KATT-FM

KATT-FM

City of license	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Broadcast area	Oklahoma City Metroplex
Branding	Rock 100.5 The KATT
Slogan	"Oklahoma's Pure Rock Station"
Frequency	100.5 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Format	Active rock
ERP	28,870 watts
HAAT	470 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	8797
Callsign meaning	The KATT (cat)
Owner	Cumulus Media
Sister stations	KQOB, KYIS, WKY, WWLS-AM/FM, KKWD
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	katt.com

KATT-FM (100.5 FM), known as "Rock 100.5 The KATT", is an active rock radio station serving the Oklahoma City area and is owned by Cumulus Media.

History

The earliest known format of the station is country music when it went by the call letters KJAK from 1960-1976. Another callsign of the station was KIOO or K-100 which transmitted from the top of the Oklahoma Biltmore Hotel in downtown OKC, KIOO was started by the two brothers from Northern Kentucky, Steve and Ted Bushelman around 1957. The station began broadcasting as KATT on September 16, 1976 with a Rock format. The station's transmitter site (KLPR-KCNN-KPRW-KVSP 1140 tower) is located near I-240 and I-35. The station received the official telegram from the FCC at Christmas 1976 authorizing the call sign change to KATT-FM when KATT-AM (now KRMP-AM) was established to simulcast the station.

KATT was named by Ira "Eye" Lipson, who also was the programming consultant to KATT, while serving as program director of KZEW The ZOO in Dallas. Barbara Marullo was the original program director. Air personalities in the early days included Stan Tacker, Traver Hulse, Jim Stafford (Jimbob), Linda (Gabby) Goldfarb, John Michael Scott (now deceased), David Bell (now deceased), Charlie Parker, and Danny Hopper. Stan, Traver, and Jim rotated AM drive duty until Gabby came on board. Then it was Jim & Gabby for about one year. John Michael Scott handled middays, David Bell was on in the evenings. Hopper was the first overnight man later followed by Parker.

KLPR was a daytime AM country station in Oklahoma City that was owned at the time by Jack Beasley. Jack, being a musician himself, had MANY ties to the industry. KLPR helped a number of country artists get their start, including Wanda Jackson and Conway Twitty^{[citation needed]}. KLPR also owned KLPR TV on channel 14 at one point. KJAK was Jack's FM station at 100.5 FM which much later on became KATT-FM.

Beasley later sold the station to Ed Sossen. Due to financial issues, the station was later subject to a bank takeover^{[citation needed]}. The property and license was soon sold to Bill Lacey and his friends, who began the KATT radio station. The KATT started right out at the AM tower in a small room in the transmitter building and became a nearly overnight success.^{[citation needed]} The KATT now plays a wide range of rock music, both new rock and classic rock. In March 2008 KATT downgraded from a C at 100,000 watts ERP to a C1 at 30,000 watts ERP for the upgrade of WWLS-FM to 98.1 fm.

Office Location

KATT is located on 4045 NW 64th St OKC. Their request line is 405-432-9950

External links

• KATT station website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KATT
• Radio-Locator information on KATT
• Query Arbitron's FM station database for KATT