KAIX
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = KAIX
| logo = Air1 logo 2019.svg
| city = Casper, Wyoming
| network = Air1
| branding = Air1
| airdate = {{start date|2008}}
| frequency = {{Frequency|88.3|MHz}}
| format = Christian worship music
| erp = 500 watts (vertical)
| haat = {{convert|526|m|ft|abbr=off|sp=us}}
| class = C3
| licensing_authority = FCC
| facility_id = 92997
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|42|44|26|N|106|21|34|W}}}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = KKRR (2008–2019)
KEZF (2019–2020)
| owner = Educational Media Foundation
| sister_stations =
| webcast =
| website =
| affiliations =
}}
KAIX (88.3 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to serve Casper, Wyoming, United States. The station is owned by the Educational Media Foundation and airs its Air1 Christian worship music network.
The station broadcast an oldies music format until August 12, 2010.{{cite web|work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/ |title=Station Information Profile |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301134627/http://www.arbitron.com/ |archive-date=2010-03-01 }} Subsequently, operating a religious format, the station was taken silent on November 8, 2019, and sold to the Educational Media Foundation.
History
This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on August 22, 2005.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BPED-19990311MN) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1061944 |date=August 22, 2005}} The new station was assigned call letters KKRR by the FCC on September 9, 2008.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=92997&Callsign=KAIX |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}} KKRR received its license to cover from the FCC on August 27, 2008.{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BLED-20080822AAC) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1263232 |date=August 27, 2008}}
Cedar Cove Broadcasting acquired KKRR's license from original licensee WCN, Inc. effective September 11, 2019, at a purchase price of $50,000. The station changed its call sign to KEZF on October 5, 2019, and then to KAIX on February 8, 2020. Cedar Cove then traded the station to EMF in exchange for translator K214DI (90.7 FM), which had been Air1's transmitter in Casper, and $50,000.{{cite news|url=https://www.rbr.com/bigger-air-for-casper-emf/|work=RBR|first=Adam|last=Jacobson|title=Greater On-Air Coverage For An EMF Network|date=January 8, 2020|access-date=July 16, 2020}} The exchange was consummated on May 11, 2020.
References
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External links
{{FM station data|92997|KAIX}}
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{{Casper Radio}}
{{Air 1}}
Category:Radio stations established in 2008
Category:2008 establishments in Wyoming
Category:Educational Media Foundation radio stations
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