KIXR
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Branding | KIX Radio 1400 AM |
Programming | |
Format | Talk |
Network | Fox News Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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KUTN | |
History | |
First air date | November 23, 1947 | (as KCSU)
Former call signs |
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Technical information | |
Facility ID | 53103 |
Class | C |
Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°13′47.8″N 111°41′11.7″W / 40.229944°N 111.686583°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | talkofutahcounty |
KIXR (1400
History
This station originally signed on as KCSU on November 23, 1947, and was owned and operated by Frank and Harold VanWagenen. The callsign changed to KIXX in 1958. The VanWagenens operated the station with studios and a transmitter at the edge of a golf course south of Provo until 1972 when it was sold to Mesa Broadcasting Corp., with headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado. Former KOIL air personality Larry Cobb, was CEO of the 3-station chain, with sister stations in Grand Junction and Cheyenne, Wyoming. In early 1973 it became a country music station. The original country Program Director was Les Bagley, who later went on to WPOC in Baltimore, Maryland.
In 1976, the station was sold again, this time to country music singer and songwriter Whispering Bill Anderson of Nashville, Tennessee. The call letters were changed to KFTN, which emphasized the frequency of 1400 ("FTN" was fourteen, abbreviated). While the station was owned by Bill Anderson, the official title of ownership was "Whisper Communications of Nashville, a division of Stallion Music." Stallion Music was Bill Anderson's music publishing company.[citation needed]
The station again sold in 1981, still playing country, and changed its calls to KXYC on March 1, 1985.[2] From May 1, 1985, to January 1, 1995, the station played nonstop Sunday music. On January 2, 1995, the station played show tunes, and then settled on soft adult contemporary music.[3] The station has played the "Sounds of Sunday" for 20 years.[4]
The station changed ownership in 1986, while the station was still known as KXYC. Many listeners heard the call letters as KXYZ, so in 1987, the calls became KSRR. This last change took effect on October 1, 1987.[2][5]
The call sign KSRR was previously used by an FM
In 2017, the station went
Signal
The station's signal reaches throughout Utah County and into southern
References
- ^ "KIXR 1400 in Utah County". Talking Utah Radio. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
- ^ a b "KIXR Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "KSL, KSFI still lead the ratings - Deseret News".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Home > Our History". Sounds of Sunday. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ^ "Broadcast History - Salt Lake City Radio". www.oldradio.com.
- ^ "Sold: NC Noncomm, Georgia FM, Utah Cluster". Allaccess.com. December 20, 2018.
- ^ "Goat Fm moves down fm dial | Talking Utah Radio". Archived from the original on 2021-11-30.
- ^ "KWLO Has Been Sold | Talking Utah Radio". talkingutahradio.proboards.com.
- ^ "Deal Digest: Steckline Grows In Wichita, WPA Sells OKC, And Iowa Public Radio Goes Independent". Insideradio.com.
- ^ "Licensing and Management System". enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov.
- ^ "Licensing and Management System".
- ^ "Licensing and Management System". enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov.
- ^ "Goat FM now Flashback 96.7 | Talking Utah Radio". talkingutahradio.proboards.com.
External links
- FCC History Cards for KIXR
- KIXR in the FCC AM station database
- KIXR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database