KAOX

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

Shelley, Idaho
Broadcast area	Shelley-Rexburg-Rigby-Blackfoot-Idaho Falls
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	Sandhill Media Group (Frandsen Media Company, LLC)
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
Translator(s)	HD2: 105.1 K286BU (Idaho Falls)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD2)
Website	newstalk1079.com now1051.net (HD2)

History

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]