcastle
- KKAJ-FM – Davis
- KKBI – Broken Bow
- KKEN – Duncan
- KLAW – Lawton
- KLBC – Durant
- KMAD – Madill
- KMCO – Wilburton
- KNED – McAlester
- KNID – Alva
- KNNU - Antlers
- KOFM – Enid
- KOMS – Poteau
- KPNC – Ponca City
- KPRO – Altus
- KQIK-FM – Haileyville
- KQSN - Ponca City
- KRIG-FM – Nowata
- KSTQ - Stuart
- KTFX-FM – Warner
- KTGX – Owasso
- KTJS – Hobart
- KTLQ – Tahlequah
- KTNT – Eufaula
- KTST – Oklahoma City
- KVOO-FM – Tulsa
- KWEN – Tulsa
- KWEY – Weatherford
- KWEY-FM – Clinton
- KWFF – Mustang
- KWFX – Woodward
- KWHW – Altus
- KWOF – Waukomis
- KWOX – Woodward
- KWSH – Wewoka
- KXBL – Henryetta
- KXXY – Oklahoma City
- KYBE – Frederick
- KYHD - Valliant
- KYKC – Byng
- KYOA – Kiowa
