KKXS

Last updated
KKXS
Broadcast area Redding/Red Bluff
Frequency 96.1 MHz
Branding96 KTO
Programming
Format Oldies
Affiliations The True Oldies Channel
Ownership
Owner
  • Results Radio
  • (Results Radio of Redding Licensee, LLC)
KESR, KEWB, KHRD, KNCQ
History
First air date
2001
Former call signs
KBHX (1998-2001)
Technical information
Facility ID 83787
Class C3
ERP 1,900 watts
HAAT 358 meters

KKXS (96.1 FM, "96 KTO") is a commercial radio station licensed in Shingletown, California, broadcasting to the Shasta & Tehama County areas. KKXS airs an oldies format and is an affiliate of The True Oldies Channel. Until 2024, it was the region's flagship station for San Francisco Giants, San Francisco 49ers and San Jose Sharks.

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History

KKXS was once the home for Red 96.1 (KBHX) (now on 103.1 and 93.3) from 2001 until 2003, then it was the home of Kicks 96, a country station which was a more classic country alternative to Q-97 until 2005. The station was an affiliate of Broadcast Architecture's Smooth Jazz Network until March 1, 2010, when KKXS switched to ESPN Radio. [1] [2] The station also broadcast live video webstreams of Shasta College Knights football.

On February 13, 2024 (by coincidence, doing so just two days after the 49ers' loss in Super Bowl LVIII), the station abruptly dropped the sports talk format and flipped to oldies, joining The True Oldies Channel network, as "96 KTO, Redding's True Oldies", immediately applying to change callsigns to KYTO to match. [3]

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References

  1. "Redding, California smooth jazz "The Bridge" to go all-sports". Radio-Info.com. February 23, 2010. Retrieved May 31, 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "Giants baseball will return to Redding airwaves » Redding Record Searchlight". Archived from the original on 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2010-03-20.
  3. KKXS Drops Sports for Oldies

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