KYKS

KYKS (105.1 FM; branded as Kicks 105) is a terrestrial radio station serving the Lufkin/Nacogdoches area with a country music format. It is under currently under ownership of Townsquare Media.

KYKS

City	Lufkin, Texas
Broadcast area	Lufkin/Nacogdoches
Branding	Kicks 105
Slogan	"The Country Leader"
Frequency	105.1 MHz
First air date	September 29, 1976 (as KLUF) January 1, 1980 (as KYKS)
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 Watts
HAAT	325 meters (1066 feet)
Class	C0
Facility ID	25582
Transmitter coordinates	31°22′08.00″N 94°38′45.00″W
Call sign meaning	KYKS = Kicks
Former call signs	KLUF (September 29, 1976-December 31, 1979)
Owner	Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media Lufkin License, LLC)
Sister stations	KAFX, KSFA, KTBQ, KVLL
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kicks105.com

History

KYKS was first proposed by K.M. Bardield, under the licensee name of Lufkin Broadcasting Corporation in 1972. The facility was proposed to operate with 100 kilowatts non-directional, elevated at a 490 meter height above average terrain, from a transmission site on Farm to Market Road 2021, 6.5 miles northwest of Lufkin. The specifications for the site gave it the largest FM coverage area in the Lufkin-Nacogdoches area at the time.

The facility was built and received an initial License to Cover on September 29, 1976 as KLUF.

KLUF changed its callsign to the current KYKS on January 1, 1980, formatted as Country music station "Kicks 105". The format and branding are currently the longest running continuous FM operation in the Lufkin-Nacogdoches area, only eclipsed by AM station KRBA, which began operations in 1938, and has held a Country format since the 1970s.

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Radio stations in the Lufkin–Nacogdoches, Texas market
By AM frequency	860 1260 1290 1340
By FM frequency	88.5 88.9 90.1 90.9 91.9 92.3 92.5 92.7 94.7 95.5 96.3 97.1 97.7 98.3 99.1 100.1 100.5 101.1 101.9 103.3 103.9 105.1 105.9 107.7
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550
By callsign	K203EQ KAFX-FM KAGZ KAVX KEHH KEOE-LP KIVY KIVY-FM KJCS KLDN KNES KQBB KRBA KSAU KSFA KSML KSML-FM KSWP KTBQ KTHP KTHT KUZN KVLL-FM KXXE KYBI KYKS KYYK KZXL WXK23
Defunct	KPBL (1240 AM)
Nearby radio markets Beaumont–Port Arthur Houston Huntsville Longview–Marshall Natchitoches Shreveport Tyler–Longview See also List of radio stations in Texas

Townsquare Media
(formerly Regent Communications, and including former Gap Broadcasting Group and Double O Radio)
Alabama	WALJ WFFN WQRR WTBC WTSK WTUG-FM
Arkansas	KMJI KOSY KYGL
Colorado	KARS-FM(+FM1)** KBKL KEKB KEXO KKNN KKPL KMAX-FM KMXY KTRR KUAD-FM
Connecticut	WINE WRKI
Idaho	KAWO KCIX KEZJ-FM KFXD KIDO KLIX KLIX-FM KSAS-FM KSNQ KXLT-FM
Illinois	WDBQ-FM WKGL-FM WLIQ WROK WXLP WXXQ WZOK
Indiana	WDKS WGBF WGBF-FM WJLT WKDQ
Iowa	KBEA-FM KBOB KCRR KDAT KHAK KIIK-FM KJOC KKHQ-FM KLYV KOEL KOEL-FM KRNA KRQN* KXGE WDBQ WJOD
Kentucky	WBKR WOMI
Louisiana	KEEL KFTE** KHLA KHXT KJMH KKRC KLCL KMDL KNGT KPEL KPEL-FM KROF KRUF KTDY KTSR KVKI-FM KWKH KXKS-FM
Maine	WBLM WBPW WBZN WCYY WDEA WEBB WEZQ WJBQ WJZN WMME-FM WOZI WQCB WQHR WTVL WWMJ
Massachusetts	WBEC WBEC-FM WBSM WFHN WNAW WSBS WUPE WUPE-FM
Michigan	WBCK WBXX WCRZ WFGR WFMK WFNT WGRD-FM WITL-FM WJIM WJIM-FM WKFR-FM WKMI WLCO WLHT-FM WMMQ WNWZ WQUS WRCL WRKR WTRV WVFN WWBN
Minnesota	KBMX KDCZ KDHL KDOC-FM KFIL KFIL-FM KFNL-FM KKCB KLDJ KLZZ KMXK KOLM KQCL KRFO KRFO-FM KROC KROC-FM KWWK KXSS KYBA KZRV WEBC WJON WWJO
Missouri	KHMO KICK-FM KRRY KSDL KSIS KXKX
Montana	KAMM-FM KBAZ KBUL KCHH(+K236AB) KCTR-FM KENR(+FM1) KGVO KISN KKBR KLYQ KMHK KMMS KMMS-FM KMPT KPRK KSEN KXLB(+K254AL) KYSS-FM(+K252BM) KZIN-FM KZMY
New Hampshire	WHOM WOKQ WPKQ WSAK WSHK
New Jersey	WADB WCHR WCHR-FM WENJ WFPG WNJE WJLK WKXW WOBM WOBM-FM WPGG WPST WPUR WSJO
New York	WAAL WBKT WBLK WBUF WCHN WCZX WDBY WDHI WDLA WDLA-FM WDOS WEOK WFRG-FM WGNA-FM(+W235AY) WHWK WIBX WIYN WKXP WKXZ(+W232AT) WLZW WMSX WNBF WODZ-FM WOUR WPBZ-FM WPDA WPDH WQBK-FM(+W256BU) WQSH WRRB WRRV WSRK WTBD-FM WTMM-FM WWYL WYOS WYRK WZAD WZOZ
North Dakota	KACL KBYZ KKCT KLXX KUSB
Oklahoma	KLAW KVRW KZCD
South Dakota	KIKN-FM KKLS-FM KMXC KSOO KSOO-FM KXRB KXRB-FM KYBB
Texas	KAFX-FM KATP KBAT KBZS KEAN-FM KELI KEYJ-FM KFMX-FM KFYO KGKL KGKL-FM KISX KIXS KIXZ KKAM KKCL-FM KKCN KKTX-FM KKYR-FM KLAQ KLTD KLUB KMND KMWX KMXJ-FM KNFM KNIN-FM KNRX KNUE KODM KOOC KPRF KPWW KQBR KQVT KROD KSFA KSII KSLI KSSM KTBQ KTEM KTUX KTYL-FM KULL KUSJ KVLL-FM KWFS KWFS-FM KXSS-FM KYKS KYYW KZBT KZII-FM
Washington	KATS(+K232CV) KDBL KEYW KFFM KFLD KIT KMGW KOLW KORD-FM KUTI KXRX
Wyoming	KCGY KGAB KIGN KKTL KLEN KOWB KRNK KRVK KTRS-FM KTWO KWYY
Defunct	KRIL WPUT
Live events	Country Jam USA Mountain Jam (50%) WE Fest
Websites	King Loudwire Noisecreep XXL
Radio networks	Michigan Talk Network
License held by a divestiture trust; sale pending. *License held by a third party.

