KOKC (AM)
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| City | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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| Broadcast area | Oklahoma City Metroplex |
| Branding | Talk Radio's New Generation |
| Frequency | 1520 kHz |
| Translator(s) | 95.3 K237GE Oklahoma City |
| First air date | December 24, 1922 (as KFJF) October 28, 1932 (as KOMA) August 27, 2004 (as KOKC) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
| Class | A (clear channel) |
| Facility ID | 73981 |
| Callsign meaning | OKlahoma City |
| Former callsigns | KFJF (1922-1932) KOMA (1932-2004) |
| Affiliations | CBS News, Fox News Talk, Radio Oklahoma Network, Sooner Sports Network, Westwood One, WestStar TalkRadio Network, |
| Owner | Tyler Media Group |
| Sister stations | KOMA, KRXO-FM, KMGL, KJKE, KTUZ-FM, KEBC |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | kokcradio.com |
KOKC (1520 AM) is a talk radio station located in Oklahoma City. KOKC is an affiliate of the CBS Radio Network. The station's studios are located in Northeast Oklahoma City and a transmitter site is located in Moore. It is locally owned by Tyler Media. KOKC is a Class A station broadcasting on the clear-channel frequency of 1520 kHz; it can be heard across much of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains at night.
Founded by Dudley Shaw, KFJF, as it was first known, started transmitting its 15 watt signal on Christmas Eve, 1922. Originally, the principal function of KFJF was to rebroadcast the programming of larger eastern stations.
By late 1924, KFJF increased its power to 125 watts—reaching as far away as New Jersey, and claimed to have over 100,000 listeners. Three years later, KFJF boosted its signal to 5,000 watts and moved to 1480 on the AM dial.
In 1932, the KFJF call letters were retired and the station became known as KOMA. During this time, KOMA took on its familiar frequency when the Federal Communications Commission moved all AM radio stations 10 to 40 kilohertz up the dial. KOMA 1480 became KOMA 1520, and was operating at 50,000 watts by late 1946. It was around 1932 that the station moved studio facilities to the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City. AM facilities were constructed around the NE corner of Kelly and Britton where the present-day Oklahoma Centennial High School sits. KOMA-FM was granted a license on 100.1 FM and went on the air from the Biltmore downtown in the late 1940s.
KOMA was purchased in 1938 by J.T. Griffin, the founder of KWTV. Griffin's son John and his brother-in-law were half of a partnership that was awarded FCC permission to put Channel 9 on the air. KWTV went on the air December 20, 1953, initially broadcasting from a shorter temporary tower on the KWTV studio grounds while the tall tower was under construction. The tall tower was at one time the tallest tower in the world, hence the calls KWTV which stands for World's Tallest Video. From 1953 to 1956, KWTV was operated in conjunction with KOMA.
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