KKXX (AM)

Coordinates: 39°43′37″N 121°40′45″W / 39.72694°N 121.67917°W / 39.72694; -121.67917
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KKXX
Salem Communications
Ownership
Owner
  • Butte Broadcasting Company, Inc.
  • (Butte Broadcasting Company, Inc.)
KYIX
History
First air date
September 1960
Technical information
Facility ID7909
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
37 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
39°43′37″N 121°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
WebcastListen Live
Websitechicochristianradio.com

KKXX (930

Salem Communications.[1]

History

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.

On-air personalities

  • The Dave Ramsey Show
  • Jerry Olenyn - (formerly of KRCR-TV)

References

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

External links