KOGT

KOGT

Orange, Texas
Broadcast area	Southeast Texas, Southwest Louisiana
Frequency	1600 kHz
Programming
Format	Silent
Ownership
Owner	G-Cap Communications, Inc.
History
First air date	January 16, 1948 (1948-01-16)
Last air date	December 31, 2021 (2021-12-31) (73 years, 349 days)
Call sign meaning	Orange, Texas
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	22950
Class	B
Power	1,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	30°8′25.00″N 93°45′11.00″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	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]

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] At 6:00 p.m that night, the KOGT transmitter went dark for the last time; The final song to play on AM 1600 was How Do I Live by Trisha Yearwood, followed by the station's sign off notice, and then the national anthem. As of March 2024, the KOGT website remained active without the station's frequency under the brand, KOGT.com.

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. "AM Going Dark After 73 Years Serving The Community". Radio Ink. December 28, 2021. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
5. "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. "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.

External links

• FCC History Cards for KOGT (covering 1946-1980)
• Official website