KOGT (1600 AM) was a

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broadcasting a

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format. It was licensed to

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, United States, and was last owned by G-Cap Communications. KOGT's programming included country western music, sports, local news and weather, and was known for having live announcers; the station was not automated. KOGT's license expired by law on January 1, 2023, after remaining off the air for 365 consecutive days, with the

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canceling the license and deleting the call sign the following day.

History

KOGT signed on January 16, 1948, under the ownership of the Sabine Area Broadcasting Corporation. The station began its country music format in 1966, though during the early 1970s it programmed

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at night. Sabine Area Broadcasting sold KOGT to the owners of

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, which included

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, for $488,000 in 1976, a transaction approved by the

(FCC) the following year; all but Shivers also owned KNET in

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. This group sold KOGT to Klement Broadcasting for $900,000 in 1982; the new owner, Richard Klement, was a real estate investor in

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, and owner of that city's KGAF AM- FM. Klement sold KOGT to G-Cap Communications, controlled by Gary P. Stelly, for $250,000 in 1992. Stelly had previously worked at KOGT in college. On December 28, 2021, Stelly announced that KOGT would shut down on December 31, in part due to a "changing media"; the announcement did not disclose if the station's license would be sold or surrendered to the FCC.

References

External links

FCC History Cards for KOGT

Official website
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