| KAOX | |
| City: | Shelley, Idaho |
| Area: | Shelley-Rexburg-Rigby-Blackfoot-Idaho Falls |
| Branding: | NewsTalk 107.9 HD2: Now 105.1 |
| Airdate: | 1995 (at 107.3) |
| Format: | News/Talk |
| Subchannels: | HD2: Top 40 (CHR) |
| Erp: | 32,000 watts |
| Haat: | 139 meters |
| Class: | C1 |
| Facility Id: | 31169 |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
| Former Frequencies: | 107.3 MHz (1999-2016) |
| Affiliations: | Westwood One |
| Owner: | Sandhill Media Group |
| Licensee: | Frandsen Media Company, LLC |
| Webcast: | Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
| Website: | newstalk1079.com now1051.net (HD2) |
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.[1] The station was sold in 2004 to Simmons Media, a Salt Lake City based radio group.[2] In 2014, Simmons transferred their properties to Broadway Media, including KAOX.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5] Frandsen Media's Sandhill Media Group brought the station back on air with a news/talk format.[6]