KCMX

Phoenix, Oregon
Broadcast area	Medford-Ashland
Frequency	880 kHz
Branding	News Radio KCMX
Programming
Format	Defunct (was news/talk)
Affiliations	Fox News Radio NBC News Radio Genesis Communications Network Premiere Networks Salem Radio Network Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Stephens Media Group (SMG-Medford, LLC)
Sister stations	KAKT, KBOY-FM, KCMX-FM, KTMT, KTMT-FM
History
First air date	1962; 62 years ago (1962) (as KSHA at 860)
Last air date	January 10, 2023; 21 months ago (2023-01-10)
Former call signs	KMFR (1960–1961) KSHA (1961–1980) KISD (1980–1984) KMFR (1984–1992) KTMT (1992–1999)
Former frequencies	860 kHz (1962–1984)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	60314
Class	B
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates	42°18′36″N 122°48′41″W / 42.31000°N 122.81139°W / 42.31000; -122.81139
Translator(s)	99.5 K258DB (Phoenix)
Repeater(s)	105.1 KAKT-HD3 (Phoenix)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kcmxam.com

KCMX (880 kHz) was an AM radio station broadcasting a news/talk format.^[2] Licensed to Phoenix, Oregon, United States, the station served the Medford-Ashland area. The station was last owned by Stephens Media Group, through licensee SMG-Medford, LLC.^[3]

The station was issued an initial construction permit on October 12, 1960, as KMFR, for 1,000 watts daytime-only on 860 kHz. On October 2, 1961, the call sign was changed to KSHA, which was followed by additional call sign changes to KISD on July 21, 1980, back to KMFR on May 3, 1984, and to KTMT in 1992. In 1984 the station moved to 880 kHz.

On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that 88 stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KTMT authorized to move from 880 to 1650 kHz.^[4] However, the station never procured the Construction Permit needed to implement the authorization, so the expanded band station was never built.

The station call sign was changed to KCMX on January 1, 1999.

Stephens Media Group acquired KCMX, along with 36 other Mapleton Communications stations, in 2019.^[5]

KCMX left the air January 10, 2023,^[6] due to the failure of its transmitter.^[7] Stephens Media Group elected to move the station's programming entirely to translator station K258DB (99.5 FM), rebroadcasting the third HD Radio subchannel of KAKT.^[8] The KCMX license was surrendered to the FCC on March 13, 2023, who cancelled it the same day.^[9]

KCMX simulcast KDOV The Dove's morning programs, Mornings On TheDove and Focus Today with Perry Atkinson from 6am to 9am before the Glenn Beck program.^[10]

KCMX also broadcast on the following FM translator:

• Official Website
• FCC Station Search Details: DKCMX (Facility ID: 60314)
• FCC History Cards for KCMX (covering 1959-1981 as KMFR / KSHA / KISD)

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