Because KMXO shares the same frequency as "clear channel" station KSTP in St. Paul, Minnesota; it broadcasts only during the daytime hours.
David W. Ratliff, trading as the Taylor County Broadcasting Company, received a construction permit to build a new radio station in Merkel on February 26, 1962.
[2] Studios were built at the corner of Baker and N. 2nd streets by Keith Hodo, who had become the head of Taylor County Broadcasting months before sign-on.
The station received strong support from the local Hispanic community, but few non-Hispanic businesses bought advertising time.
[14] However, the station fell silent by 1991, when Silva filed for personal bankruptcy[15] and the outlet paid back taxes under threat of seizure by sheriff's deputies.