KHEX (100.3 FM) is an American commercial radio station broadcasting a classic country format, licensed to serve the community of Concow, California. The signal serves over a quarter of a million listeners in the Sacramento Valley. History In March 1989, John K. La Rue applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on October 15, 1990, with a scheduled expiration date of April 15, 1992. The new station was assigned call sign KZDD on June 14, 1991. A few months later, on October 21, 1991, the station was assigned new call sign KSPY. In April 1997, permit holder John K. La Rue filed an application to transfer the KSPY construction permit to the Ukiah Broadcasting Corporation. The transfer was approved by the FCC on June 17, 1997, and the transaction formally consummated on July 15, 1997. After a series of extensions and permit modifications, construction and testing were completed in January 1997 and the station was granted its broadcast license on April 21, 1998. In October 2000, Ukiah Broadcasting Corporation reached a deal to sell KSPY to Keily Miller of Pahrump, Nevada. The FCC approved the sale on February 16, 2001, and the transaction was formally consummated on April 20, 2001. The new owners had the FCC change the station's call sign to KHWG on April 30, 2001. The call sign would be changed again, this time to KHGQ, on September 22, 2003. In May 2005, Keily Miller applied to the FCC to transfer KHGQ to Hilltop Church as a gift. Hilltop Church was a non-profit organization for which Keily Miller served as both trustee and vice-chairman. The FCC granted the transfer on July 18, 2005, and the transaction was formally consummated the same day. Also on that date, the FCC granted the station a modification of its license from commercial to non-commercial educational. On May 4, 2008, the station went dark due to staffing issues and the loss of its main studio facility. The station returned briefly to the air on April 30, 2009. On May 3, 2009, KHGQ went dark once again. It the station's application for special temporary authority to remain silent, the station stated it was battling technical issues and seeking to replace its staff. On April 18, 2010, the station reported to the FCC that it had "resumed full operation" with