KAIX explained

KAIX
City:Casper, Wyoming
Network:Air1
Branding:Air1
Format:Christian worship music
Erp:500 watts (vertical)
Haat:526abbr=offNaNabbr=off
Class:C3
Licensing Authority:FCC
Facility Id:92997
Former Callsigns:KKRR (2008–2019)
KEZF (2019–2020)
Owner:Educational Media Foundation

KAIX (88.3 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to serve Casper, Wyoming, United States. The station is owned by the Educational Media Foundation and airs its Air1 Christian worship music network.

The station broadcast an oldies music format until August 12, 2010.[1] Subsequently, operating a religious format, the station was taken silent on November 8, 2019, and sold to the Educational Media Foundation.

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on August 22, 2005.[2] The new station was assigned call letters KKRR by the FCC on September 9, 2008.[3] KKRR received its license to cover from the FCC on August 27, 2008.[4]

Cedar Cove Broadcasting acquired KKRR's license from original licensee WCN, Inc. effective September 11, 2019, at a purchase price of $50,000. The station changed its call sign to KEZF on October 5, 2019, and then to KAIX on February 8, 2020. Cedar Cove then traded the station to EMF in exchange for translator K214DI (90.7 FM), which had been Air1's transmitter in Casper, and $50,000.[5] The exchange was consummated on May 11, 2020.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arbitron . Station Information Profile . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ . 2010-03-01 .
  2. Web site: FCC Media Bureau . Application Search Details (BPED-19990311MN) . August 22, 2005.
  3. Web site: Call Sign History . FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  4. Web site: FCC Media Bureau . Application Search Details (BLED-20080822AAC) . August 27, 2008.
  5. News: Greater On-Air Coverage For An EMF Network. RBR. Adam. Jacobson. January 8, 2020. July 16, 2020.