KAKS (99.5 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, it serves the Fayetteville (North West Arkansas) area. The station is currently owned by Frank Pearson, through licensee Pearson Broadcasting of Goshen, Inc. In 2015 KAKS switched affiliations from Yahoo! Sports Radio to ESPN Radio and re-branded as "ESPN Radio 99.5". KAKS rebroadcasts on FM translator K287AN licensed to Fayetteville, Arkansas, and simulcasts on sister station

KUOA KUOA (1290 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Siloam Springs, Arkansas. It serves Northwest Arkansas, including Fayetteville and Bentonville. KUOA simulcasts the sports radio format heard on co-owned 99.5 KAKS and is owned b ...

in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. On August 14, 2010, KAKS on-air personality Renee Gork was fired after a confrontation with Coach

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. Petrino refused to answer questions posed by Gork while she donned a

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Gators hat. Gork claimed that she grabbed the hat from her trunk during a rainstorm, and tried to cover the hat with tape to disguise the logo. According to Gork, she was told by her bosses that they "had her back" and would defend her reasoning to the administration at the

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and Coach Petrino. KAKS relieved Gork of her duties on August 16, 2010.

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