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KOKO-FM
Radio station in California, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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KOKO-FM (94.3 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Kerman, California. Owned by TEG Broadcasting and operated by Lotus Communications (pending full acquisition),[2] it broadcasts a regional Mexican oldies format targeting Fresno.
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KOKO-FM originally signed on the air April 16, 1990,[3] as country 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.[4] This was then followed by a rhythmic AC format.
On June 28, 2012, KOKO-FM flipped to classic hits.[5] On November 27, 2018, KOKO-FM again changed formats, this time to rhythmic oldies as Jammin' 94.3.[6]
Art Laboe died October 7, 2022, at age 97.[7] In July 2023, TED Broadcasting agreed to purchase KOKO-FM from the Art Laboe estate for $330,000.[8] It soon began broadcasting the Punjabi "Radio Punjab" network.
As of August 3, 2024, KOKO-FM switched to a classic regional Mexican format under the branding "94.3 La Mera Mera". It was then announced that TEG broadcasting would sell KOKO-FM to Lotus Communications in exchange for one of its own stations in which Lotus began operating the station ahead of closing.[9]
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