KXO (AM)

KXO
City	El Centro, California
Broadcast area	Imperial Valley
Branding	KXO Radio
Slogan	The Best Oldies on the Radio
Frequency	1230 kHz
First air date	January 7, 1927^[1]
Format	Oldies
Power	830 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	C
Facility ID	35969
Owner	KXO Inc.
Sister stations	KXO-FM
Website	KXO Radio

KXO is a radio station licensed to El Centro, California, broadcasting to the Imperial Valley area on 1230 AM. KXO was founded in 1927, which is why it carries a three-letter callsign. KXO represents Yuma, Arizona and can be heard in a range from Tucson, Arizona to Palm Springs, California.

KXO was thought to be the oldest living radio station in the California Sonoran Desert region (the Imperial Valley and Coachella Valley) between Riverside and Phoenix in the 1930s and 1940s.

It was under affiliation of ABC Radio, CBS Radio and NBC Radio in the course of its long history. Over the years, KXO has featured several different formats. Currently, the station broadcasts oldies music with a strong base of music from the 1950s and 1960s, but increasingly has 1970s/80s single hits.

KXO is owned and operated by KXO Inc., which also operates KXO-FM, an adult contemporary music station at 107.5 FM. The stations are broadcast from the same office on El Centro's Main Street.

KXO had a historical partnership with television stations KECY and KSWT, which had been ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC network affiliates, as well the defunct 1970s era KXO-TV channel 7/11 in the 1970s and early 1980s.

They also share the same on-air personalities and news broadcasts. In addition to the oldies and CBS news on the hour, KXO AM also features broadcasts of San Diego Chargers football, San Diego Padres baseball, Los Angeles Lakers basketball, as well as local high school football games.

References

↑ 1957 Broadcasting Yearbook, page 60.

External links

Radio stations in the Imperial Valley (El Centro–Brawley–Calexico, California) market

By FM frequency	88.7 94.5 97.7 98.3 99.3 100.1 107.5

By AM frequency	1230 1300 1430 1490

By callsign	KGBA KGBA-FM KMXX KQVO KROP KSEH KUBO KWST KXO KXO-FM XHMIX-FM

Nearby radio markets Mexicali Palm Springs San Diego Tijuana Yuma See also List of radio stations in California

Oldies radio stations in the state of California

By frequency	840 920 1230 1360 1430 1450 94.7 105.5

By callsign	KKHB KMPH KQTE KXO KYAF KVIN KWDJ KYNO

By city	El Centro Eureka Firebaugh Fresno Helendale Modesto Modesto Ridgecrest

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in California See also Oldies Classic Hits

Coordinates: 32°48′24″N 115°32′44″W / 32.80667°N 115.54556°W / 32.80667; -115.54556

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