KIKC-FM (101.3 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Forsyth, Montana, United States, the station is owned by P&A Media LLC.
The station went on the air in 1980 as KXXE, a middle of the road station owned by Gold Won Radio Corporation. It has been a country music station since 1985, and became KIKC-FM in 1986; it was simulcast with KIKC (1250 AM) from then until 2001. KIKC-FM was purchased by NEPSK Inc., in 1987; ownership then passed to Stephen Marks in 1996, and P&A Media in 2024.
History The station began broadcasting in September 1980 as KXXE, airing a middle of the road (MOR) format, and was owned by Gold Won Radio Corporation.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1981, Broadcasting & Cable, 1981. p. C-140. Retrieved April 12, 2019. By 1985, the station had adopted a country music format. On April 1, 1986, the station's call sign was changed to KIKC-FM, and it began simulcasting the programming of AM 1250 KIKC.Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved April 12, 2019.Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1987, Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1987. p. B-173. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
In 1987, the station was sold to NEPSK Inc., along with its AM sister station, for $252,500."Transactions", Radio & Records. December 11, 1987. p. 11. Retrieved April 12, 2019. NEPSK, which also owned television properties in Maine (WAGM-TV in Presque Isle and cable television systems in Aroostook County), was initially jointly owned by Thomas Shelburne III, Peter Kozloski, and Norman Johnson; in 1991, Kozloski took full control.
In 1996, the KIKC stations were sold to Stephen Marks for $300,000;"Transactions", Radio & Records. April 5, 1996. p. 8. Retrieved April 12, 2019. he owned them through Miles City Forsyth Broadcasting. In June 2001, the AM-FM simulcast ended when AM 1250 adopted an oldies format."Format Changes & Updates", The M Street Journal. Vol. 18, No. 20. June 13, 2001. p. 5. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
Stephen Marks died on May 11, 2022. Andrew Sturlaugson's P&A Media acquired Marks' Montana and North Dakota radio stations, including the KIKC stations, for $850,000 in 2024.
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