KITO-FM
Radio station in Vinita, Oklahoma
KITO-FM (96.1 FM) is a radio station in Vinita, Oklahoma, United States. The station is owned by Stephens Media Group and broadcasts a sports format (simulcast KYAL-FM).
History
On June 24, 2005, DLB Broadcasting Corporation announced it would sell KITO-FM and KITO (AM) to Mid-America Ag Network, Inc. for $900,000.
On June 15, 2007, Mid-America Ag Network, Inc. announced it would sell KITO-FM and KGND to KXOJ, Inc. (later named Stephens Media Group) for $1.8 million.
In August 2012, KITO-FM dropped its country format and began simulcasting KYAL-FM (97.1 FM) in Muskogee.
The public source identifies “KITO-FM” as radio station in Vinita, Oklahoma. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around KITO-FM, Radio and station.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16998467. Authority coordinates are 36.582, -95.026. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2005, 2007 and 2012.
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This entry incorporates text from “KITO-FM” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.