KATO (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Safford, Arizona, United States, the station is currently owned by Reed Richins, through licensee Double-R-Communications LLC, and features programming from Westwood One and ESPN Radio. KATO carries local high school sports and Eastern Arizona College football and basketball. The "voice" of Gila Valley sports is Lee Patterson, who has been on the mic at KATO since 2000.