KOCI 101.5 FM

GOOD MUSIC FINALLY! My husband and I started talking about this new radio station that he just found one day, it happened to be the same one as mine. KOCI. 101.5 FM
WE LOVE IT!!!

KOCI is the best radio station on this island earth. I am always surprised by the staffs knowledge and their understanding of what really good music really is. The FM radio band is filled with nothing but cookie cutter stations all across this great country. Every radio station play list is like it was a top 40s AM channel, over and over and over! Stop it! Be like KOCI and you’ll join the ranks of what real entertainment is meant to be and should be!
KOCI plays music from artists that I know but have never heard, in addition too artists that I have never heard before, I can’t tell you how many new artists that I have never heard of before played on KOCI that I have since down loaded, I thought I had heard everything there was to hear…
I’m love ‘in the church of the Moody Blues! KOCI is the all about’em and so much more. Take a moment to listen to KOCI… You will not be disappointed
Thanks to you guy’s for all the great music, don’t change a thing except maybe some more watts!

This is hands down the best radio station anywhere. I only wish the signal was stronger!

This Costa Mesa/N.B. Station plays a marvelous selection of classic rock songs that other stations rarely play. You will not hear Free Bird 10 times a day here. They are what FM radio should be in my opinion. Bands and songs that you remember back when FM rock radio was daring. They also conveniently stream their low-​powered terrestrial station over the Internet.

i love it, and that they play songs that you definitely aren’t going to find on other stations. props to these people. i’m glad they were able to create this

Great music choices! You just need more POWER ;-)

Craig and everyone at KOCI are sweethearts! It’s refreshing to hear a free form rock station out there with good taste, and KOCI has got it nailed down! And I heard they have a sweet photographer! ;)

All rabbit ears UP… BEST STATION ON THE PLANET…
(«if» you can pull her in). Bit weak in the transmission dept?
Thank God I live/​work close by.
ALWAYS AMAZED at the incredible gems these guys pull out of the archives that you NEVER hear played anywhere.
Average White Band to Warren Zevon… everything inbetween.
~listener tip~
«Shazam» App
Always have my smartphone close-​by when listening…
can quickly ID the songs & artist …
Then look the songs up later on the youtubes for downloading or purchasing from the amazons.
Please play more ZAPPA!!!
Love the old Peter Green Fleetwood Mac
.Johnny Jenkins. Savoy Brown. ray davies… eddie cochran… muddy waters… stephen stills… bo diddley… emmy lou… delaney & bonnie… dave mason… dylan…bloomfield…ten years after… johnny winter… yardbirds. little feat… stones…traffic…spirit…lee michaels… war…canned heat… allman bros… john prine… ike and tina… albert king… wishbone ash… etc…etc…etc…

Just discovered this station when I was in OC on business. I live in San Diego, so of course KOCI doesn’t come in here on the radio because of crusty old KGB, but I have it coming over my Roku player which is hooked into my stereo, so I can listen at home. Love it, and their lack of a corporate playlist. A lot of things I haven’t heard in years and years, and some things completely new.

KOCI Radio was designed from the ground up to service the communities it lives in which are Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Corona Del Mar and parts of Huntington Beach, Irvine and Fountain Valley. It’s on the same frequency, 101.5 FM, as the much larger signal of KGB in San Diego which sometimes interferes with our signal in the area. KOCI is a throwback to the older days of free form radio where we choose the music based on things like individual tastes, moods, the weather and requests, versus the other radio stations corporate dictates or focus groups. It might not run the way other radio stations do and it sure doesn’t sound the way other radio stations do, and that’s fine with us. If you can’t get us on your radio, you can listen to us on our website
or download the free app Tunein Radio at
and listen wherever you are on your phone, ipad or android tablet. Sample us and let us know what you think!

Just found this station today when I was driving home from work. Great songs, great variety, haven’t heard a commercial yet! only complaint is I can’t realy get the station very well in Eastern Irvine… guess my computer is gonna have to suffice for now. Its funny that KOCI a station with the same frequency of KGB in San Diego is beating them at their own game. Good at you KOCI, please don’t change and buy a bigger antenna already! Darn, just heard a commercial but oh well, back to the music now and its a good song go figure

Joe L. has it right. This station has a nice mix of classic rock, known and unknown. They also play a fair number of instrumental pieces, which I like. I’m not such a blues fan, but I’m glad there’s an outlet for it.
According to the local paper (The Daily Pilot), this is a non-​for-​profit station run by about 4 guys on a shoestring budget. One Sunday morning I head a public affairs show in which the hosted intelligently interviewed the mayor of Newport Beach. Not the kind of stuff you can find on other stations. All in all, this is a good station. Give it a try. Only problem is that it’s so low-​powered (50 watts, according to the Pilot) that the signal fades if you’re driving for very long!

I like this station!
I know what you’re saying: classic rock?!? Songs that I’ve heard 500 times or more? Well, a few of the songs they play fall under that category, but many of them can be heard nowhere else, and I guarantee that if you tune in, you’ll be hearing some songs for the first time. They claim to have a 10,000 song playlist, and I believe it. Ever hear Blues Project before? Until KOCI, I hadn’t.
Speaking of blues, they include that in their broad definition of classic rock. Good for them!
Support local independent radio and give them a listen, won’t you? You can hear them on the radio and on
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Although the Idea of a new classic rock station was good. I have to complain to the same frequency as strong KGB out out S.D. This should have been looked into by mgt! Now, here in Orange and surrounding cities, it’s about 80% KOCI and 20% KGB fading in and out! When it does come through, the different songs are a joy to listen to again on radio. As of Mid-​Dec. I tried it online and put it on my itunes site-​great reception! Now I can listen while on comptr.

Just an altogether better way to be at the beach!