KXXX
Coordinates: 39°23′35.00″N 101°0′6.00″W / 39.3930556°N 101.0016667°W
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| City | Colby, Kansas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | West Kansas |
| Frequency | 790 kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Farm, Classic Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Rocking M Media, LLC |
| History | |
First air date | August 1947[1] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 37125 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 5,000 watts (day) 24 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°23′35″N 101°0′6″W / 39.39306°N 101.00167°W |
| Links | |
| Website | nwksradio.com/kxxx-790/ |
KXXX (790 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a farm radio format. Licensed to Colby, Kansas, United States, the station serves the tri-State region of Northwest Kansas, Northeast Colorado and Southwest Nebraska.[2] The original station identification was "Ranch and Farm Radio," but soon changed to "Town and Country Radio." It was not affiliated with any national network. Nationally known personalities on the original staff were John B. Hughes, Johnny Pearson and Jerry Oppy. The station is currently owned by Rocking M Media, LLC.[3]
In the late 1980s, KXXX was part of the Kansas-based "LS Network" of radio entrepreneur Larry Steckline.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 1979. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. C-3.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ "KXXX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ : "Radio station to expand coverage," December 16, 1988, Salina Journal, retrieved from Newspapers.com OCR text, July 26, 2020
External links[]
- KXXX in the FCC AM station database
- KXXX on Radio-Locator
- KXXX in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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