WIXC
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WIXC (1060
By day, WIXC transmits 50,000
History
On October 20, 1957, the station first
In the early 2000s, WIXC had been the
It dumped the classic country format after two months and before one ratings period had taken place when its LMA deal with Whiskey River Broadcasting, Inc. fell apart, and went gone to a news/talk format with a significant amount of brokered paid programming. WIXC continues to air a significant amount of sports content. It became Brevard County's flagship station for live high school football broadcasts in the fall of 2009 but lost that programming to WMEL 1300.
On August 9, 2015, WIXC became AM 1060 WMEL.[2] On October 31, 2016 at noon, WIXC returned to the NewsTalk 1060 brand when "WMEL" moved its programming to WWBC AM 1510.[3]
On February 4, 2019, WIXC flipped to a Regional Mexican format, in a trimulcast with WTMP-FM and WMGG. Just over a month later, WIXC split away from the trimulcast, picking up Spanish-language sports ESPN Deportes Radio. That network disbanded in September 2019, with WIXC and other affiliates switching to TUDN Radio, another Spanish language sports radio network.
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References
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WIXC
- ^ Facebook AM 1060 WMEL, Retrieved August 10, 2015.
- ^ 1060WMEL.com, Retrieved November 3, 2016.
External links
- WIXC at CFLradio.net
- WIXC in the FCC AM station database
- WIXC in Nielsen Audio's AM station database