KAKS

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KAKS
KAKS ESPN99.5 logo.png
Broadcast area Fayetteville (Northwest Arkansas)
Frequency 99.5 MHz
BrandingESPN Radio 99.5
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations ESPN Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • Frank Pearson
  • (Pearson Broadcasting of Goshen, Inc.)
KXRD, KBVA, KXVB, KFFK, KREB
History
First air date
1989 (as KFAY-FM)
Former call signs
KRRA (1983-1988)
KFAY-FM (1988-1993)
KREB (1993-1997)
KREB-FM (1997-2005)
Call sign meaning
K ArKanSas
Technical information
Facility ID 69858
Class A
ERP 3,100 watts
HAAT 140 meters
Transmitter coordinates
36°12′19.6″N94°06′06.9″W / 36.205444°N 94.101917°W / 36.205444; -94.101917
Translator(s) 95.3 MHz K237GR (Johnson)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website hitthatline.com

KAKS (99.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Goshen, Arkansas, United States, it serves the Fayetteville (Northwest Arkansas) area. The station is currently owned by Frank Pearson, through licensee Pearson Broadcasting of Goshen, Inc. In 2015 KAKS switched affiliations from Yahoo! Sports Radio to ESPN Radio and re-branded as "ESPN Radio 99.5".

KAKS rebroadcasts on FM translator K287AN licensed to Fayetteville, Arkansas, and simulcasts on sister station KUOA in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.

On August 14, 2010, KAKS on-air personality Renee Gork was fired after a confrontation with Coach Bobby Petrino. Petrino refused to answer questions posed by Gork while she donned a University of Florida Gators hat. Gork claimed that she grabbed the hat from her trunk during a rainstorm, and tried to cover the hat with tape to disguise the logo. According to Gork, she was told by her bosses that they "had her back" and would defend her reasoning to the administration at the University of Arkansas and Coach Petrino. KAKS relieved Gork of her duties on August 16, 2010. [1]

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References

  1. "SAS with Renee Gork". Stephen A. Smith Show. 17 August 2010.