KYKX

KYKX
City	Longview, Texas
Broadcast area	East Texas
Slogan	East Texas Best Country
Frequency	105.7 MHz
First air date	1974
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	456 meters (1,496 ft)
Class	C0
Facility ID	54844
Transmitter coordinates	32°35′37″N 94°49′10″W / 32.59361°N 94.81944°W / 32.59361; -94.81944
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Owner	Alpha Media LLC (Alpha Media Licensee LLC)
Website	kykx.com

KYKX (105.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Longview, Texas, USA, the station serves the East Texas area. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media LLC, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC, and features programming from Fox News Radio.^[1] The current studio location of KYKX is at 4408 North US Highway 259 in Longview. KYKX shares studio space with sister stations KFRO (AM).

Sister stations

KYKX's East Texas sister stations are 104.1 KKUS Tyler, 96.7 KOYE Frankston, and 106.5 KOOI Jacksonville.

History

KYKX can trace its roots back to Longview's first FM station, KLTI-FM, which went on the air at 105.9 MHz on October 27, 1948.^[2] KLTI-FM was founded and operated by R.G. LeTourneau of the LeTourneau Institute and LeTourneau Industries, and was co-operated with KLTI(AM) 1280 kHz. KLTI-FM ran an easy listening and classical music format, and provided functional music to local businesses. Functional music on FM was a predecessor of Muzak, providing background music to businesses and operated via a decoder box that would receive a tone from the station that muted the station's commercials. KLTI(AM) and KLTI-FM transmitted from a tower on Signal Hill in south Longview, across from LeTourneau Industries. The tower, a south Longview landmark because of its unique Eiffelized style, still stands today and is used by low power television station KLGV-LP. KLTI-FM went off the air sometime in 1955 or 1956.

In 1959, H.A. (Tony) Bridge and Radio Longview, Inc purchased KLTI, including the Signal Hill tower, transmitter, and studios. This purchase also included equipment from the defunct KLTI-FM that was most likely used in some extent to bring Longview's second FM station to the air 4 years later. Bridge changed the calls of KLTI to KLUE and put in place a Top 40 format that was a fixture in Longview on 1280 kHz until the early 1980s.

On March 3, 1963, Bridge signed on KLUE-FM at 105.7 MHz. Its initial power was 6.2 kW. KLUE-FM was not a simulcast of KLUE(AM), and most likely had an automated easy listening format, with stacks of records repeating every day. In 1967, KLUE-FM upgraded their power to 36 kW.

In 1969, the calls were changed to KHER-FM.

On July 1, 1974, KHER-FM was sold to Rusty Reynolds' and Dick Osborne's Stereo 105 Inc., the calls were changed to KYKX, and the country music format began, and has maintained the format to the present. Rusty eventually moved the transmitter to West Mountain at 100KW, and was upgraded to a "Class C". The studios were moved to Judson Road.

On November 1, 1985, KYKX was sold to Radio Sungroup of Texas, Inc. During Sungroup's ownership, The KYKX transmitter site was moved to the corner of SH 300 and 1844

On July 23, 1998, KYKX was sold to Sunburst Media

On October 18, 2000, KYKX was sold to Waller Media.

On January 7, 2005, KYKX was sold to Access.1 Texas License Company LLC.

Alpha Media LLC purchased KYKX and eight other stations in Texas and Louisiana from Access.1 effective April 14, 2015, at a price of $13.75 million.

References

↑ "KYKX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "KLTI and FM Affiliate Under Way at Longview" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 8, 1948. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

"Big East Texas Personality Passed Away". KTBB. November 21, 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2011. Long time East Texas disc jockey and comedian Warren Bradley died Sunday morning after a long fight with cancer, according to friends. Bradley, 55, was a staple on the morning show on radio station KYKX for years.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KYKX

Radio-Locator information on KYKX

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KYKX

Radio stations in the Longview/Marshall, Texas area

By FM frequency	90.7 91.1 92.3 95.3 96.1 99.3 100.3 103.1 103.9 104.5 104.7 105.7 106.9

By AM frequency	1240 1370 1410 1430 1450 1470

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475

By callsign	KAPW KAZE KBWC KCUL-FM KDOK KEES KFRO KFRO-FM KJTX KKTX KMHT KMHT-FM KMPA KTAA KWN32 KWRD KXAL-LP KYKX KZEY KZQX WXK36

Nearby radio markets Dallas–Fort Worth Lufkin–Nacogdoches Natchitoches Paris Shreveport Texarkana Tyler-Longview See also List of radio stations in Texas

