KKGQ (92.3 FM) is an American 95 kW radio station operating in Wichita, and licensed to Newton, Kansas. KKGQ airs a sports talk format, branded as "ESPN Wichita 92.3." KKGQ's studios are located on McLean Boulevard (next to Riverfront Stadium) in Wichita, and their transmitter is located on Cow Palace Road on the south side of Newton. History Easy listening years What is now KKGQ started as KJRG-FM in 1959. It was a sister station to Newton-licensed KJRG and had its studios there; both stations were owned by George Basil Anderson. After spending its first four years at 92.1 FM, KJRG-FM relocated to its current frequency in 1963. For four decades, the station aired a beautiful music/easy listening format. In 1976, KJRG-FM changed call letters to KOEZ. The station was consistently in the top 10 of the Wichita market's radio ratings from the early 1980s through the 1990s. KMXW/KFTI-FM After being purchased by Journal Broadcast Group in December 1999 and focused its audience to Wichita (as well as moving studios there), on January 15, 2000, they flipped to an adult contemporary format as "Mix 92.3" and would later evolve to adult top 40. The station would change call letters to KMXW on October 27, 2000. The ratings quickly dropped. The station was the Wichita affiliate of the Dallas-based morning show Kidd Kraddick in the Morning (which moved to KFBZ in December 2005). In the fall of 2002, the station flipped to "92.3 the Zone" with an automated modern AC/modern rock format. One year later, the station would revert to hot AC as "The New 92.3". On September 10, 2004, KMXW flipped to a gold-based rhythmic adult contemporary format as "Magic 92.3". None of these attempts garnered any ratings success. On January 16, 2007, KMXW flipped to classic country as "Classic Country 92.3". The call letters were changed to KFTI-FM. Almost instantly, the station jumped back into the top 10 in the ratings. Sale to Envision, 'Q92' On July 30, 2014, it was announced that the E. W. Scripps Company would acquire Journal Communications in an all-stock transaction. The combined firm will retain their broadcast properties and spin off their print assets as Journal Media Group. KFTI-FM, their sister radio stations in the Wichita area, and two TV stations were not included in the merger; in September, Journal filed to transfer these stations to the Journal/Scripps Divestiture Trust (with Kiel Media