WKXD-FM
City | Monterey, Tennessee |
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Broadcast area | Cookeville, Tennessee |
Frequency | 106.9 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | 106.9 Kicks Country |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Subchannels | HD1: WKXD-FM analog HD2: 93.3 The Dawg (Classic hip hop) HD3: Sportsradio 104.7 (Sports) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Stonecom Cookeville, LLC |
History | |
First air date | 1989 (as WRJT) |
Former call signs | WMCZ (1985-1986, CP) WRJT (1986-1991) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 31387 |
Class | C2 |
ERP | 23,000 watts |
HAAT | 224 meters (735 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°7′13.00″N 85°14′44.00″W / 36.1202778°N 85.2455556°WCoordinates: 36°7′13.00″N 85°14′44.00″W / 36.1202778°N 85.2455556°W |
Translator(s) | HD2: 93.3 W227EC (Cookeville) HD3: 104.7 W284DR (Cookeville) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen live HD2: Listen live HD3: Listen live |
Website | 1069kickscountry.com 933thedawg.com (HD2) sportsradio1047.com (HD3) |
WKXD-FM (106.9 FM, "106.9 Kicks Country") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format.[1] Licensed to Monterey, Tennessee, United States, the station is currently owned by Stonecom.[2]
History[]
The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for the station on September 10, 1985.[3] The station was assigned the call sign WMCZ on December 3, 1985, and, on January 9, 1986, changed its call sign to WRJT. The station received its license to cover on August 2, 1989.[4] On October 31, 1991, the station again changed its call sign to the current WKXD-FM.[5] July 9, 2012 at 9am WKXD flipped from hot adult contemporary to country.
Until 2012, WKXD-FM was relayed on translator station 100.9 FM in Cookeville. W265BC is now W231DG and carries the programming of WUCT (1600 AM).
HD Radio[]
In July 2021, WKXD-FM began broadcasting in the HD Radio format. 93.3 The Dawg broadcasts on the HD2 subchannel with classic hip-hop.[6]
On October 14, 2021 WKXD-FM launched a sports format on its HD3 subchannel, branded as "Sportsradio 104.7" (simulcast on translator W284DR 104.7 FM Cookeville).[7]
References[]
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
- ^ "WKXD-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
- ^ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
- ^ "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
- ^ "WKXD Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
- ^ UCBJ Staff. "93-3 The Dawg brings Cookeville classic hip hop | UCBJ - Upper Cumberland Business Journal". Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ Stonecom Launches Highway 111 Country & Sports Radio 104.7 Radioinsight - October 20, 2021
External links[]
- WKXD in the FCC FM station database
- WKXD on Radio-Locator
- WKXD in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- W227EC in the FCC FM station database
- W227EC on Radio-Locator
- W284DR in the FCC FM station database
- W284DR on Radio-Locator
- HD Radio stations
- Radio stations in Tennessee
- Radio stations established in 1989
- Country radio stations in the United States
- Tennessee radio station stubs