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KWCO-FM

Chickasha, Oklahoma United States
Frequency	105.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	KOOL 105.5 fm
Programming
Format	Classic hits
Subchannels	HD2: Country "106.1 The Ranch"
Affiliations	Radio Oklahoma Network
Ownership
Owner	Mollman Media, Inc.
History
First air date	1947 at 1560 AM 1966 at 105.5 FM
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	6750
Class	A
ERP	3,300 watts
HAAT	135 meters (443 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°0′38.00″N 97°55′54.00″W / 35.0105556°N 97.9316667°W / 35.0105556; -97.9316667
Translator(s)	106.1 K291BR (Chickasha, relays HD2)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD2)
Website	kool1055fm.com 1061theranch.com (HD2)

KWCO-FM (105.5 FM, "KOOL 105.5 fm") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format. Licensed to Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States, the station is currently owned by Mollman Media, Inc. Most of KWCO-FM's programming is live and local Monday–Friday 6 AM – 6 PM, and during local sports broadcast coverage. KWCO offers a local swap-shop program Mon–Fri at 9:00 am and 8:30 am on Saturday.

History

The call letters KWCO can be traced back to the original AM 1560 KWCO radio from the 1940s. In the '20s, KOCW was owned by the Oklahoma College for Women (on 1190 then). Due to costs necessary to upgrade the station to newer technical standards set forth by the Federal Radio Commission at the time (in the 1930s), the original KOCW was sold to Griffin. To the surprise of the college, the station was then moved promptly to the Tulsa market, leaving Chickasha without their radio station. So in the '40s when a new station came online, KWCO was picked as the call sign because it was the reverse of KOCW. KWCO was as close to the original call as was available at the time.

In the mid-'40s the transmitter site was located at U.S. Highway 81 and Grand Avenue. The studio was in the Briscoe Building at 427 W. Chickasha Ave in 1946. Later, around 1950, the studio was moved out to the tower on Grand and 81. Later, in the 1975, the studio and transmitter site was moved to 500 W. Country Club Rd.

KWCO 1560 AM of Chickasha in the 2000s was moved out of Chickasha by Tyler to "Del City" (towers on 15th and I-35) leaving Chickasha without their AM again. KWCO's FM station at 105.5 was left in the market with the legacy of KWCO as KWCO-FM due to co-ownership for a period of time.

The current KWCO-FM broadcasts from a former gas station from the '20s in downtown Chickasha at 7th Street and Chickasha Avenue as Chickasha's only commercially licensed radio station. Some of the former calls for KWCO-FM were KTUZ and also KXXK. The original call sign for 105.5 was KNDR, established by Ben DeKinder (a former employee of KWCO (AM) in 1966.

KOOL 105.5 has been in the Classic Hits format since 2002, longer than any other station in the state. It was one of the first to adopt this format in the US.

In the spring of 2013 KWCO-FM began broadcasting in IBOC (HD Radio). 105.5HD2 is 106.1 The Ranch www.1061TheRanch.com, playing a mix of new and old country, and can also be heard on translator K291BR at 106.1 FM. http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=157206

Translator

Office location

KWCO-FM's office location is 627 W Chickasha Avenue in Chickasha.

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for KWCO-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
3. "KWCO-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-03-03.

External links

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 6750 (KWCO-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KWCO-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 157206 (K291BR) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• K291BR at FCCdata.org

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