KCKX (1460 AM) is a

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to serve

Stayton, Oregon Stayton is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States, located southeast of the state capital, Salem, on Oregon Route 22. It is south of Sublimity and east of Aumsville. Located on the North Santiam River, Stayton is a regional agricultu ...

, United States. The station, which began broadcasting in 1987, is currently owned by Iglesia Pentecostal Vispera del Fin.

Programming

KCKX went back on air broadcasting

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on or around October 18, 2010. KCKX played various types of country music such as bluegrass and

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music. As of June 2014, the station now plays regional Mexican music.

History

This station received its original

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for a new 1,000

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daytime-only AM signal from the

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on October 11,

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. The new station was assigned the call letters KCKX by the FCC in 1984. 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. After the transfer and multiple extensions, KCKX received its license to cover from the FCC on August 11, 1987. 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. 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. 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. 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. In early 2009, KCKX was broadcasting a

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format. Branded as "Ondas de Gozo" (literally, "Waves of Joy"), KCKX was the first Spanish Christian radio station in the state of Oregon. Effective June 2, 2014, KCKX was sold to Edward C. Distell along with KWBY for $150,000. On June 24, 2014, KCKX changed their format from ESPN Deportes Spanish sports to a simulcast of regional Mexican-formatted KWBY 940 AM Woodburn. Effective June 22, 2021, Edward Distell sold KCKX and KZGD to Iglesia Pentecostal Vispera del Fin for $70,000.

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{{Spanish Radio Stations in Oregon CKX Radio stations established in 1987 Marion County, Oregon 1987 establishments in Oregon Stayton, Oregon