# KOOI

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Radio station in Jacksonville, Texas

KOOI Jacksonville, Texas United States Broadcast area Tyler-Longview area Frequency 106.5 MHz Branding 106-5 Jack FM Programming Language English Format Adult hits Affiliations Jack FM Longview Lobos Dallas Cowboys Radio Network Ownership Owner Connoisseur Media (Connoisseur Media, LLC.) Sister stations KKUS KOYE KYKX KTLH History First air date 1967 (as KEBE-FM) Former call signs KEBE-FM (1968–1975) KOOI-FM (1983–1986) KOOI (1975–1983; 1986-present) Call sign meaning 001 (represents the original Waller Broadcasting owned east Texas FM facility) Technical information[1] Licensing authority FCC Facility ID 70740 Class C ERP 100,000 watts HAAT 451 meters (1,480 ft) Transmitter coordinates 32°3′40.00″N 95°18′50.00″W / 32.0611111°N 95.3138889°W / 32.0611111; -95.3138889 Links Public license information Public file LMS Webcast Listen live Website 1065jackfm.com

**KOOI** (106.5 [FM](/source/FM_broadcasting)) is a [Connoisseur Media](/source/Connoisseur_Media) [radio station](/source/Radio_station) broadcasting an [adult hits](/source/Adult_hits) format. Licensed to [Jacksonville, Texas](/source/Jacksonville%2C_Texas), United States, the station serves the Tyler-Longview area,[2] and is the East Texas broadcast radio home of the [Dallas Cowboys](/source/Dallas_Cowboys).[3] Studios are located on Broadway Avenue in downtown Tyler, while the transmitter is located north of [Jacksonville](/source/Jacksonville%2C_Texas), in the town of [Mt. Selman](/source/Mount_Selman%2C_Texas).

## History

Licensed in 1968 by Dudley Waller, as KEBE-FM, 106.5 was a simulcast of AM 1400 (known as the KEBE Corral). From the beginning, 106.5 was an affiliate of the ABC radio network. The [call letters](/source/Call_sign) were changed to the current KOOI in 1975. *K-double-O-I* is documented as the first radio station in East Texas to have an automation system. Waller bought a Schaffer automation using cart machines on carousels and 10, [reel-to-reel](/source/Reel-to-reel_audio_tape_recording) decks, providing a beautiful music/easy listening format to East Texas.

Although the call letters appear to be a random assignment, they were actually specifically chosen by Dudley Waller, representing the first (001) of several FM facilities he wished to own throughout East Texas.

K=West of the Mississippi O=zero in Roman numerals O=zero in Roman numerals I=one in Roman numerals

Had Waller received a second construction permit, his plan was to request its call letters to be KOII.

In 1983, KOOI became the first FM radio station in East Texas to broadcast in stereo. The station began to transition from the beautiful music format, which was starting to falter in ratings, to a soft rock direction as *Sunny 106.5 K-double-O-I*.

In 1987, KOOI moved to its current transmitter site at [Mount Selman](/source/Mount_Selman%2C_Texas) which also serves as the tower site of fellow Jacksonville licensed stations [KETK-TV](/source/KETK-TV) and [KBJS](/source/KBJS). The move of the KOOI transmission site and associated upgrades gave this facility the most powerful ([Class C](/source/List_of_broadcast_station_classes#FM)) FM at the highest elevation in East Texas. As a result, KOOI's coverage area spans a large portion of its East Texas home, reaching as far away as [Nacogdoches](/source/Nacogdoches%2C_Texas) and [Crockett](/source/Crockett%2C_Texas) to the south, and [Quitman](/source/Quitman%2C_Texas) and [Pittsburg](/source/Pittsburg%2C_Texas) to the north.

In 1997, KOOI transitioned from Easy Listening/Soft Rock to an Adult Contemporary format under Program Director and morning host Dave Moreland. The station remained branded as *Sunny 106.5* and achieved great success in this incarnation. Using the slogan "Your Life. Your Music. East Texas.", "Sunny 106.5" was live and local during all dayparts. In addition to Moreland, other "Sunny 106.5" on-air personalities during this time included Jack Schell, Rick Watson, Rodd Wayne, Bill Davis, Janie Baker and Rhonda Parsons.

