KOKO-FM (94.3

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) is a radio station licensed to

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. Owned by TEG Broadcasting and operated by

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(pending full acquisition), it broadcasts a

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oldies format targeting

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History

KOKO-FM originally signed on the air April 16, 1990, as

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station KTAA and was owned by Barnard Broadcasting A California Limited Partnership during the early 1990s. In the early 1990s, the station flipped to a short-lived

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format as ''Jammin 94'', before flipping to

''La Fiesta''. In 1997, the station was acquired by Hispanic Radio Enterprise Inc., and flipped to a rhythmic format as ''94.3 The Party''. In 1998,

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acquired the station and it was rebranded as ''Power 94'', and later ''Hit Radio 94.3'' in August 2001. This was then followed by a

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format. On June 28, 2012, KOKO-FM flipped to classic hits. On November 27, 2018, KOKO-FM again changed formats, this time to

rhythmic oldies Rhythmic oldies is a radio format that concentrates on the rhythmic, R&B, disco, or dance genres of music. The playlists spans from the 1960s through the 2000s. They depend on market conditions and may be designed for African-American or Hispani ...

as ''Jammin' 94.3''. Art Laboe died October 7, 2022, at age 97. In July 2023, TED Broadcasting agreed to purchase KOKO-FM from the Art Laboe estate for $330,000. It soon began broadcasting the Punjabi "Radio Punjab" network. As of August 3, 2024, KOKO-FM switched to a classic regional Mexican format under the branding "94.3 La Mera Mera". It was then announced that TEG broadcasting would sell KOKO-FM to

in exchange for one of its own stations in which Lotus began operating the station ahead of closing.

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Regional Mexican radio stations in the United States