KECO
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KECO (96.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. The station is licensed to Elk City, Oklahoma, United States, and is owned by Paragon Communications, Inc.
KECO (96.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. The station is licensed to Elk City, Oklahoma, United States, and is owned by Paragon Communications, Inc.
History
KECO began broadcasting on July 20, 1982; it was a country music station owned by Ronca Broadcasting, 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. 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. Paragon Broadcasting, a company of Mary Ann and Cletis Killiam, acquired KECO from Ronca Broadcasting in 1992. 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.
References
External links
96.5 KECO Online
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