KYKX

KYKX (105.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Longview, Texas, USA, the station serves the East Texas area. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media LLC, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC, and features programming from Fox News Radio. The current studio location of KYKX is at 4408 North US Highway 259 in Longview. KYKX shares studio space with sister stations KFRO (AM).

Sister stations

KYKX's East Texas sister stations are 104.1 KKUS Tyler, 96.7 KOYE Frankston, and 106.5 KOOI Jacksonville.

History

KYKX can trace its roots back to Longview's first FM station, KLTI-FM, which went on the air at 105.9 MHz on October 27, 1948. KLTI-FM was founded and operated by R.G. LeTourneau of the LeTourneau Institute and LeTourneau Industries, and was co-operated with KLTI(AM) 1280 kHz. KLTI-FM ran an easy listening and classical music format, and provided functional music to local businesses. Functional music on FM was a predecessor of Muzak, providing background music to businesses and operated via a decoder box that would receive a tone from the station that muted the station's commercials. KLTI(AM) and KLTI-FM transmitted from a tower on Signal Hill in south Longview, across from LeTourneau Industries. The tower, a south Longview landmark because of its unique Eiffelized style, still stands today and is used by low power television station KLGV-LP. KLTI-FM went off the air sometime in 1955 or 1956.