On January 7, 2005, after 47 years of ownership, Dudley Waller sold KOOI 106.5 to Access.1 of New York, along with [KYKX](/source/KYKX), [KOYE](/source/KOYE), [KKUS](/source/KKUS), and 1370 [KFRO](/source/KFRO_(AM)) for $26 million.[4] Even though he had sold off his original Jacksonville FM facility, Waller Media did not include the heritage [AM facility](/source/KEBE) in this transaction.

On January 21, 2013, KOOI changed format from adult contemporary to classic hits, while still utilizing the "Sunny 106.5" branding.

[Alpha Media](/source/Alpha_Media) LLC purchased KOOI and eight other stations in Texas and Louisiana from Access.1 effective April 14, 2015, at a price of $13.75 million.

On June 26, 2017, KOOI changed format from classic hits to variety hits, branded as "106.5 Jack FM".[5]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FCC-LMS-70740_1-0)** ["Facility Technical Data for KOOI"](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=70740). *Licensing and Management System*. [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [https://www.alphamediausa.com/our-stations/?market=East%20Texas](https://www.alphamediausa.com/our-stations/?market=East%20Texas) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20181005194859/https://www.alphamediausa.com/our-stations/?market=East%20Texas) October 5, 2018, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Alpha Media East Texas Stations

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["KOOI Facility Record"](https://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=KOOI). *United States [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission), audio division*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["KOOI Call Sign History"](https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=70740&Callsign=KOOI). *United States [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission), audio division*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Jack Comes to East Texas](https://radioinsight.com/headlines/118535/jack-comes-east-texas/) Radioinsight - June 26, 2017

## External links

- [Official site](https://www.1065jackfm.com)

- [Facility details for Facility ID 741868 (KOOI)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=741868) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [KOOI](https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP26&band=fm&callLetter=KOOI) in [Nielsen Audio](/source/Nielsen_Audio)'s FM station database

v t e Radio stations in the Tyler metropolitan area (Texas) By AM frequency 600 1330 1400 1410 1490 By FM frequency 88.1 88.7 89.1 89.5 90.3 91.3 91.7 91.9 92.1 93.1 94.3 95.1 96.1 96.7 97.5 99.3 99.7 KETE KFRO-FM 99.9 100.5 100.7 101.5 102.3 102.7 104.1 105.7 106.5 107.3 LPFM 92.5 93.7 94.7 Translators 94.5 95.7 97.9 100.1 103.9 104.7 104.9 106.1 NOAA Weather Radio frequency 162.475 By call sign K233BE K239CB K250AJ K261CW K280CL K284CT K285GY K291CH KAPW KATG-FM KBJS KBLZ KDDM KEBE KETE KGLD KGLY KHCJ KISX KJBB-LP KJID-LP KKGT KKTX-FM KKUS KLFZ KLVQ KMOO-FM KNUE KOOI KOYE KPIT KRWR KTBB KTBB-FM KTYK KTYL-FM KVNE KVUT KWNS KYFP KYKX KYZS KZLO KZWL KZYY-LP WXK36 Defunct KNGR (1560 AM) KOFY (1060 AM) KTLU (1580 AM) KZEY (690 AM) Radio stations in East Texas Beaumont-Port Arthur Longview-Marshall Lufkin-Nacogdoches Paris Texarkana Tyler Other nearby regions Dallas-Fort Worth Shreveport See also List of radio stations in Texas

