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]
History
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
- Dave Ramsey - The Dave Ramsey Show
- Jerry Olenyn - (formerly of KRCR-TV)
References
- ^ "KKXX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- FCC History Cards for KKXX
- KKXX official website
- KKXX in the FCC AM station database
- KKXX in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- K280GL in the FCC FM station database
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