KAOX

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KAOX
Broadcast area Shelley-Rexburg-Rigby-Blackfoot-Idaho Falls
Frequency 107.9 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingNewsTalk 107.9
HD2:Now 105.1
Programming
Format News/Talk
Subchannels HD2: Top 40 (CHR)
Affiliations Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Sandhill Media Group
  • (Frandsen Media Company, LLC)
History
First air date
 1995 (at 107.3)
Former frequencies
107.3 MHz (1999-2016)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 31169
Class C1
ERP 32,000 watts
HAAT 139 meters
Transmitter coordinates
 43°21′6″N112°0′29″W / 43.35167°N 112.00806°W / 43.35167; -112.00806
Translator(s) HD2: 105.1 K286BU (Idaho Falls)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
Website newstalk1079.com
now1051.net (HD2)

KAOX (107.9 FM) is a news/talk formatted radio station licensed to Shelley, Idaho. Known as "NewsTalk 107.9", the station is owned by Sandhill Media Group.

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History

KAOX received a construction permit on 107.3 from Kemmerer, Wyoming on November 8, 1995. It was owned by Jimmy Ray Carroll. After an extension of the construction permit, the station received a license to cover on December 22, 2000. On September 21, 2021, the station was sold again to Chaparral Broadcasting, joining KMER. [2] The station was sold in 2004 to Simmons Media, a Salt Lake City based radio group. [3] In 2014, Simmons transferred their properties to Broadway Media, including KAOX. [4]

The station was known as "The X" and covered much of southwestern Wyoming. The identification mentioned the cities of Evanston, Rock Springs, and Green River. [5]

In 2016, in order to complete frequency changes as a result of a shuffle of stations in Salt Lake City, Broadway took KAOX off 107.3, and moved the station to Shelley, Idaho, near Idaho Falls. The station was silent for a period of time with the allotment of 107.9. Broadway sold KAOX to Frandsen Media for $25,000. [6] Frandsen Media's Sandhill Media Group brought the station back on air with a news/talk format. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KAOX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "KAOX-FM FCC Data". FCCData.org. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Simmons Acquires KMER-AM, KAOX-FM, KDWY-FM, from Chaparral Bdcstg. Co., Inc". MediaServicesGroup.com. March 5, 2004.
  4. ↑ "Broadway Media buys Simmons Salt Lake City". Radio and Television Business Report. January 13, 2014.
  5. ↑ "KAOX-FM Top of the hour Identification". Ubstudios.com. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Station sales week of 10-28". RadioInsight.com. October 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "NewsTalk 107.9 to launch in Idaho Falls". RadioInsight.com. May 6, 2020.


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