KAKS

KAKS
City	Goshen, Arkansas
Broadcast area	Fayetteville (North West Arkansas)
Branding	ESPN Radio 99.5
Slogan	Northwest Arkansas' New Home For Sports
Frequency	99.5 MHz
First air date	1989 (as KFAY-FM)
Format	Sports
ERP	3,100 watts
HAAT	140 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	69858
Transmitter coordinates	36°12′19.70″N 94°06′06.30″W / 36.2054722°N 94.1017500°W / 36.2054722; -94.1017500
Callsign meaning	K ArKanSas
Former callsigns	KRRA (1983-1988) KFAY-FM (1988-1993) KREB (1993-1997) KREB-FM (1997-2005)
Affiliations	ESPN Radio
Owner	Hog Radio, Inc.
Sister stations	KUOA, KTHS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	espn995.com

KAKS (99.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Goshen, Arkansas, USA, it serves the Fayetteville (North West Arkansas) area. The station is currently owned by Hog Radio, Inc.

The station changed hands in 2009 and became an all-sports radio station known as "The Hog".

KAKS rebroadcasts on FM translator K287AN licensed to Fayetteville, Arkansas, and simulcasts on sister station KUOA in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.

On August 14, 2010, KAKS on-air personality Renee Gork was fired after a confrontation with Coach Bobby Petrino. Petrino refused to answer questions posed by Gork while she donned a University of Florida Gators hat. Gork claimed that she grabbed the hat from her trunk during a rainstorm, and tried to cover the hat with tape to disguise the logo. According to Gork, she was told by her bosses that they "had her back" and would defend her reasoning to the administration at the University of Arkansas and Coach Petrino. KAKS relieved Gork of her duties on August 16, 2010.^[1]

In 2015 KAKS switched affiliations from Yahoo! Sports Radio to ESPN Radio and rebranded as "ESPN Rdaio 99.5".

References

↑ "SAS with Renee Gork". Stephen A. Smith Show. 17 August 2010.

External links

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Radio stations in the Fayetteville / North West Arkansas market

By FM frequency	88.3 89.3 90.1 90.9 91.3 92.1 93.3 93.7 94.3 94.9 95.7 96.7 98.3 99.1 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.5 101.9 103.5 103.9 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.5 107.9

By AM frequency	790 1030 1140 1190 1250 1290 1390 1590

By callsign	K256BG K278BB K287AN KAKS KAMO-FM KAYH KBNV KBVA KCYT KEZA KFAY KFFK KFMD-FM KIGL KISR KKEG KKIX KLAB KLRC KLTK KMCK-FM KMXF KOFC KQSM-FM KREB KRMW KSEC KUAF KUOA KURM KURM-FM KXNA KXUA KYNG

Nearby radio markets Ft. Smith Hot Springs Joplin Little Rock Springfield Tulsa See also List of radio stations in Arkansas

Sports radio stations in the state of Arkansas

Stations:	KAFN - Benton KAKS - Goshen KARN - Little Rock KASR - Vilonia KBCN-FM - Marshall KBTA - Batesville KELD - El Dorado KHGG - Van Buren KHGG-FM - Waldron KHOM - Salem KKSP - Bryant KNAS - Nashville KNEA - Jonesboro KPOC - Pocahontas KQPN - West Memphis KQSM - Fayetteville KREB - Bentonville-Bella KSMD - Searcy KTTG - Mena KUOA - Siloam Springs KYNG - Springdale

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Arkansas See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

ESPN Radio stations in the state of Arkansas

Full-time affiliates	KAFN – Benton KAKS - Goshen KBTA – Batesville KREB – Bentonville KTTG – Fort Smith KUOA - Siloam Springs

Part-time affiliates	KCAB – Dardanelle

See also List of ESPN Radio affiliates See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Arkansas See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio CBS Sports Radio NBC Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio Sports Byline USA

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