Radio stations in the Tyler–Longview market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.1 89.5 90.3 91.3 91.9 92.1 93.1 95.1 96.1 96.7 97.5 97.9 99.3 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.5 102.7 104.1 104.7 105.7 106.5 106.9 107.3

By AM frequency	600 660 710 820 890 930 1080 1330 1400 1410 1430 1470 1490 1580

NOAA Weather Radio	162.475

By callsign	K236BG K250AJ KAPW KATG-FM KAZE KBJS KBLZ KDET KEBE KEEL KEES KGLD KGLY KHCJ KISX KKTX-FM KKUS KLVQ KMOO-FM KNUE KOOI KOYE KPXI KRLD KRWR KSKY KTBB KTBB-FM KTLU KTXV KTYL-FM KVNE KWNS KWRD KXAL-LP KYFP KYKX KYZS KZLO KZQX WBAP WXK36

Defunct	KFRO-FM (95.3 FM) KLJT (102.3 FM) KMPA (103.1 FM) KZEY (690 AM) KZXM (94.3 FM)

Nearby radio markets Dallas–Fort Worth Longview–Marshall Lufkin–Nacogdoches Paris Shreveport Texarkana See also List of radio stations in Texas

Alpha Media

AM radio stations	KAAN KABI KATE KAUS KBNN KBRK KCOB KDKD KFOR KFQD KGLO KGNC KGRN KHAR KIIK KJAM KJFF KJJQ KJPW KKRT KMCD KMRN KNWH KNWQ KNWZ KNZR KOKA KREI KSAH KSAL KTSA KTUB KUFO KVGH KWIQ KWIX KWOK KXRO KXTG KZDC WANG WCHA WHAG WHBC WHHW WHIS WIBW WING WIRL WJNT WJOL WJQS WKEZ WKRS WLIP WMBD WNTX WOAD WOIC WRNN WRNS WSGW WTNI WXBD

FM radio stations	KAAN-FM KAUS-FM KAYO KBAY KBFF KBLS KBMG KBRJ KBRK-FM KBTE KBTT KCLB-FM KCLZ KCOB-FM KCPI KDBX KDES-FM KDGL KDKD-FM KDKS-FM KDLO-FM KDUT KDUX-FM KEAG KEEZ-FM KEZR KFBD-FM KFRX KGNC-FM KGNZ KHHL KIAI KIAQ KIBZ KINK KIRK KIXX KJAM-FM KJEL KJXK KKBB KKDV KKFD-FM KKIQ KKRV KKUS KKUU KKWK KLAK KLEY-FM KLKL KLLL-FM KLLY KMAD-FM KMKT KMMX KMXS KNZR-FM KONE KOOI KOYE KOZQ-FM KPSI-FM KRES KRTI KSAH-FM KSAJ-FM KSAL-FM KTAL-FM KTCM KTFM KTJJ KTPK KUIC KUPL KWHL KWIQ-FM KWIX-FM KWLN KXEA KXGL KXL-FM KXXK KYEZ KYKX W228CI W242BY W262BY W274BM WARQ WARV-FM WBBT-FM WCCQ WCEN-FM WCLI-FM WCPR-FM WDHT WDJX WDLD WEAT WERO WERV-FM WFLS-FM WFXH-FM WGBL WGCO WGER WGHL WGTZ WGZB-FM WHAJ WHBC-FM WHKX WHQX WHXT WIBW-FM WIIL WIKZ WIRK WJMI WKOY-FM WKXI-FM WKZQ-FM WLFV WMBX WMFX WMJM WMYB WNGY WPBG WQBB WQCM WQSL WQZL WRKS WRMF WRNN-FM WRNS-FM WROU-FM WRWN WRXQ WSCZ WSGW-FM WSSR WSWT WTLZ WUBB WVBX WWDM WWLB WWUZ WXCL WXLC WXMA WXQR-FM WXYK WXYY WYAV

