KOGT
Broadcast areaSoutheast Texas, Southwest Louisiana
Frequency1600 kHz
Programming
FormatDefunct
Ownership
OwnerG-Cap Communications, Inc.
History
First air date
January 16, 1948; 76 years ago (1948-01-16)
Last air date
December 31, 2021; 2 years ago (2021-12-31)
Call sign meaning
Orange, Texas
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID22950
ClassB
Power
  • 1,000 watts day
  • 1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
30°8′25.00″N 93°45′11.00″W / 30.1402778°N 93.7530556°W / 30.1402778; -93.7530556
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
WebsiteKOGT

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]

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

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KOGT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  3. ^ "KOGT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  4. ^ a b c "AM Going Dark After 73 Years Serving The Community". Radio Ink. December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "KOGT history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  6. ^ "4 More Outlets In C&W Arena". Billboard. September 3, 1966. p. 26. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  7. ^ Hall, Claude (January 23, 1971). "Vox Jox". Billboard. p. 33. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 27, 1976. p. 82. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  9. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 24, 1982. p. 58. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  10. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 20, 1992. p. 28. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  11. ^ Venta, Lance (December 28, 2021). "KOGT To Shut Down 12/31". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
  12. ^ "Notification of Surrender of the KOGT Station License". February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 19, 2023.

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Radio stations in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas metropolitan area
Country radio stations in the state of Texas
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