The station commenced operations on 1 August 1931 as 2KO, based in the Newcastle suburb of KOtara, hence the call-sign.
However, the Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 changed this to a 9 kHz gap, thus allowing more stations on the AM band.
KOFM / NXFM use MAESTRO for music play out & Automation after network programs until live assist.
In late June 2017, the station again moved but this time to state of the art facilities in 18 Honeysuckle Drive.
[4][5] Monday-Friday Weekends News Following Broadcast Operations Group's decision not to carry the Continuous Call Team from 2GB in Sydney, and therefore, ruling that rival 2HD could not carry Newcastle Knights games, KOFM picked up the program (and rights to Knights games), beginning 2006.