KACO
Broadcast areaLawton/Fort Sill
Frequency98.5 MHz
BrandingNew Country 98.5
Programming
FormatCountry
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Matthew Mollman
  • (Mollman Media, Inc.)
History
First air date
June 24, 1974 (as KRRO at 92.1)
Former call signs
KRRO (1974-1982)
KELS-FM (1982-1984)
KEBQ (1984-1987)
KRDM (1987-1995)
KRXZ (1995-1997)
Former frequencies
92.1 (1974-1984)
96.5 MHz (1986-1997)
Technical information
Facility ID70015
ClassC3
ERP18,500 watts
HAAT93 meters
Transmitter coordinates
34°56′30″N 98°22′33″W / 34.94167°N 98.37583°W / 34.94167; -98.37583
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitenewcountry985.com

KACO (98.5 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed to Apache, Oklahoma, United States. The station is currently owned by Mollman Media.[1]

KACO broadcasts a country music format to the Lawton, Oklahoma, area.[2]

History

The station was first licensed in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and launched on June 24, 1974, as KRRO with a country format. On March 15, 1982, the station changed its call sign to KELS-FM and flipped its format to Top 40. On June 1, 1984, the station changed its call sign to KEBQ, and on February 2, 1987, to KRDM, retaining its Top 40 format during both call sign changes. By the early 1990s, the station's format went towards adult contemporary, but in October 1992, the station went silent. On October 15, 1995, the station returned back on the air after a three-year hiatus as KRXZ with a country format, and finally on January 6, 1997, to the current KACO.[3]

On June 29, 2019, KACO signed off Superstar Country at 8:58 Local time with Gone By Montgomery Gentry and at noon started stunting with Blake Shelton Goodbye Time. On July 1, 2019, KA ended stunting and relaunched as "New Country 98.5".[4]

References

  1. ↑ "KACO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved July 3, 2009.
  3. ↑ "KACO Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ KACO Relaunches as New Country 98.5 Radioinsight - July 1, 2019


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