KXRO has an over 80-year heritage of community broadcasting. KXRO continues to be the leader in radio news in Grays Harbor. We feature the best in news talk including Glen Beck, Clark Howard, Ed Shultz and George Noory on Coast to Coast AM, plus the LATEST in local news. Mornings our hosted by long time harbor personality Rich D and our News Director Ian Cope. KXRO is the only broadcast company in the market to provide a two person NEWS TEAM. Award winning journalists Ian Cope and Dave Wilkins provide the most complete coverage of Local, regional and National News available on the Harbor. Plus, we have been nominated 2 years in a row for the coveted “Crystal Award” for excellence in community broadcasting.
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The Grays Harbor Radio Heritage
Gray's Harbor Radio Group's flagship station, KXRO, first went on the air May 28, 1928, during the Prohibition. Started by Seattle, Wash. police officer Roy Olmsted, who had a side business as a rum-runner, the station was used to signal runners when it was safe to transport their "product".
The next station in the group's lineup was born in 1971 when Dale Gunderson started KDUX in Ocean Shores, Wash., with a "beautiful music" format. KDUX was moved to Aberdeen and became a rock station in the late 1970s. It continues it’s success as a Classic Rock format today.
The two stations were purchased by Pioneer Broadcasting, who operated KXRO as an adult contemporary station and KDUX as a rock station for several years until their purchase by Morris Communications in December 1998. KXRO now serves as the group's news and talk station.
Morris Communications added KXXK, "The Harbor's New Country station," and KWOK, ESPN Sports Radio, in April 2001, establishing Gray's Harbor Radio Group as the entity it is today.