KMFS Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==History== KWRW went on air in 1956. The station was owned by Southern Broadcasting Company, whose three principals—James A. West, Jr., Elgie M. Risinger, and Delvin R. White<ref name="hc">{{FCC letter|letterid=43450|callsign=KMFS|hcards=yes}}</ref>—lent their initials to the call letters of the new outlet. A year after signing on, Weldon Sledge, who had run a station in [[Morrilton, Arkansas]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41864273/|access-date=January 7, 2020|title=Radio Station's Owner, Manager Arrives In City|work=Guthrie Daily Leader|page=1|date=July 25, 1957}}</ref> bought KWRW, but he only owned it for a year, as Guthrie Broadcasters—owned by Farrell and Norma Sue Brooks—acquired the station in 1958.{{r|hc}} The carousel of ownership changes continued; at the end of 1959, KWRW was sold to Howard Daniel Smith, and in mid-1961, the Austin Oil Company bought the radio station.{{r|hc}} The call letters were changed to KOKC on December 15, 1970; the next year, Austin Oil won approval to increase the station's daytime power to 500 watts and relocate the transmitter, changes that came into effect in 1972.{{r|hc}} Pioneer Broadcasters bought KOKC in 1978. The station was sold to the Family Worship Center in 2003. In 2004, the station became KMFS, freeing up the KOKC call letters to be used at their current home at [[KOKC (AM)|1520 AM]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page