KAKS
| City of license | Goshen, Arkansas |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Fayetteville (North West Arkansas) |
| Branding | ESPN Radio 99.5 |
| Slogan | Northwest Arkansas' New Home For Sports |
| Frequency | 99.5 MHz |
| First air date | 1989 (as KFAY-FM) |
| Format | Sports |
| ERP | 3,100 watts |
| HAAT | 140 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 69858 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°12′19.70″N 94°06′06.30″W / 36.2054722°N 94.1017500°W |
| Callsign meaning | K ArKanSas |
| Former callsigns |
KRRA (1983-1988) KFAY-FM (1988-1993) KREB (1993-1997) KREB-FM (1997-2005) |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
| Owner | Hog Radio, Inc. |
| Sister stations | KUOA, KTHS |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | espn995.com |
KAKS (99.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Goshen, Arkansas, USA, it serves the Fayetteville (North West Arkansas) area. The station is currently owned by Hog Radio, Inc.
The station changed hands in 2009 and became an all-sports radio station known as "The Hog".
KAKS rebroadcasts on FM translators K250AX licensed to Siloam Springs, Arkansas and K287AN licensed to Fayetteville, Arkansas, and simulcasts on sister station KUOA in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
On August 14, 2010, KAKS on-air personality Renee Gork was fired after a confrontation with Coach Bobby Petrino. Petrino refused to answer questions posed by Gork while she donned a University of Florida Gators hat. Gork claimed that she grabbed the hat from her trunk during a rainstorm, and tried to cover the hat with tape to disguise the logo. According to Gork, she was told by her bosses that they "had her back" and would defend her reasoning to the administration at the University of Arkansas and Coach Petrino. KAKS relieved Gork of her duties on August 16, 2010.[1]
In 2015 KAKS switched affiliations from Yahoo! Sports Radio to ESPN Radio and rebranded as "ESPN Rdaio 99.5".
References
- ↑ "SAS with Renee Gork". Stephen A. Smith Show. 17 August 2010.
External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KAKS
- Radio-Locator information on KAKS
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KAKS
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