v t e Jack FM-branded radio stations in the United States Local Stations KXAZ (Page, Arizona) KPKR (Parker, Arizona) KVLO (Little Rock, Arkansas) KDRS-FM (Paragould, Arkansas) KCON (Vilonia, Arkansas) KCBS-FM (Los Angeles, California) KAJK (Susanville, California) KNOZ (Grand Junction, Colorado) KRYD (Norwood, Colorado) WWRF (Lake Worth, Florida) WJKD (Vero Beach, Florida) KJOT (Boise, Idaho) WJKG (Altamont, Illinois) WEJT (Decatur, Illinois) WRKX (Ottawa, Illinois) KSAJ-FM (Burlingame, Kansas) KRSL-FM (Russell, Kansas) WBGN (Munfordville, Kentucky) WLXX (Richmond, Kentucky} WQSR (Baltimore, Maryland) WVFM (Kalamazoo, Michigan) KZJK (Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota) KWJK (Columbia/Boonville, Missouri) KDAA (Rolla, Missouri) KYJK (Missoula, Montana) KLKO (Elko, Nevada) KRWK (Fargo, North Dakota) KDSR (Williston, North Dakota) WGTZ (Dayton, Ohio) WYUP (Altoona, Pennsylvania) KJKQ (Sisseton, South Dakota) WASL (Dyersburg, Tennessee) WCJK (Nashville, Tennessee) KJFK/K242DE (Austin, Texas) KJKK (Dallas, Texas) KOOI (Jacksonville, Texas) KJFK-FM (Llano) KJXK (San Antonio, Texas) KTXN-FM (Victoria, Texas) KWSA (Price, Utah) KJAQ (Seattle, Washington) WRHN (Rhinelander, Wisconsin) KRVK (Casper, Wyoming) KSIT (Rock Springs, Wyoming) KBCE (Alexandria, Louisiana) National Network (Westwood One (current), Valencia, California) News/talk/sports networks Bloomberg Radio ESPN Radio Fox Sports Radio NPR SportsMap Music brands Bob FM Froggy (country only) Hank FM Jack FM KISS-FM MOViN Nash FM (country only) Religious networks Air 1 K-LOVE

v t e Connoisseur Media AM radio stations KAAN KATE KAUS KBNN KBRK KCOB KFOR KFQD KGLO KGNC KGRN KHAR KIIK KJFF KJJQ KJPW KJSK KKRT KLGR KMCD KMRN KNWH KNWQ KNWZ KOKA KREI KRIB KSAH KSDR KTSA KTTT KUFO KVFD KWAT KWIQ KWIX KWMT KWOK KXRO KXTG KZDC WCHA WHAG WHBC WHLI WIBW WICC WING WJNT WJOL WJQS WKRS WLIP WNTX WOAD WSGW FM radio stations K275CH KAAN-FM KAUS-FM KAYO KBAY KBFF KBMG KBRJ KBRK-FM KBTE KBTT KCLB-FM KCLZ KCOB-FM KCPI KDBX KDES-FM KDGL KDKS-FM KDLO-FM KDUT KDUX-FM KEAG KEEZ-FM KEZR KFBD-FM KFRX KGNC-FM KGNZ KIAI KIAQ KIBZ KINK KIRK KIXX KJEL KJXK KKDV KKEZ KKFD-FM KKIQ KKOT KKQQ KKRV KKSD KKUS KKUU KKWK KLAK KLEY-FM KLGR-FM KLIR KLKL KLLL-FM KLSS-FM KMKO-FM KMKT KMMX KMXS KONE KOOI KOYE KOZQ-FM KPSI-FM KRBI-FM KRES KRTI KSAH-FM KSAJ-FM KSDR-FM KTAL-FM KTCM KTFM KTGL KTJJ KTLB KTLH KTPK KUIC KUPL KWHL KWIQ-FM KWIX-FM KWLN KVWE KXFT KXGL KXL-FM KXXK KYKX KYTC KYSM-FM KZEN KZKX KZLB W242BY WALK-FM WARQ WCCQ WCEN-FM WCLI-FM WDHT WDJX WDLD WEBE WERV-FM WEZN-FM WFLS-FM WFOX WGER WGHL WGTZ WGZB-FM WHBC-FM WHXT WIBW-FM WICC-FM WIIL WIKZ WJMI WKJY WKXI-FM WMJM WPLR WQCM WRKS WROU-FM WRXQ 1 WSCZ WSGW-FM WSSR WTLZ WVBX WWDM WWSK WWUZ WWWF-FM WXLC WXMA WYBC-FM 1 WZSR 1 Managed under a local marketing agreement

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