Broadcast area | Kerman / Fresno, California |
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Frequency | 94.3 MHz |
Branding | Jammin' 94.3 |
Programming | |
Format | Rhythmic oldies |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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History | |
First air date | April 16, 1990 | (as KTAA)
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Killer Oldies" (previous branding) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 3970 |
Class | A |
ERP | 6,000 watts |
HAAT | 100 meters (330 ft) |
Repeater(s) | 94.3 KOKO-FM1 (Fresno) |
Links | |
Website | www |
KOKO-FM is a radio station licensed to Kerman, California. Owned by Art Laboe's Big Broadcasting,[1] it broadcasts a rhythmic oldies format targeting Fresno.
KOKO-FM originally signed on the air April 16, 1990,[2] as country station KTAA and was owned by Barnard Broadcasting A California Limited Partnership during the early 1990s. In the early 1990s, the station flipped to a short-lived hip-hop format as Jammin 94, before flipping to regional Mexican La Fiesta. In 1997, the station was acquired by Hispanic Radio Enterprise Inc., and flipped to a rhythmic format as 94.3 The Party. In 1998, Art Laboe acquired the station and it was rebranded as Power 94, and later Hit Radio 94.3 in August 2001.[3] This was then followed by a rhythmic AC format.
On June 28, 2012, KOKO-FM flipped to classic hits.[4] On November 27, 2018, KOKO-FM again changed formats, this time to rhythmic oldies as Jammin' 94.3.[5]
Art Laboe died October 7, 2022, at age 97.[6] In July 2023, TED Broadcasting agreed to purchase KOKO-FM from the Art Laboe estate for $330,000.[7]