Website: alphamediausa.com

Country radio stations in the state of Texas

Stations	KABW – Baird KACQ – Lometa KACT – Andrews KACT-FM – Andrews KAGG – Madisonville KAJA – San Antonio KALP – Alpine KAML – Kenedy-Karnes City KAND – Corsicana KARX - Claude KASE-FM – Austin KATP – Amarillo KATX – Eastland KAUM – Colorado City KAXA – Mountain Home KAYD-FM – Silsbee KBCT – Waco KBCY – Tye KBEC – Waxahachie KBEX – Dalhart KBEY – Burnet KBPC – Crockett KBST-FM – Big Spring KBUK – La Grange KCAR – Clarksville KCCT – Corpus Christi KCKL – Malakoff KCKM – Monahans KCLW – Hamilton KCOM – Comanche KCTI – Gonzales KCTX-FM – Childress KCWM – Hondo KCYY – San Antonio KDCD – San Angelo KDHN – Dimmitt KDLK-FM – Del Rio KDRX – Laughlin Air Force Base KEAN-FM – Abilene KEBE – Jacksonville KERC – Kermit KETX-FM – Livingston KEYE – Perryton KFLP-FM – Floydada KFST-FM – Fort Stockton KFTX – Kingsville KFWR – Jacksboro KFXE – Ingram KFYN – Bonham KFYN-FM – Detroit KGAS-FM – Carthage KGKL-FM – San Angelo KGNC – Amarillo KGVL – Greenville KHBR – Hillsboro KHEY-FM – El Paso KHFX – Cleburne KHJQ – Concan KHKX – Odessa KHLB – Mason KHOS-FM – Sonora KIKT – Cooper KILT-FM – Houston KIMP – Mount Pleasant KIUN – Pecos KIVY-FM – Crockett KIXS – Victoria KJCS – Nacogdoches KJDL - Lubbock KJDL-FM – Levelland KKBQ – Pasadena KKCN – Ballinger KKLY – El Paso KKUB – Brownfield KKUS – Tyler KKYN-FM – Plainview KKYR-FM – Texarkana KKYX – San Antonio KLLL-FM – Lubbock KLSR-FM – Memphis KLUR – Wichita Falls KLXK – Breckenridge KMBL – Junction KMHT – Marshall KMIL – Cameron KMKS – Bay City KMKT – Bells KMOO-FM – Mineola KMUL-FM – Muleshoe KMVL-FM – Madisonville KNAF – Fredericksburg KNAF-FM – Fredericksburg KNAL - Port Lavaca KNEL-FM – Brady KNES – Fairfield KNFM – Midland KNUE – Tyler KNUZ – San Saba KOGT – Orange KOKE-FM – Thorndale KOLI – Electra KOLJ – Quanah KOMX – Pampa KOOK – Junction KOOV – Kempner KORA-FM – Bryan KOUL – Benavides KOXE – Brownwood KOYN – Paris KPAN – Hereford KPAN-FM – Hereford KPET – Lamesa KPIR – Granbury KPLX – Fort Worth KPSO-FM – Falfurrias KPUR-FM – Canyon KQBB – Center KQBR – Lubbock KQRP-LP – Malakoff KQTY – Borger KQTY-FM – Borger KRBL – Idalou KRMX – Marlin KRNH – Kerrville KRPT – Devine KRRG – Laredo KRUN – Ballinger KRVA-FM – Campbell KRVF – Kerens KRXT – Rockdale KRYS-FM – Corpus Christi KSAM-FM – Huntsville KSAQ – Charlotte KSCH – Sulphur Springs KSCN – Pittsburg KSCK-LP – Sterling City KSCS – Fort Worth KSEM – Seminole KSEY-FM – Seymour KSNY-FM – Snyder KSSL – Post KSTA – Coleman KSTV-FM – Dublin KSWA – Graham KTEX – Mercedes KTFW-FM – Glen Rose KTHP – Hemphill KTHT – Cleveland KTKO – Beeville KTTX – Brenham KTWL – Hempstead KTXM – Hallettsville KTXO – Goldsmith KUKA – San Diego KULM-FM – Columbus KULP – El Campo KUSJ – Harker Heights KUZN – Centerville KVET-FM – Austin KVLG – La Grange KVMC – Colorado City KVMK – Wheelock KVOU-FM – Uvalde KVRP – Stamford KVRP-FM – Haskell KVST – Willis KWBC – College Station KWED – Seguin KWFS-FM – Wichita Falls KWRD – Henderson KWSP-LP – Kerrville KXAX-LP - Livingston KXDJ – Spearman KXEZ-Farmersville KXOX – Sweetwater KYKM – Yoakum KYKR – Beaumont KYKS – Lufkin KYKX – Longview KYOX - Comanche KYXX – Ozona KYYK – Palestine KYYW – Abilene WACO-FM – Waco WTAW-FM - Buffalo

Defunct:	KDLP-LP – Ace KRHC – Burnet KSTB – Crystal Beach KTON – Belton KUOL – San Marcos

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Texas

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