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{{short description|Radio station in Stayton, Oregon}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = KCKX
| logo             =
| city             = [[Stayton, Oregon]]
| area             =
| branding         = ''La Pantera''
| frequency        = 1460 [[kilohertz|kHz]]
| airdate          = [[1987 in radio|1987]]
| format           = [[Dark (broadcasting)|Silent]] (was [[Regional Mexican]] [[KWBY (AM)|KWBY]] simulcast))
| power            = 1,000 [[watt]]s ([[Daytime (astronomy)|day]])<br/>15 watts ([[night]])
| class            = D
| facility_id      = 65569
| coordinates      = {{coord|44|48|10|N|122|44|03|W|type:landmark_region:US-OR_source:usfcc|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns =
| affiliations     =
| owner            = Iglesia Pentecostal Vispera del Fin
| licensee         =
| sister_stations  = [[KWBY (AM)|KWBY]], [[KSND]]
| webcast          =
| website          = [http://www.lapantera940.com lapantera940.com]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
'''KCKX''' (1460 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[Dark (broadcasting)|silent]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Stayton, Oregon]].  It is currently owned by Iglesia Pentecostal Vispera del Fin.
By day, KCKX is powered at 1,000 [[watt]]s.  But at night, to protect other stations on [[1460 AM]] from interference, it greatly reduces power to 15 watts.
==History==
This station received its original [[construction permit]] for a new 1,000 [[watt]] [[daytimer|daytime-only]] AM signal from the [[Federal Communications Commission]] on October 11, [[1984 in radio|1984]].<ref name="fccp">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BP-19840330AL) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=68234 |date=October 11, 1984}}</ref>  The new station was assigned the call letters '''KCKX''' by the FCC in 1984.<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=65569&Callsign=KCKX |publisher=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database }}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  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.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAP-19860124EJ) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=85253 |date=July 14, 1986}}</ref>
After the transfer and multiple extensions, KCKX received its [[broadcast license|license to cover]] from the FCC on August 11, 1987.<ref name="flic">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BL-19870615AI) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=102148 |date=August 11, 1987}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19880328ED) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=110766 |date=July 1, 1988}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=155458 |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19901213EA) |date=September 17, 1991}}</ref>  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.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19920610EA) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=174377 |date=September 9, 1992}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-19970908EB) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=252874 |date=February 23, 1998}}</ref>
In early 2009, KCKX was broadcasting a [[Spanish-language]] [[religious radio]] format.  Branded as "Ondas de Gozo" (literally, "Waves of Joy"), KCKX was the first Spanish Christian radio station in the state of Oregon.<ref name="hrw">{{cite news |first=Libia |last=Lazcano |work=Hispanic Radio Weekly |title=Focus On....KWBY (La Pantera)/Portland, OR |publisher=Radio Ink |url=http://www.radioink.com/hrw/listingsEntry.asp?ID=555556&PT=Focus+On.... |accessdate=March 28, 2009 |quote=Don Coss, its President, owns two other Spanish-language stations in the area, including Oregon's first Spanish Christian radio, Ondas de Gozo.}}{{dead link|date=January 2016}}</ref>
Effective June 2, 2014, KCKX was sold to Edward C. Distell along with [[KWBY (AM)|KWBY]] for $150,000.
On June 24, 2014, KCKX changed their format from [[ESPN Deportes Radio]] ([[Spanish language]] [[sports radio|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.
==References==
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==External links==
{{AM station data|65569|KCKX}}
{{Salem Albany Corvallis Radio}}
{{Spanish Radio Stations in Oregon}}
[[Category:Radio stations in Oregon|CKX]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1987]]
[[Category:Marion County, Oregon]]
[[Category:1987 establishments in Oregon]]
[[Category:Stayton, Oregon]]