KKXX (AM)
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Broadcast area | Chico, California |
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| Frequency | 930 kHz |
| Branding | Life Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Affiliations | Salem Media |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Butte Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
| KYIX | |
| History | |
First air date | September 1960 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 7909 | |
| Class | D |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | 39°43′36.6″N 121°40′48.9″W / 39.726833°N 121.680250°W |
| Translator | 103.9 K280GL (Chico) |
| Repeater | 104.9 KYIX-HD4 (South Oroville) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | chicochristianradio |
KKXX (930 AM) is a 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.[2]
History
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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, (returning to KYIX-FM on April 1, 2024 as a translator for K-Love on KYIX-HD2 (South Oroville). )
On May 31, 2016, FM translator K280GL, at 103.9 FM (formerly licensed to Lovelock, Nevada), was acquired as a translator for KKXX.
On-air personalities
[edit]- Dave Ramsey - The Dave Ramsey Show
- Jerry Olenyn - (formerly of KRCR-TV)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KKXX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ "KKXX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
[edit]- FCC History Cards for KKXX
- KKXX official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 7909 (KKXX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KKXX in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 154803 (K280GL) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
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