KOGT
KOGT (1600 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a full service country music format.[2] It was licensed to Orange, Texas, United States, and was last owned by G-Cap Communications.[3]
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Broadcast area | Southeast Texas, Southwest Louisiana |
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Frequency | 1600 kHz |
Programming | |
Format | Defunct |
Ownership | |
Owner | G-Cap Communications, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | January 16, 1948 |
Last air date | December 31, 2021 |
Call sign meaning | Orange, Texas |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 22950 |
Class | B |
Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 30°8′25.00″N 93°45′11.00″W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | KOGT |
KOGT's programming included country western music, sports, local news and weather, and was known for having live announcers; the station was not automated.
History
KOGT signed on January 16, 1948,[4] under the ownership of the Sabine Area Broadcasting Corporation.[5] The station began its country music format in 1966,[6] though, during the early 1970s, it programmed rock at night.[7]
Sabine Area Broadcasting sold KOGT to the owners of KVUE in Austin, which included Allan Shivers, for $488,000 in 1976,[8] a transaction approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) the following year;[5] all but Shivers also owned KNET in Palestine.[8] This group sold KOGT to Klement Broadcasting for $900,000 in 1982; the new owner, Richard Klement, was a real estate investor in Gainesville, Texas, and owner of that city's KGAF AM-FM.[9]
Klement sold KOGT to G-Cap Communications, controlled by Gary P. Stelly, for $250,000 in 1992.[10] Stelly had previously worked at KOGT in college.[4] On December 28, 2021, Stelly announced that KOGT would shut down on December 31, in part due to a "changing media";[4] the announcement did not disclose if the station's license would be sold or surrendered to the FCC.[11] The final song was How Do I Live by Trisha Yearwood.
The license was surrendered to the FCC on February 16, 2023, and cancelled the same day.[12]
References
- "Facility Technical Data for KOGT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
- "KOGT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
- "AM Going Dark After 73 Years Serving The Community". Radio Ink. December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- "KOGT history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- "4 More Outlets In C&W Arena". Billboard. September 3, 1966. p. 26. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- Hall, Claude (January 23, 1971). "Vox Jox". Billboard. p. 33. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 27, 1976. p. 82. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 24, 1982. p. 58. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 20, 1992. p. 28. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- Venta, Lance (December 28, 2021). "KOGT To Shut Down 12/31". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- "Notification of Surrender of the KOGT Station License". February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.