On September 29, 1960; 63 years ago (1960-09-29), the station first signed on the air. For much of its early history, it had a full service, middle of the road (MOR) format of popular adult music, news, sports and community information. It had been a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System. In 1968, it added an FM station, WIXK-FM, which today is 107.1 KTMY.
WIXK used to be owned by Hubbard Broadcasting. On August 10, 2012, Hubbard announced that it would sell WIXK to Zoe Communications.[3] The purchase was consummated on December 12, 2012, at a purchase price of $10,000.
WIXK was sold by Zoe Communications to Hmong Radio Broadcast, LLC for $125,000 on terms.[4] The sale was consummated on November 19, 2014. In the fall of 2017, the station added an FM translator on 103.3 FM, W277CW, which allows the station to reach a wider audience in eastern communities in the Twin Cities. This includes North St. Paul, White Bear Lake, Stillwater and Woodbury. In contrast, the station's AM signal covers most of the metro adequately during the day but due to a drop in power, has a very limited coverage area at night. Another FM translator, K294AM at 106.7 MHz in West St. Paul, was also added to simulcast WIXK programming.
As of September 9, 2020, WIXK was being simulcast on KQGO-HD3. This change came after Hmong Radio Broadcast, LLC's acquisition of previous KFAI translator K294AM (106.7 FM). Upon the consummation of KQGO's sale to the Educational Media Foundation in April 2021, WIXK's simulcast on the HD3 sub-channel was dropped; KEEY-FMHD3 is now the primary originating station for the WIXK simulcast/translator relay.[5][6]
wixk, radio, station, licensed, coon, rapids, minnesota, that, held, call, sign, from, 1968, 2002, ktmy, 1590, hmong, radio, 1590, commercial, radio, station, broadcasting, music, news, talk, radio, format, hmong, community, twin, cities, licensed, richmond, w. For the radio station licensed to Coon Rapids Minnesota that held the call sign WIXK FM at 107 1 FM from 1968 to 2002 see KTMY WIXK 1590 kHz Hmong Radio 1590 is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a music news and talk radio format for the Hmong community of the Twin Cities It is licensed to New Richmond Wisconsin and serves the Minneapolis St Paul area The station is owned by Mai Yia Vang through licensee Hmong Radio Broadcast LLC 1 WIXKNew Richmond WisconsinBroadcast areaMinneapolis St PaulFrequency1590 kHzBrandingHmong Radio WIXK 1590ProgrammingFormatHmong language programmingOwnershipOwnerMai Yia Vang Hmong Radio Broadcast LLC HistoryFirst air dateSeptember 29 1960 63 years ago 1960 09 29 Call sign meaningVariation of KIX branding used by country radio stations transposedTechnical informationFacility ID60643ClassDPower5 000 watts day95 watts nightTransmitter coordinates45 5 10 00 N 92 34 19 00 W 45 0861111 N 92 5719444 W 45 0861111 92 5719444Translator s 103 3 W277CW New Richmond 106 7 K294AM West St Paul relays KEEY FMHD3 Repeater s 102 1 KEEY FMHD3 St Paul LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsiteWIXK By day WIXK transmits with 5 000 watts non directional at night to avoid interference with other stations on 1590 AM it reduces power to 95 watts WIXK s transmitter is on Road A near Road G in New Richmond 2 WIXK programming is also heard on two FM translators 103 3 W277CW in New Richmond and 106 7 K294AM in West St Paul which is fed by an HD Radio digital subchannel of KEEY FM Contents 1 History 2 Former logo 3 References 4 External linksHistory editOn September 29 1960 63 years ago 1960 09 29 the station first signed on the air For much of its early history it had a full service middle of the road MOR format of popular adult music news sports and community information It had been a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System In 1968 it added an FM station WIXK FM which today is 107 1 KTMY WIXK used to be owned by Hubbard Broadcasting On August 10 2012 Hubbard announced that it would sell WIXK to Zoe Communications 3 The purchase was consummated on December 12 2012 at a purchase price of 10 000 WIXK was sold by Zoe Communications to Hmong Radio Broadcast LLC for 125 000 on terms 4 The sale was consummated on November 19 2014 In the fall of 2017 the station added an FM translator on 103 3 FM W277CW which allows the station to reach a wider audience in eastern communities in the Twin Cities This includes North St Paul White Bear Lake Stillwater and Woodbury In contrast the station s AM signal covers most of the metro adequately during the day but due to a drop in power has a very limited coverage area at night Another FM translator K294AM at 106 7 MHz in West St Paul was also added to simulcast WIXK programming As of September 9 2020 WIXK was being simulcast on KQGO HD3 This change came after Hmong Radio Broadcast LLC s acquisition of previous KFAI translator K294AM 106 7 FM Upon the consummation of KQGO s sale to the Educational Media Foundation in April 2021 WIXK s simulcast on the HD3 sub channel was dropped KEEY FMHD3 is now the primary originating station for the WIXK simulcast translator relay 5 6 Former logo edit nbsp References edit WIXK Facility Record United States Federal Communications Commission audio division Retrieved 2010 03 06 Radio Locator com WIXK Hubbard sells WIXK AM St Croix River Valley to Zoe Comm Radio Info com August 10 2012 Retrieved August 11 2012 WIXK New Richmond IN Sold EMF Closes on Twin Cities FMS with Plans to Bring Back Praise Live KNOF No Twin Cities K Love Upgrade as PraiseLive Air1 Get New Signals Upper Midwest Broadcasting External links editOfficial website WIXK in the FCC AM station database WIXK in Nielsen Audio s AM station database W277CW in the FCC FM station database W277CW at FCCdata org K294AM in the FCC FM station database K294AM at FCCdata org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WIXK amp oldid 1192945251, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
