KXRO Newsradio

KXRO Newsradio 101.7 FM and 1320 AM, The Harbor's Choice For News, Sports & Weather Started by Seattle, Wash. KXRO now serves as the group’s news and talk station.
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Gray’s Harbor Radio Group’s flagship station, KXRO, first went on the air May 28, 1928, during the Prohibition. 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”. KXRO continues it’s community broadcasting over 80 years later with Grays Harbor’s only award winning radio News Department. Plus, KX

RO is the only radio station in Grays Harbor to ever be nominated for Excellence In Community Broadcasting by the National Association Of Broadcasters…two years in a row! 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 the dominate Classic Rock format today as "The Rock of the Coast". In a world of bland satellite music formats, KDUX is the ONLY radio station on the coast to feature local air personalities 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 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. Morris Communications added KIX 95.3 (KXXK), “The Harbor’s New Country station,” and KWOK, ESPN Sports Radio 1490 in April 2001, establishing Gray’s Harbor Radio Group as the entity it is today. KIX is the areas only local Country station providing the The Harbor’s New Country with Live and Local personalities. We live and work in Grays Harbor and Pacific County…and we love it!

Aberdeen Police Department Update Investigation into the death of a 4 year old child, Father arrested.
06/04/2026

Aberdeen Police Department Update Investigation into the death of a 4 year old child, Father arrested.

The Aberdeen Police Department issued a press released updating the investigation in the death of a 4...

06/02/2026

***Stolen Guns Recovered – Suspect Arrested***

Over Memorial Day weekend, Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a theft complaint near Wynoochee Lake.

The reporting party / victim called dispatch to report that while driving down a logging road in the area, the tailgate to his truck malfunctioned and several camping items to include two fi****ms fell out of the back of his vehicle. The victim noticed the malfunction and immediately traveled back down the road looking for his missing items. As he traveled back down the road, he encountered a green pickup truck traveling towards him. He stopped and talked to the driver of the green pickup and asked him if he had seen any of the items that had fallen from his vehicle. The driver of this vehicle advised him that he had not seen any of his items. The victim continued down the road and encountered a second vehicle. When he asked the driver of this vehicle if he had seen his items, the driver told him that he just seen a man in the first mentioned green truck pick up his items. Learning this information the victim attempted to catch back up with the first vehicle, but he was unsuccessful in locating it. Because of limited cell service in the area the victim could not immediately call and report the theft.

Deputies were ultimately able to search local Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) Flock cameras within the county and located a picture of a vehicle that matched the suspect vehicle description as described by the victim. The photographs even showed some of the victims camping gear in the back of the suspect vehicle.

Detectives from the Sheriff’s Office made the two-hour trip out of the county to visit the suspect at his home with a Search Warrant in hand. Detectives were ultimately able to recover all of the stolen property (to include the two fi****ms) from the suspect who in return was given a two-hour ride back to Grays Harbor County and booked into our jail for two counts of Theft of a Firearm.

Darrin E. Wallace, Sheriff

Cummings chosen as Hoquiam School District Superintendent
05/29/2026

Cummings chosen as Hoquiam School District Superintendent

The Hoquiam School District Board of Directors have announced that Michael Cummings has been selected as the district’s next superintendent, pending formal contract approval.

Visit hoquiam.net/page/superintendent-search for more details.

05/26/2026
Happy Memorial Day from KXRO
05/25/2026

Happy Memorial Day from KXRO

05/21/2026

Aberdeen School District:

Early release. A message for Miller families:
A fire at Miller Junior High School has been contained, but school will be dismissed for the rest of the day.
No injuries.
Students are supervised and safe in the area of the track.
Parents may pick up students who don't ride the bus. Buses are scheduled to arrive about 12:15 to take students home.

Congratulations to the business winners of the Greater Grays Harbor, Inc. Leaders Banquet
05/18/2026

Congratulations to the business winners of the Greater Grays Harbor, Inc. Leaders Banquet

It was a great night last night!
05/16/2026

It was a great night last night!

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