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!

09/22/2025

Tridents up 🔱
Brooms out 🧹

The Mariners SWEEP Houston and are in the driver's seat in the AL West!

09/19/2025

UPDATE 9/23: We are now out of surge, and have returned to regular service.

Dear Community,

We are currently experiencing another surge in hospitalizations. There is no single cause, but many factors are contributing. Every staffed hospital bed is full. As of this morning, we had up to six patients in the Emergency Department waiting for inpatient beds.

This situation limits the number of patients we can see in the ED, which means longer wait times. If your condition can be safely treated in our triage area, it will be.

We know this is frustrating and we are truly sorry for the inconvenience. Our team is working hard to return to normal operations as quickly as possible.

09/14/2025

Cal Raleigh's historic season continues 💪

09/14/2025

W8, there’s more!

Nice bust DTF!
09/12/2025

Nice bust DTF!

***DTF ARRESTS DRUG DEALER***

Today, the Grays Harbor Drug Task Force, with the assistance of Sheriff’s Office Deputies, served a search and arrest warrant in the 100 block of Dekay Road in Hoquiam in reference to an ongoing drug investigation. The Drug Task Force conducted several controlled buys of illegal narcotics from the location. The main suspect, a 69-year-old Hoquiam man, was arrested for three counts of delivery of a controlled substance and one count of possession with intent to distribute. He was booked into the Grays Harbor County Jail. As a result of the warrant 29.5 grams of suspected methamphetamine and 5 grams of suspected fentanyl were seized.

53 Home Runs for Cal!
09/07/2025

53 Home Runs for Cal!

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Grays 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”. KXRO continues it’s community broadcasting over 80 years later with Grays Harbor’s only award winning radio News Department. Plus, KXRO 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. KXRO now serves as the group’s news and talk station. Morris Communications added KIX 95.3 (KXXK), “The Harbor’s New Country station,” and KWOK, ESPN Sports Radio 1490 in April 2001, establishing Grays 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!