KOCO – previously KGEO, for “Greater Enid Oklahoma,” where the station was originally licensed.
KOKH – Legendarily, “Keep Our Kids Happy”: the station had been owned by Oklahoma City Public Schools, used for educational purposes, and after it was sold, no one bothered to change the call.
KOCB – “Oklahoma City Broadcasting,” the group established by general manager Ted Baze (he did lots of promo spots) to buy the station from Illinois-based founder General Media, who had named it KGMC. Bonus factoid: Ivan Boesky’s wife was briefly a stockholder, presumably an effort by Boesky, then under investigation for insider trading, to move assets out from under the eye of the Feds.
KAUT – After Gene Autry, whose Golden West Broadcasting founded the station. In the deal that moved Fox from 43 to 25, KAUT was spun off to OETA, which renamed it KTLC; the station became KPSG after OETA sold it to Paramount, and then reverted to the KAUT calls after Autry’s death.
As long as we’re on the subject
KOCO – previously KGEO, for “Greater Enid Oklahoma,” where the station was originally licensed.
KOKH – Legendarily, “Keep Our Kids Happy”: the station had been owned by Oklahoma City Public Schools, used for educational purposes, and after it was sold, no one bothered to change the call.
KOCB – “Oklahoma City Broadcasting,” the group established by general manager Ted Baze (he did lots of promo spots) to buy the station from Illinois-based founder General Media, who had named it KGMC. Bonus factoid: Ivan Boesky’s wife was briefly a stockholder, presumably an effort by Boesky, then under investigation for insider trading, to move assets out from under the eye of the Feds.
KAUT – After Gene Autry, whose Golden West Broadcasting founded the station. In the deal that moved Fox from 43 to 25, KAUT was spun off to OETA, which renamed it KTLC; the station became KPSG after OETA sold it to Paramount, and then reverted to the KAUT calls after Autry’s death.