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KONO-FM

City of license	FM: Helotes, Texas AM: San Antonio, Texas
Broadcast area	San Antonio, Texas
Branding	KONO Radio
Slogan	San Antonio's Greatest Hits
Frequency	FM: 101.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) AM: 860 kHz
First air date	FM: 1971 (as KNAF) AM: 1927
Format	Classic Hits
Power	AM: 5,000 watts (day) 900 watts (night)
ERP	FM: 96,000 watts
HAAT	FM: 302 meters
Class	FM: C1 AM: B
Facility ID	FM: 50030 AM: 50029
Callsign meaning	San AntONiO
Former callsigns	FM: KNAF (1971-1981) KFAN (1981-1990) AM: none
Owner	Cox Radio
Sister stations	KCYY, KISS-FM, KKYX, KTKX, KSMG
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kono1011.com

KONO-FM (101.1 FM) is a classic hits music formatted radio station licensed to Helotes, Texas. It is owned by Cox Radio and simulcasts the programs of its sister station, KONO, 860 AM, located in San Antonio, Texas.

[edit] History

KONO-FM was previously known as KFAN, an adult album alternative station located in Fredericksburg, Texas. KONO (AM) is the former sister station of KSAT-TV, Channel 12.

KONO-FM has been simulcasting KONO AM since May 1990. During that time KBKK 107.9 FM started broadcasting KFAN's previous format from Johnson City, Texas about a 1 year later acquiring the KFAN calls.

KONO-FM and AM, formerly an oldies AM and FM simulcast, now features a playlist of hit songs from the station's long history of Top 40 music from the mid '60s to the late '70s. KONO-FM is simulcast on its original AM signal of 860 AM, and is known for "San Antonio's Greatest Hits". Playlist artists include The Eagles, Spinners, Al Green, Supremes, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Billy Joel and others from the '60s to '70s era of hit music radio.

KONO is the fourth oldest AM frequency in the San Antonio, TX. KONO, began as a hobby in the early days of radio broadcasting by Eugene Roth in a room over his garage in downtown San Antonio. Later, Eugene Roth's son, Jack Roth, inherited the station from his father. Its original format was country & western. In the sixties, KONO (the Big 86) was one of the leading "top-40" stations in San Antonio for several years. Some of the on air personnel were Howard Edwards, Don Couser, Woody Roberts, Skinny Don Green, Lee 'Baby' Simms, Dave Mitchell, Johnny Shannon, Charlie Scott, Nick St John and Frank Jolley plus many more. Many still live in the San Antonio area or parts of Texas. KONO in the 1960s won national awards for their popularity and creativity. In 1965, Bob Pearson and Howard Edwards were selected as two of the top radio personalities in the country. KONO was the number one AM station in San Antonio an•d KITY-FM, its sister station was the top rated FM station.

[edit] KONO 101.1 On-Air Staff

• Dave E. Rios - 5:30am - 10am

• Steve Casanova - 10am - 3pm

• Steven O. Sellers - 3pm - 8pm

• Roger Allen - 8pm - Midnight

• Casey Kasem - "American Top 40: The '70s" - Sundays 8am - 11am

• Charlie Tuna - "Charlie Tuna: The '70s" - Sundays 7pm - 12am

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v t e San Antonio, Texas radio stations

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NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.450 (Kerrville) 162.475 (Seguin) 162.525 (D'Hanis) 162.550 (San Antonio)

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v t e Classic Hits radio stations in Texas

By frequency	860 940 1490 1580 92.3 92.3 92.5 94.7 95.1 97.7 98.1 98.5 98.7 99.3 100.7 100.9 101.1 105.1 106.5 106.9 107.3 107.5 107.7

By callsign	KAJE KEFH KETX-FM KEWL-FM KGAP KGLK KHPT KHVL KKCL KKHA KLBB-FM KLUV KOFX KONO KONO-FM KTFS KTLU KTTY KULL KWKQ KWRW KXGL KYRK

By city	Abilene Amarillo Clarendon Clarksville Conroe Dallas El Paso Graham Helotes Huntsville Idalou Ingleside Lake Jackson Livingston Lubbock Markham New Boston New Boston Rusk Rusk San Antonio Taft Texarkana

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas See also Oldies Classic Hits

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Television

ABC network affiliates	WFTV WSB WSOC

CBS network affiliates	KIRO WHIO WTEV³

Fox network affiliates	KOKI KTVU WAWS

Independent stations	KICU WAXN WRDQ

MyNetworkTV affiliates	KMYT WAWS-DT2⁴

NBC network affiliates	WPXI

Cable channels	4SD Cox Sports Television The Cox Channel Travel Channel (35%)

Cox Target Media

Automotive

AutoTrader.com (75%) (Kelley Blue Book)
Manheim, Inc.

Other assets

¹Cox Media Group has announced the sale of these stations to Summit Media. • ²Cox Media Group has announced the sale of these stations to Connoisseur Media. •

³Cox Media Group operates this station under an LMA with Bayshore Television, LLC. • ⁴This subchannel holds a secondary affiliation with Me-TV.