KXOL is a commercial radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to serve Brigham City, Utah

Brigham City, Utah

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, USA. The station is owned by Inca Communications.

KXOL broadcasts a Regional Mexican

Regional Mexican

Regional Mexican is a radio format for music radio, typically defined to include Banda, Ranchera, Mariachi and Norteña. It is the most popular radio format targeting Hispanic Americans in the United States....

 music format to the greater Ogden, Utah

Ogden, Utah

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, area. The station had previously aired a 1950s/1960s-based oldies music format from its original sign-on until it was acquired by Inca Communications in 2007.

KXOL's signal has been reported in Northern and Southern California

California

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, in Flagstaff, Arizona

Flagstaff, Arizona

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, and as far away as Washington and Oregon.

History

This station received its original construction permit

Construction permit

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 from the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 on February 6, 1998

1998 in radio

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. The new station was assigned the call letters KBDF by the FCC on March 23, 1998. This callsign would prove short-lived as the station was assigned the current KXOL call letters less than one month later on April 17, 1998. KXOL received its license to cover

Broadcast license

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 from the FCC on April 27, 2001.

In December 2002, First National Broadcasting Corporation, reached an agreement to sell this station to Simmons Media Group

Simmons Media Group

The Simmons Media Group is a media company based in the United States. The company owns AM and FM radio stations, as well as outdoor advertising, a travel agency and an interactive agency.-Creation:...

 holding company Simmons-SLC, LS, LLC, as part of a two-station deal for a reported sale price of $925,000. Simmons Media Group had been operating the stations since August 2002 under a local marketing agreement. The deal was approved by the FCC on March 18, 2003, and the transaction was consummated on April 1, 2003. At the time of the sale, the station played an oldies music format.

In October 2006, Simmons Media Group, through its Simmons-SLC, LS, LLC, holding company, made a deal to sell KXOL to Inca Communications, Inc. (Nicolas Vicente, president) for reported sale price of $1 million. The deal was approved by the FCC on November 30, 2006, and the transaction was consummated on April 30, 2007. At the time of the sale, the station played an oldies music format. Inca Communications operated KXOL under a local marketing agreement

Local marketing agreement

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for a reported $5,000 per month until the sale was completed.