Broadcast area | Shelley- Rexburg- Rigby- Blackfoot- Idaho Falls |
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Frequency | 107.9 MHz ( HD Radio) |
Branding | NewsTalk 107.9 HD2: Now 105.1 |
Programming | |
Format | News/ Talk |
Subchannels | HD2: Top 40 (CHR) |
Affiliations | Westwood One |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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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″N 112°0′29″W / 43.35167°N 112.00806°W |
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.
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]