KKGX

KKGX

City	Palm Springs, California
Broadcast area	Coachella Valley
Branding	920 KGX
Slogan	Real Talk
Frequency	920 kHz
Translator(s)	K256CU 99.1FM
First air date	October 29, 1956 (1956-10-29)
Format	Conservative talk
Power	5,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	67355
Transmitter coordinates	33°51′29.00″N 116°29′39.00″W / 33.8580556°N 116.4941667°W / 33.8580556; -116.4941667
Former callsigns	KDES (1956–1984) KKAM (1984–1987) KDES (1987–1994) KESQ (1994–1995) KDES (1995–1997) KPSI (1997–2017)
Owner	Desert Broadcasters LLC
Sister stations	KWXY
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	920kgx.com

KKGX (920 AM) is a radio station licensed to Palm Springs, California, United States. The station is owned by Desert Broadcasters LLC and serves the Coachella Valley area. KKGX broadcasts a conservative talk format.

History

Logo for the station as KPSI

The station was originally issued the call sign KGEC, but took the call sign KDES on September 6, 1956.^[1] KDES signed on October 29, 1956. The station was assigned the call letters KKAM on October 15, 1984; on August 17, 1987, the station changed its call sign back to KDES. The station became KESQ on June 1, 1994, but returned to the KDES call sign on November 1, 1995. On September 1, 1997, the call letters were changed to KPSI.^[2] The KPSI call letters, which stood for Keeping Palm Springs Informed, were previously used on 1450 AM (now KCOD).

Until August 12, 2016, the station's lineup included Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Dennis Prager, Mark Levin, Dennis Miller, Michael Savage, and local host Rich Gilgallon. KPSI was also a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Lakers radio networks. On August 12, 2016, KPSI and sister station KWXY went silent.

In October 2016, Desert Broadcasters agreed to acquire KPSI and KWXY from Ric and Rozene Supple's R&R Radio Corporation.^[3] The call letters were changed to KKGX on February 2, 2017.^[2] On March 14, 2017, both KKGX and KWXY returned to the air stunting. KKGX debuted a conservative talk format branded "Real Talk" on March 16.^[4]

References

↑ "KDES (KKGX) FCC history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
1 2 "KKGX Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/108906/station-sales-week-of-1028/
↑ Venta, Lance (March 16, 2017). "920 KGX & 1340 KWXY Palm Springs Unveil New Identities". Radio Insight. Retrieved March 16, 2017.

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for KKGX

Radio-Locator Information on KKGX

Radio stations in the Palm Springs, California market
By AM frequency	920 970 1010 1140 1200 1270 1340 1400 1450
By FM frequency	88.5 89.3 90.3 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.7 93.7 94.3 94.7 95.3 ^[1] 95.9 96.7 97.1 97.7 98.5 99.5 100.5 102.3 103.1 103.5 104.3 105.1 106.1 106.9 107.3
By callsign	K232CX K297BO KAJI-LP ^[2] KCLB-FM KCOD KCRI KDES-FM KDGL KESQ KEZN KHCS KHCV KJJZ KKCM KKGX KKUU KLOB KLXB KMRJ KNWQ KNWZ KPLM KPSC KPSF KPSH KPSI-FM KPST-FM KRCK-FM KRHQ KUNA-FM KVGH KVLA-FM KWXY KXCP-LP KXPS
Defunct	KBFR (101.1 FM)
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