KOKX AM 1310

A commercial AM station broadcasting at 1310 kHz, licensed to the Keokuk, Iowa area and operating under the brand Radio Keokuk. The station is owned by Keokuk Broadcasting Inc., operated by Leah Jones and Michael Greenwald, and currently carries a local news, talk, and sports format. The station has a history stretching back to October 19, 1947, when it launched as a 250-watt daytime-only outlet affiliated with the Iowa Tall Corn Network. Over subsequent decades it underwent several format changes, including a shift to adult standards and then to country music in June 2016, before being reformatted to its current news, talk, and sports programming following a 2018 ownership change. Technically, KOKX operates with directional antenna switching depending on time of day. During daytime hours it uses a single tower in an essentially omnidirectional pattern, while at night it reduces transmitter power and switches to a three-tower directional array that concentrates the signal toward the northwest, with a secondary lobe toward the southeast — a common configuration for AM stations required to protect other stations on the same frequency after sunset. The station also operates a companion FM translator.