KWCO-FM is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a classic hits

Classic hits

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 music format. Licensed to Chickasha, Oklahoma

Chickasha, Oklahoma

Chickasha is a city in and the county seat, business and employment center of Grady County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 15,850 at the 2000 census. Chickasha is home to the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma and hosts an annual Festival of Light celebration located at...

, USA, the station is currently owned by Mollman Communications, 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 AM, and 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. It was as close to to the original call as was available at the time. They simply inverted KOCW to form KWCO. The former KWCO 1560 AM of Chickasha in the 2000s was moved by Tyler to Del City, leaving Chicasha 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 and Chickasha 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.

Office location

KWCO-FM's office location is 627 W Chickasha Dr in Chickasha. The phone number is 405-224-1560.