KIOC

KIOC
City	Orange, Texas
Broadcast area	Beaumont/Port Arthur/Orange Golden Triangle
Branding	Big Dog 106
Frequency	106.1 (MHz)
First air date	June 23, 1978
Format	Mainstream rock
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	326 meters (1,070 ft)
Class	C0
Facility ID	33060
Callsign meaning	IOC resembles 106
Affiliations	Premium Choice iHeartRadio
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations	KCOL-FM, KKMY, KYKR, KLVI
Website	http://www.bigdog106.com/

KIOC is a mainstream rock formatted radio station in Beaumont, Texas. It serves the entire Golden Triangle region and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..

History

106.1 KIOC was built in 1977 and signed on over the air June 23, 1978 as K-106. Programming was the Drake Chenault CHR / Top40 format. Its one and only antenna site has been on the side of the Channel 4 (KJAC, now KBTV) tower in Vidor, Texas, making 106.1 the highest FM (~1000 ft) in the immediate Golden Triangle (not counting the rimshots to the west trying to program for the Houston market). During the 1980s, KIOC as "K106", was locked in a fierce battle with crosstown Top 40 KZZB ("B95"). In 1991, B95 went silent after its new owner bankrupted it. Gulf Star (owned by Steven Hicks of the Hicks Broadcast family from Beaumont) bought the silent 95.1 and eventually took on KYKR-FM's country music format after GulfStar sold the former 93.3, KYKR's home for decades to Tichenor Broadcasting who wanted to use it as a Houston station, leaving K106 as Southeast Texas' CHR standard bearer. In 1993, K106 moved in a rock-based top 40 direction, using the slogan "all rock, no rap." After briefly taking on an alternative format and returning to Top 40 as "Hot 106" in the mid-90s, KIOC became "Big Dog 106" in 1997.

Former DJ's on the station included Steven Wild "The Love Child", Mark Landis & The Nut Hut, Pam Pace, Skid Marxx (Shon Hodgkinson), Michelle (Blake) Hinch, Derek Hayes, Angel Sonnier, Jack "Dangerous" Daniels, Slade Ham, Chris Chambers (Ken Rojas), Cort Crusher (Cort Kennedy), Lisa Daniels and Kurt (Johnson) Kruzer.

In 2009, KIOC adopted Clear Channel's Premium Choice mainstream rock format, becoming musically identical outside of morning drive to several of its rock and alternative sister stations.

Ironically, the 95.1 and 106.1 frequencies, which were once bitter rivals, are now co-owned.

External links

Big Dog 106 KIOC official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KIOC

Radio-Locator information on KIOC

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KIOC

Radio stations in the Beaumont–Port Arthur, Texas market

By AM frequency	560 740 790 850 990 1150 1250 1300 1340 1450 1510 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.7 90.5 91.3 92.5 93.3 94.1 94.7 95.1 96.9 97.5 98.1 98.5 99.9 100.7 101.7 102.5 103.3 103.7 104.5 104.9 105.3 106.1 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475

By callsign	K234AM K251AL K277AG K285GD KAYD-FM KBED KBME KBPO KCOL-FM KDEI KEYH KFNC KGHY KHJK KIKR KIOC KKHT-FM KKMY KLBT KLVI KOGT KOLE KQBU-FM KQQK KQXY-FM KSAP-LP KSET KSHN KTCX KTJM KTRH KTXB KVLU KXXF KYKR KZFT KZZB WXK28

Nearby radio markets Fort Polk South Houston–Galveston Huntsville Lake Charles Lufkin–Nacogdoches See also List of radio stations in Texas

Radio stations in the Lake Charles, Louisiana market

By AM frequency	560 1290 1310 1400 1470 1580

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.1 89.5 89.7 90.3 91.1 92.1 92.9 93.5 96.1 97.9 98.3 99.5 100.5 101.3 102.1 102.3 102.9 103.3 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.5 106.1 107.5

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400

by Callsign	K272EI K281AU KAJN-FM KAOK KBIU KBYS KEBL-LP KELB-LP KEZM KHB42 KHLA KIOC KITA KJEF KJMH KKGB KKMY KLCL KLVI KOJO KNGT KPPM-LP KQLK KRLR KRVS KTSR KTXB KXZZ KYBG KYKZ KYLC KZWA W252AQ

Nearby radio markets Alexandria Beaumont-Port Arthur Fort Polk South Houston–Galveston Lafayette See also List of radio stations in Louisiana

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

Radio networks	Fox Sports Radio Premiere Networks Premium Choice Total Traffic and Weather Network

Miscellaneous	Clear Channel Outdoor Clear Channel UK iHeartRadio List of programming syndicated by iHeartMedia Mediabase Radio Computing Services

Coordinates: 30°09′22″N 93°59′10″W / 30.156°N 93.986°W / 30.156; -93.986

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