KYKX

KYKX
City	Longview, Texas
Broadcast area	Tyler-Longview area
Branding	Kicks 105-7
Slogan	East Texas #1 For New Country
Frequency	105.7 MHz
Translator(s)	See § Translator
First air date	March 3, 1963 (as KLUE-FM)
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	352 meters (1,155 ft)
Class	C0
Facility ID	54844
Transmitter coordinates	32°35′37″N 94°49′10″W
Call sign meaning	KYKX appears as "Kicks"
Former call signs	KLUE-FM (1963-1969); KHER-FM (1969-1974)
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Owner	Alpha Media LLC ; (Alpha Media Licensee LLC)
Sister stations	KOOI-FM, KKUS-FM, KOYE-FM
Website	kykx1057.com

KYKX (105.7 FM; Kicks 105-7) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Longview, Texas, United States, 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 locations of KYKX are at 4408 North US Highway 259 in Longview and 210 South Broadway Ave., Suite 100 in Tyler. Its transmitter is located north of Longview.

Translators

Broadcast translators of KYKX
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Class	FCC info
K279CI	103.7	Longview, Texas	D	FCC
K291CH	106.1	Tyler, Texas	D	FCC

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 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 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 1280 KLUE, 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

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[1] "KYKX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

[2] "KLTI and FM Affiliate Under Way at Longview" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 8, 1948. Retrieved 31 January 2015.

Radio stations in the Longview/Marshall, Texas area
By AM frequency	1240 1370 1410 1430 1450 1470
By FM frequency	90.7 91.1 92.3 95.3 96.1 99.3 100.3 103.1 103.9 104.5 105.7 106.9
NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475
By callsign	KAPW KAZE KBWC KCUL KDOK KEES KFRO KFRO-FM KJTX KKTX KMHT KMHT-FM KMPA KPRO KTAA KWN32 KWRD KYKX KZQX WXK36
Defunct	KARW (1280 AM) KXAL-LP (104.7 FM)
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 AM frequency	600 660 710 820 890 930 1080 1330 1400 1410 1430 1470 1490 1580
By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.1 89.5 90.3 91.3 91.9 92.1 93.1 93.7 94.5 94.7 95.1 96.1 96.7 97.5 97.9 99.3 99.7 99.9 100.3 100.7 101.5 102.7 104.1 105.7 106.5 106.9 107.3
NOAA Weather Radio	162.475
By callsign	K236BG K250AJ KAPW KATG-FM KAZE KBJS KBLZ KDET KDNT KEBE KEEL KEES KGLD KGLY KHCJ KISX KJBB-LP KKTX-FM KKUS KLVQ KMOO-FM KNUE KOOI KOYE KRLD KRWR KSKY KTBB KTBB-FM KTLU KTXV KTYK KTYL-FM KVNE KVUT KWNS KWRD KYFP KYKX KYZS KZLO KZQX KZYY-LP WBAP WXK36
Defunct	KARW (1280 AM) KFRO-FM (95.3 FM) KLJT (102.3 FM) KMPA (103.1 FM) KXAL-LP (104.7 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 KATE KAUS KBNN KBRK KCOB KFOR KFQD KGLO KGNC KGRN KHAR KIIK KJAM KJFF KJJQ KJPW KJSK KKRT KMCD KMRN KNWH KNWQ KNWZ KNZR KOKA KREI KRIB KSAH KTSA KTTT KTUB KUFO KWIQ KWIX KWOK KXRO KXTG KZDC WCHA WHAG WHBC WHHW WIBW WING WJNT WJOL WJQS WKRS WLIP WNTX WOAD WPCO WSGW
FM radio stations	KAAN-FM KAUS-FM KAYO KBAY KBFF KBMG KBRJ KBRK-FM KBTE KBTT KCLB-FM KCLZ KCOB-FM KCPI KDBX KDES-FM KDGL 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 KKOT KKRV KKUS KKUU KKWK KLAK KLEY-FM KLIR KLKL KLLL-FM KLLY KMAD-FM KMKT KMMX KMXS KNZR-FM KONE KOOI KOYE KOZQ-FM KPSI-FM KRES KRTI KSAH-FM KSAJ-FM KTAL-FM KTCM KTFM KTJJ KTPK KUIC KUPL KWHL KWIQ-FM KWIX-FM KWLN KVWE KXFT KXGL KXL-FM KXXK KYKX KZEN KZLB W228CI W242BY WARQ WCCQ WCEN-FM WCLI-FM WDHT WDJX WDLD WERV-FM WFLS-FM WFXH-FM WGCO WGER WGHL WGTZ WGZB-FM WHBC-FM WHXT WIBW-FM WIIL WIKZ WJMI WKXI-FM WMFX WMJM WQCM WRKS WROU-FM WRWN WSCZ WSGW-FM WSSR WTLZ WUBB WVBX WWDM WWUZ WXLC WXMA WXYY WZSR
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 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