KRXO

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KRXO
City of license	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Broadcast area	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Branding	107.7 The Franchise
Slogan	"Sports Radio With Balls"
Frequency	107.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) 107.7 HD-2 for "104.5 KRXO" (Oklahoma's Classic Rock) 107.7 HD-3 for CHR "Now 96.5" 107.7 HD-4 for "News-Talk 1520 KOKC"
Translator(s)	96.5 K243BJ (Oklahoma City, relays HD3) 104.5 K283BW (Oklahoma City, relays HD2)
First air date	1976 (as KAEZ)
Format	Sports
ERP	92,000 watts
HAAT	470 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	16851
Callsign meaning	K RoX Oklahoma
Former callsigns	KAEZ (1976-1985) KIMY (1985-1987)
Affiliations	NBC Sports Radio
Owner	Ty and Tony Tyler (Tyler Media, L.L.C.)
Sister stations	KOMA, KMGL, KOKC, KJKE, KTUZ, KEBC
Webcast	Listen Live Listen Live (HD2)
Website	thefranchiseok.com krxo.com (HD2) now965.com (HD3)

KRXO (107.7 FM) is a sports radio station serving the Oklahoma City area and is owned by Ty and Tony Tyler's Tyler Media, L.L.C. Its transmitter is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

History

107.7 KRXO logo used from 1990's to 2013.

The station began broadcasting in 1976 with the call letters KAEZ ("Eazy 107") and was a Black formatted station with a mix of urban contemporary, soul, jazz and blues. The station played very little hip hop or (rap) in the early 1980s, you could say that KAEZ was labeled as the Black Jack-FM because of the variety of Black music the station played and the obscure music mix it had at the time, playing everything from R&B to Jazz, even some music from the 40's and 50's. KAEZ remained on the air until November 1985 when the station had a fire that silenced the station along with going bankrupt causing the station to be sold to Price Communications. The callsign was changed to KIMY ("My 107.7") and played adult contemporary until August 1987 when it switched to classic rock as KRXO.

"A Big League Sports Station"

On July 10, 2013, Tyler Media announced that a Sports format, known as "107.7 The Franchise" will replace the station's longtime Classic Rock format. That format, along with KRXO's airstaff will move to KRXO HD-2 side channel which will also be simulcasted on an FM translator at 104.5 K283BW. Programming on the new format will include OU sports, NFL games on Sunday, Monday and Thursday nights. Additional programming will be from Dial Global's NBC Sports Radio Network.

Ownership Changes

On July 15, 2012, Ty and Tony Tyler's Tyler Media entered into an agreement with Renda Broadcasting to purchase that company's Oklahoma City radio cluster (KMGL, KOMA, KRXO and KOKC) for $40 million. In accordance to limits imposed by the Federal Communications Commission on the number of radio stations a single broadcasting entity can own in a single market, Tyler sold KTLR and KKNG to WPA Radio for $1.6 million.^[1]^[2] Tyler's purchase of KRXO and its sister stations was consummated on November 13, 2012.

Oklahoma City sister stations

KOMA 92.5 FM - Classic Hits
KMGL 104.1 FM - Adult Contemporary
KOKC 1520 AM - News/Talk
KJKE 93.3 FM - Country
KTUZ 106.7 FM - Spanish
KEBC 1560 AM - Comedy

References

↑ Is Renda Cashing Out?, RadioInk, July 16, 2012.
↑ In Oklahoma City, Tyler spins two so it can buy four from Renda (for $40M), RadioInfo, July 16, 2012.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for KRXO

Radio-Locator information on KRXO

v t e Radio stations in the Oklahoma City metropolitan market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 90.1 90.1-HD2 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.3 93.9 94.7 95.1 96.1 96.9 97.3 98.1 98.9 99.7 100.1 100.5 101.9 102.7 103.5 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.3 106.7 107.7

By AM frequency	640 740 800 890 930 1000 1140 1220 1340 1400 1460 1490 1520¹ 1560 1640

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400

By callsign	K261DP K283BW KATT-FM KBRU KCSC KCSC-HD2 KEBC KGHM KGOU KINB KIMY KJKE KJTH KJYO KKNG-FM KKWD KMFS KMGL KMSI KNAH KOKC¹ KOKF KOMA KOSU KQCV KQCV-FM KQOB KREF KRMG KRMP KROU KRXO KTLR KTLV KTOK KTST KTUZ-FM KVSP KWPN KXXY-FM KYIS KYLK KYLV KZLS KZTH KZUE WKY WWLS-FM WXK85

Oklahoma radio markets Lawton Oklahoma City Tulsa See also List of radio stations in Oklahoma ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

v t e Sports Radio Stations in the state of Oklahoma

Stations:	KADA - Ada KADS - Elk City KAKC - Tulsa KBIX - Muskogee KCRC - Enid KGHM - Midwest City KGND - Vinita KINB - Kingfisher KITO-FM - Vinita KOKB - Blackwell KOKP - Perry KREF - Norman KRXO - Oklahoma City KSIW - Woodward KSPI - Stillwater KTBZ - Tulsa KVSO - Ardmore KWPN - Moore KYAL - Sapulpa KYAL-FM - Muskogee WWLS-FM - The Village

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Oklahoma See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio

v t e Classic rock radio stations in the state of Oklahoma

By frequency	94.7 95.9 96.9 97.5 97.7 101.7 102.3 102.7 103.3 104.5 105.1 105.3 106.3 107.7-2

By callsign	K283BW KBRU KDDQ KHIM KJOK KJSR KKBD KKZU KPAK KQOB KRXO-HD2 KTLS-FM KTMC-FM KWDQ

By city	Alva Comanche Enid Holdenville Hollis Mangum McAlester Oklahoma City Oklahoma City Sallisaw Sayre Tulsa Woodward

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Oklahoma See also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

Coordinates: 35°33′36″N 97°29′06″W / 35.560°N 97.485°W / 35.560; -97.485

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