Country radio stations in the state of Texas
Stations	KABW – Baird KACQ – Lometa KACT – Andrews KACT-FM – Andrews KAGG – Madisonville KAJA – San Antonio KAJE - Ingleside-Corpus Christi KALP – Alpine KAML – Kenedy-Karnes City KAND – Corsicana KARX – Canyon KASE-FM – Austin KATP – Amarillo KATX – Eastland KAUM – Colorado City KAXA – Mountain Home KAYD-FM - Silsbee KBCT – Waco KBCY – Tye KBEC – Waxahachie KBEY – Burnet KBPC – Crockett KBQQ – Smiley KBST-FM – Big Spring KBUK – La Grange KCKL – Malakoff KCKM – Monahans KCLW – Hamilton KCTX-FM – Childress KCUN-LP - Livingston KCWM – Hondo KCYY – San Antonio KDCD – San Angelo KDDD-FM – Dumas KDHN – Dimmitt KDLK-FM – Del Rio KDNZ – Pecos KDRX – Laughlin Air Force Base KEAN-FM – Abilene KEBE – Jacksonville KEKR - Mexia KERC – Kermit 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 KHBR – Hillsboro KHDY – Clarksville KHEY-FM – El Paso KHFX – Cleburne KHKX – Odessa KHLB – Mason KHOS-FM – Sonora KIBQ – Austwell KIKT – Cooper KILT-FM – Houston KIMP – Mount Pleasant KIUN – Pecos KIVY-FM – Crockett KIXS – Victoria KJCS – Nacogdoches KKBQ – Pasadena KKCN – Ballinger KKLY – El Paso 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 KOOV – Kempner KORA-FM – Bryan KORQ - Winters KOXE – Brownwood KOYN – Paris KPAN – Hereford KPAN-FM – Hereford KPET – Lamesa KPIR – Granbury KPLX – Fort Worth KPSO-FM – Falfurrias KPUR-FM - Claude KQBB – Center KQBQ – Meyersville KQBR – Lubbock KQRP-LP – Malakoff 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 KTEX – Mercedes KTFW-FM – Glen Rose KTHP – Hemphill KTHT – Cleveland KTKO – Beeville KTTX – Brenham KTTY - New Boston KTWL – Hempstead KTXM – Hallettsville KTXO – Goldsmith KUFA – Hebbronville 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 – Huntsville KVWC-FM - Vernon KWBC – College Station KWBF - Lubbock KWBY-FM - Ranger KWED – Seguin KWFS-FM – Wichita Falls KWRD – Henderson KWSP-LP – Kerrville KWYU – Christine KXDJ – Spearman KXEZ-Farmersville KXOX – Sweetwater KXPN-FM - Scotland KXXF - Winnie KXXN - Iowa Park KYKK – Junction KYKM – Yoakum KYKR – Beaumont KYKS – Lufkin KYKX – Longview KYOX - Comanche KYXX – Ozona KYYK – Palestine KYYW – Abilene KZXM - Bullard WACO-FM – Waco WTAW-FM - Buffalo
Defunct:	KDLP-LP – Ace KHTZ – Ganado 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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