KOCO-TV, channel 5, is the ABC affiliate in the Oklahoma City television market. The station is owned by Hearst Television, Inc., but uses "Ohio/Oklahoma Hearst Television, Inc." as their end tag during their newscasts, the same licensing purpose corporation as sister Cincinnati, Ohio station WLWT.
The station broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 7, using its former analog channel assignment of 5 as its virtual channel via PSIP. On cable,...
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KOCO-TV, channel 5, is the ABC affiliate in the Oklahoma City television market. The station is owned by Hearst Television, Inc., but uses "Ohio/Oklahoma Hearst Television, Inc." as their end tag during their newscasts, the same licensing purpose corporation as sister Cincinnati, Ohio station WLWT.
The station broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 7, using its former analog channel assignment of 5 as its virtual channel via PSIP. On cable, KOCO-TV can be seen on channel 8 on Cox Oklahoma City and on channel 5 on other Cox systems in Central Oklahoma. The station is also available to DirecTV and Dish Network customers within the Oklahoma City market.
The station signed on July 2, 1954 as KGEO-TV, based in Enid, the only full-power VHF station in northern Oklahoma. The station was an ABC affiliate; during the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.
The station's transmitter and studio location were moved to Oklahoma City in 1958, after...
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