KAKS is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Sports format. Licensed to Huntsville, Arkansas

Huntsville, Arkansas

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, USA, it serves the Fayetteville (North West Arkansas) area. The station is currently owned by Hog Radio, Inc.

The station changed hands in 2009 and became an all-sports radio station known as "The Hog".

KAKS rebroadcasts on FM translator K287AN licensed to Fayetteville, Arkansas, and simulcasts on sister station KTHS in Berryville, Arkansas, and KUOA in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.

On August 14, 2010, KAKS on-air personality Renee Gork was fired after a confrontation with Coach Bobby Petrino

Bobby Petrino

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

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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. She was told by her bosses that they "had her back" and would defend her reasoning to the administration at the University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas

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