KOKO-FM is a

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. Owned by Art Laboe's Big Broadcasting, it broadcasts a

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format targeting

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History

KOKO-FM originally signed on the air April 16, 1990, as

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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. This was then followed by a

rhythmic AC Rhythmic adult contemporary, often abbreviated as rhythmic AC or RAC, is an adult contemporary radio format. The format focuses primarily on rhythmic hits aimed towards an adult audience, often resembling a mixture of the classic hits and hot adult ...

format. On June 28, 2012, KOKO-FM flipped to

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. On November 27, 2018, KOKO-FM again changed formats, this time to

as ''Jammin' 94.3''.

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Rhythmic oldies radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1990 1990 establishments in California