What KOCO News does

KOCO News (legal entity: Ohio/Oklahoma Hearst Television Inc.) is a local broadcast television station operating on Channel 5 (KOCO-TV) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The station delivers local news, weather, sports, traffic, politics, and community journalism to viewers in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area and across the state of Oklahoma. Distribution spans over-the-air broadcast, cable and satellite carriage, the KOCO 5 News mobile application on iOS and Android, the Very Local streaming service, email newsletters, RSS feeds, and an active presence on Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

KOCO's core differentiator is its First Alert Weather Team, a weather unit WeatheRate-certified as the Most Accurate Forecast in Oklahoma City for 13-14 consecutive years. The weather infrastructure includes multiple storm chasers deployed across Oklahoma, a SKY 5 helicopter for aerial coverage of traffic, severe weather, and breaking news, and a meteorology team led by Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane. Beyond weather, the station fields a multi-person on-air anchor team, a sports department, a Washington bureau with a Deputy Bureau Chief, White House Correspondent, and Washington correspondents, plus a National Investigative Correspondent and National Consumer Correspondent feeding national-level content back into the local franchise. National content is supplemented via syndication partnerships with AP and CNN.

Commercially, KOCO is a private subsidiary of Hearst Television (itself part of the Hearst conglomerate). Revenue is generated through broadcast advertising, digital advertising, and sponsored content placements, with no direct consumer-facing pricing. The station offers an "Advertise with KOCO" commercial product line, email alert subscriptions, and sponsored editorial content as its principal monetization mechanics.

Name

KOCO News

Legal name

Ohio/Oklahoma Hearst Television Inc.

Website

https://koco.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

KOCO News is an Oklahoma City-based local television station (Channel 5) owned by Hearst Television that delivers local news, weather, and sports across broadcast, mobile, streaming, and social channels, with a WeatheRate-certified First Alert Weather Team serving Oklahoma.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Television News

NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (51612), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (5162)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

Local News & Weather Stations (MPABACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

News OTT & Live News Streaming Channels (MPABAHAK)

Keywords

• Local television news
• Weather broadcasting
• Storm tracking services
• Broadcast journalism
• Digital news platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Oklahoma City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

KOCO News is a local broadcast television station that delivers local news, weather, sports, traffic, and community coverage for the Oklahoma City metropolitan area and the broader state of Oklahoma. The station distributes content across over-the-air broadcast, cable/satellite, mobile applications, streaming services, and its website. Its First Alert Weather Team provides severe weather forecasting and storm tracking, certified by WeatheRate as the most accurate forecast in Oklahoma City for 13-14 consecutive years.

Product overview

KOCO News operates as a local television news station serving Oklahoma City and the broader Oklahoma area through a multi-platform distribution strategy. The core offering consists of the KOCO 5 News App (iOS/Android), the KOCO 5 News Website, and RSS Feeds for content syndication. These are complemented by the Very Local streaming service for on-demand content and Email Alerts/Newsletters for direct subscriber notifications. The station's First Alert Weather Team provides specialized severe weather forecasting, which has been certified by WeatheRate as the Most Accurate Forecast in Oklahoma City for 13-14 consecutive years. The KOCO 5 News App serves as the primary mobile interface, providing real-time access to breaking news and weather directly from the KOCO 5 News team. All platforms are interconnected, with RSS feeds enabling third-party content syndication and the app supporting social media connectivity for broader audience engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• KOCO 5 News App

Quantifiable outcome

• WeatheRate certified as Most Accurate Forecast in Oklahoma City for 13 consecutive years
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• KWTV-DT (News 9): Another direct in-market competitor — KWTV is the CBS affiliate in Oklahoma City and a long-established local news brand, competing for the same household ratings, weather credibility, and regional ad dollars as KOCO.
• WGAL 8 Lancaster-Harrisburg: Direct sibling — WGAL is Hearst's NBC affiliate in a Pennsylvania mid-sized market with comparable local news, weather, and digital product mix, making it one of the closest operational and economic comps to KOCO.
• KFOR-TV: Direct head-to-head competitor — KFOR is the NBC affiliate serving the same Oklahoma City DMA, offering the same local news, weather, and sports programming mix and competing for the same advertisers and audience.
• WMUR-TV (Manchester, NH): Direct sibling — WMUR is a Hearst ABC affiliate in a New England market, comparable to KOCO as a legacy local broadcast station sharing Hearst's content syndication, newsroom standards, and digital platform infrastructure.
• WBAL-TV 11 Baltimore: Direct sibling — WBAL is another Hearst Television NBC affiliate in a mid-sized market with a strong local newsroom and weather franchise, operating under the same corporate playbook and shared content infrastructure as KOCO.

Regional players

• KJRH-TV (Tulsa): Regional peer — KJRH is the NBC affiliate in Tulsa serving the other half of the Oklahoma DMA structure; while not a direct OKC competitor, it is a sibling-format local broadcaster whose ratings and ad-market dynamics directly inform KOCO's broader Oklahoma competitive landscape.

Broad incumbents

• Sinclair Broadcast Group: Broad incumbent — Sinclair owns and operates a large national portfolio of local TV stations, comparable to Hearst Television in scale and a relevant strategic and financial comp for understanding KOCO's market position and station-level valuations.
• Gray Television: Broad incumbent — Gray is one of the largest U.S. broadcast group owners with deep mid-market exposure, comparable to Hearst's footprint and a useful comp on station-level economics, digital revenue mix, and group-level cost synergies that affect KOCO indirectly.
• Nexstar Media Group: Broad incumbent — Nexstar is the largest U.S. local TV broadcaster and the parent of KFOR's operator; it serves as the leading public-market benchmark for station-level valuation multiples and ad-revenue trends that ultimately determine KOCO's competitive economics.
• Tegna: Broad incumbent — Tegna operates a large portfolio of local ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX affiliates across mid-sized U.S. markets, making it a key capital-allocation and operating benchmark for KOCO's parent Hearst Television.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/koconews
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/kocotv
• Facebookfacebook.com/koco5
• Instagraminstagram.com/koco5news
• TikToktiktok.com/@koco5news
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/koco-tv-5

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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