KKXX (AM)

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KKXX
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Broadcast area Chico, California
Frequency 930 kHz
BrandingLife Radio
Programming
Format Christian radio
Affiliations Salem Communications
Ownership
Owner
  • Butte Broadcasting Company, Inc.
  • (Butte Broadcasting Company, Inc.)
KYIX
History
First air date
September 1960
Technical information
Facility ID 7909
Class D
Power 1,000 watts day
37 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
39°43′37″N121°40′45″W / 39.72694°N 121.67917°W / 39.72694; -121.67917
Translator(s) 103.9 K280GL (Chico)
Repeater(s) 104.9 KYIX-HD3 (South Oroville)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website chicochristianradio.com

KKXX (930 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. Licensed to Paradise, California, United States, the station serves the Chico area. The station is currently owned by Butte Broadcasting Company, Inc. and features programming from Salem Communications. [1]

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History

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KKXX call letter logo

KKXX first broadcast as KMET in 1960. It was owned by Komet Radio, Inc.

On October 15, 1962, the call letters were changed to KNGL, or "K-Angel". The slogan was "The Voice From Paradise."

On January 6, 1967, the call letters were changed to KEWQ, as "Q-Radio, Family-Oriented Christian Radio", under Butte Broadcasting, Inc., which had acquired the station in December 1966.

In 1988 it began broadcasting under the name KKXX.

On November 7, 2009, an FM translator K283AR, at 104.5 FM (formerly of KYIX-FM), was acquired as a translator of KKXX.

On May 31, 2016, an additional FM translator K280GL, at 103.9 FM (formerly licensed to Lovelock, Nevada), was acquired as a second FM translator of KKXX.

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References

  1. "KKXX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.