kool 105.5 fm slogan classic hits frequency 105.5 mhz also on hd radio translator s 106.1 k291br chickasha relays hd2 first air date 1947 at 1560 am 1966 at 105.5 fm format classic hits hd2 country 106.1 the ranch erp 3 300 watts haat 135 meters 443 ft class a facility id 6750 transmitter coordinates 35 0 38.00 n 97 55 54.00 w 35.0105556 n 97.9316667 w 35.0105556 ; 97.9316667 coordinates 35 0 38.00 n 97 55 54.00 w 35.0105556 n 97.9316667 w 35.0105556 ; 97.9316667 affiliations radio oklahoma network owner mollman communications inc. webcast listen live listen live hd2 website kool1055fm.com 1061theranch . com hd2 kwco fm 105.5 fm kool 105.5 fm is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format . 1 licensed to chickasha oklahoma 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 00 am and 8 30 am on saturday . contents 1 history 2 office location 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 because it was the reverse of kocw . the station recently has been using keep weird chickasha oklahoma and a play on the call sign . kwco was as close to the original call as was available at the time . they simply inverted kocw to form kwco . in the mid 40s the transmitter site was located at hi 81 and grand . close to the current location of joe s maytag the studio was located in the briscoe building at 427 w. chickasha ave in 1946 . later around 1950 the studio was moved out to the tower on grand and 81 . later in the 1975 the studio and transmitter site was moved to 500 w. country club rd. kwco 1560 am of chickasha in the 2000s was moved out of chickasha by tyler to del city towers on 15th and i 35 leaving chickasha 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 . 2 http www.findagrave.com cgi bin fg.cgi page gr & grid 30262015 kool 105.5 has been in the classic hits format since 2002 longer than any other station in the state . it was one of the first to adopt this format in the us . in the spring of 2013 kwco fm began broadcasting in iboc hd radio . 105.5 hd2 is 106.1 the ranch www.1061theranch.com playing a mix of new and old country and can also be heard on translator k291br at 106.1 fm . http transition.fcc.gov fcc bin fmq list 0 & facid 157206 office location edit kwco fm s office location is 627 w chickasha dr in chickasha . the phone number is 405 224 1560 . the studio line is 405 224 9105 . in 1982 the station had one of its most popular times . the station offices were still located at 500 country club rd and had a duel call letter format . kwco 1560 was the am top40 format with news sports and weather . kxxk 105 as it was known and the sister station of kwco . kxxk had a country music format and was rather popular . the 2 stations at the time was a small market station in a mid market area and served as a pipeline for air personalities for the greater oklahoma city market and beyond . some of the unique parts of kwco kxxk was live play by play of area high school baseball and other sports an entire 3 month long live broadcast from ray fine yamaha motorcycle dealership that helped propel the dealership to one of the biggest in the midwest and southwest south of the mississippi and then there was keeping chickasha safe with storm coverage from a dedicated team of professionals . one of the most unique things about the kwco kxxk was its influx of talent from the state of michigan from the spec howard school of broadcast arts . to quote one of the on air personalities matt the cat davidson it was very interesting having 4 of us at the same time from michigan working on air in oklahoma but i loved every minute of it . matt continued i got the name matt the cat from ray fine of ray fine yamaha because i spent the entire summer dining the kxxk morning show there . probably my most memorable moments came the day i was leaving and did my last show . i got a call from a caller saying i m gon na miss that boy from the north i still think of it today . hopefully the 4 of us from michigan had a impact on kwco kxxk along with the rest of a truly memorable time in its history . that is a big part of the kwco history and shouldn t be discounted . references edit station information profile . arbitron . winter 2010 . retrieved 2010 03 03 . kwco fm facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . retrieved 2010 03 03 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for kwco radio locator information on kwco query nielsen audio s fm station database for kwco query the fcc s fm station database for k291br radio locator information on k291br v t e classic hits radio stations in oklahoma by frequency 1230 1240 92.5 96.9 97.7 99.3 101.1 105.1 105.5 by callsign khim klor fm klxm kokl koma kqob kvro kwco fm wbbz by city chickasha enid mangum oklahoma city okmulgee 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