Radio Station KOE

Not much is known about radio station KOE. According to Department of Commerce records, the station was licensed to the Spokane Chronicle Newspaper on 12 April 1922 and the license was deleted on 7 October 1922. For images of the station's first license, see the photo gallery below. For information about the station's transmitting plant, antenna, and other technical aspects of the station click here. The frequency it used was 833 kHz, a frequency shared by other stations at the time. Accounts by old-timers concerning KOE are sketchy and they seem to confuse KOE and KFZ perhaps because KOE and KFZ used the same frequency. If anyone has any information about KOE which is not included here please let me know. My email address is wharms!@philcobill.com (remove the "!" character).

Compiled and Edited by Bill Harms - updated on 22 July 2007

SOURCES:

  1. A Chronology of AM Radio Broadcasting; compiled by Jeff Miller last revision: Dec. 24, 1997; last accessed at http://www.demajo.net/radio/timeline.htm on 30 June 2005.
  2. Commercial and Government Radio Stations, 30 June 1922, Pages 73-78 Department of Commerce, Washingon, DC
  3. KOE License Record, Description of Apparatus, and Schedule of Station and Apparatus. 12 April 1922. Commission of Navigation, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC. Copied from the National Archives, RG Number 173.
  4. Radio Service Bulletin, 1 May 1922, #61, Pages 19-22 Department of Commerce, Washingon, DC.

PHOTO GALLERY

Copies of KOE's first license and associated documents copied from the Department of Commerce files at the National Archives.

This the cover page for the license. It is not dated and does not have have the station's callsign on it. It does have the stations owner, the Spokane Chronicle on it. (National Archives)

Applicant's Description of Apparatus. This is the station's application for license. It includes a recommendation by the radio district supervisor for a provisional license. (National Archives)

Schedule of Station and Apparatus. This was filled out by the Department of Commerce and is the document that provides the license for the station to operate. The station's callsign appears here. (National Archives)

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