KAOX

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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 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]

• Facility details for Facility ID 742942 (KAOX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• KAOX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 150295 (K286BU) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• K286BU at FCCdata.org