KOKI-TV
KOKI-TV, virtual channel 23 (UHF digital channel 22), is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. The station is owned by the Cox Media Group subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV-affiliate KMYT-TV (channel 41); KOKI and KMYT are, in turn, co-owned with local radio stations KRMG (740 AM and 102.3 FM), KRAV-FM (96.5), KWEN (95.5 FM) and KJSR (103.3 FM), as well as local cable television provider Cox Communications.
KOKI-TV
Feature films were heavily emphasized on the station's schedule during this period, with KOKI typically carrying one to two films per night in prime time and one film in the afternoon on weekdays and three or four films per day on weekends. One of the station's film presentations was "Creature Feature", which was hosted by Sherman Oaks (the stage name of local comedian Jim Millaway), featuring Gailard Sartain and Jeanne Tripplehorn (then known as Jeanne Summers, who left after the program's first season), both of whom worked as radio hosts for KMOD-FM (97.5) at the time; showcasing horror and science fiction B movies each Saturday night from October 1982 until October 1985, it featured wraparound segments before and after commercial breaks in which the hosts conducted various skits, often making ridiculous nonsequitir remarks. KOKI would gain a competitor on March 18, 1981, when Green Country Associates and Satellite Syndicated Systems signed on fellow independent KGCT-TV (channel 41, now a MyNetworkTV affiliate) with a mix of syndicated entertainment programs, locally produced news and talk programming in the afternoon and movies from the In-Home Theatre subscription service at night, before transitioning to a general entertainment format within three months of its debut. Despite its low-cost approach, KOKI became a major force in the market; this was evidenced in a 1983 study by New York City-based advertising and marketing firm Ogilvy & Mather examining Tulsa's commercial television stations, which showed that KOKI was the only station to increase viewership shares over the two-year period from May 1981 to May 1983, rising from a 6 to a 19 share in early evenings, from a 5 to a 9 in prime time and from a 4 to a 10 share against late newscasts on the three network affiliates, whereas KJRH, KOTV and KTUL saw steady declines in those same dayparts, which were linked to KOKI's overall growth.