KDOK

"KBGE" redirects here. For the airport near Bainbridge, Georgia, assigned ICAO code KBGE, see Decatur County Industrial Air Park.

This article is about the AM radio station in Kilgore, Texas. For the FM station in Tyler, Texas formerly known as KDOK, see KTBB.

KDOK

City of license	Kilgore, Texas
Broadcast area	Longview-Marshall area
Branding	The Beat
Frequency	1240 kHz
Format	Classic Hip Hop
Power	1,000 watts (unlimited)
Class	C
Facility ID	48950
Transmitter coordinates	32°25′2″N 94°51′15″W
Former callsigns	KOCA (1940's-1987) KTXC (1987-1988) KKTX (1988-1999) KBGE (1999-2009)
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Tyler License, LLC)
Sister stations	KISX, KKTX-FM, KNUE, KTYL-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kdok1240.com 1240thebeat.com

KDOK (1240 AM, "1240 The Beat") is a radio station syndicating Classic Hip Hop & R&B from Citadel Media. Licensed to Kilgore, Texas, USA, the station serves the Longview-Marshall area. The station is currently owned by Townsquare Media.

Format Change

As of February 24, 2011, KDOK has dropped Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel and it began stunting with Michael Jackson's "Beat It" on repeat. On February 28, 2011 KDOK changed their format to classic hip hop, branded as "The Beat".

History

Logo used by station until simulcast of KKTX ended in May, 2009.

Previously known as KOCA, the station was assigned the call letters KTXC on February 9, 1987. On September 15, 1988, the station changed its call sign to KKTX then again on October 19, 1999 to KBGE. The station had been simulcasting KKTX-FM 96.1 FM until May 7, 2009, when the station started syndicating Scott Shannon's "The True Oldies Channel and picking up the KDOK call sign dropped by KTBB in Tyler, Texas.

Previous Logo

External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for KDOK
• Radio-Locator Information on KDOK
• Query Arbitron's AM station database for KDOK