| City of license | Stayton, Oregon |
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| Branding | Cowboy Country |
| Frequency | 1460 kHz |
| First air date | 1987 |
| Format | Country |
| Power | 1,000 watts (day) 15 watts (night) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 65569 |
| Owner | Donald D. Coss, Ken Cartwright |
| Sister stations | KWBY, KSND |
KCKX (1460 AM, branded as "Cowboy Country") is a radio station licensed to serve Stayton, Oregon, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1987, is currently co-owned by Donald D. Coss and Ken Cartwright.[1]
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KCKX is now back on air broadcasting country music as of October 18, 2010. KCKX now plays various types of country music such as bluegrass and classic country music. The station prior to October 18, 2010 broadcasted Spanish music branded as "Ondas de Gozo".[1]
This station received its original construction permit for a new 1,000 watt daytime-only AM signal from the Federal Communications Commission on October 11, 1984.[2] The new station was assigned the call letters KCKX by the FCC in 1984.[3] In January 1986, permit holder Elizabeth I. Wamsley applied to transfer the construction permit to Azelco, Inc. The transfer was approved by the FCC on May 27, 1986, and the transaction was consummated on July 14, 1986.[4]
After the transfer and multiple extensions, KCKX received its license to cover from the FCC on August 11, 1987.[5]
In March 1988, Azelco, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Communications Arts, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 22, 1988, and the transaction was consummated on July 1, 1988.[6]
In December 1990, Communications Arts, Inc., agreed to sell KCKX to The Concord Group, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 8, 1991, and the transaction was consummated on September 17, 1991.[7] This change would prove short-lived as The Concord Group, Inc., announced an agreement in June 1992 to sell this station to Spotlight Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 28, 1992, and the transaction was consummated on September 9, 1992.[8]
In September 1997, Spotlight Communications, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Donald D. Coss. The deal was approved by the FCC on January 21, 1998, and the transaction was consummated on February 23, 1998.[9]
In August 2010, talks started between Donald Coss and Ken Cartwright, to bring KCKX back to its original home, Stayton Oregon. On October 18, 2010 KCKX officially transferred its signal back to Stayton, Oregon and since has been rebranded as "Cowboy Country" and primarily plays country music. Spanish Broadcasting has now officially stopped on this transmitter.[1]
On December 1st, 2010 the FCC issued a $6000 Notice of Apparent Liability to Donald Coss. This for not operating in accordance with the authorized 15 watt nighttime power specified on his license.[10]
According to the FCC, its Portland office monitored the signal of KCKX before and after local sunset. Field strength was found to remain constant both before and after sunset on consecutive days last April. The agent also captured KCKX-AM's relative signal strengths for its daytime and nighttime operations. At that time he determined that there was no reduction in signal strength for nighttime operation.
A few days later the FCC agent inspected the station at its control point in Woodburn. The commission said that during an interview with the Portland agent, Coss said he was aware of the requirement to reduce operating power at night from 1000 watts down to 15 watts, however it was just too costly to maintain the necessary time-keeping devices, power switching devices and other equipment to accomplish this.
Now, in its latest correspondence with the station, the FCC noted that in 2000 it's Enforcement Bureau had issued a Notice of Violation to Coss also for failing to reduce the nighttime power of KCKX AM. It then issued the $6000 Notice of Apparent Liability and instructed Coss to send a sworn statement about how he'll fix the problem. It also cautioned Cross that future violations of its rules may subject him to more severe enforcement penalties.
Cross was given the customary time to reply as well as to pay the $6000 Notice of Apparent Liability or to file an appeal.
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