KYYX

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KYYX
KYYX 97KICKs logo.png
Broadcast area Minot, North Dakota
Frequency 97.1 MHz
Branding97 KICKS
Programming
Format Country
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
KCJB, KIZZ, KMXA-FM, KRRZ, KZPR
History
First air date
1966;57 years ago (1966)
Former call signs
  • KCJB-FM (1966–1983) [1]
  • KYND (1983–1984)
  • KHHT (1984–1992) [2]
Call sign meaning
Pronounced as "kicks"
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 55680
Class C
ERP 95,000 watts
HAAT 300 meters (980 ft)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 97kicksfm.iheart.com

KYYX (97.1 FM) is a country music radio station in Minot, North Dakota, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The call sign "KYYX" is pronounced as "kicks" and the station's nickname is "97 Kicks FM".

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iHeartMedia, Inc. also owns and operates KCJB 910, KRRZ 1390, KIZZ 93.7, KMXA-FM 99.9, and KZPR 105.3 in Minot.

Previous KYYX stations

This radio station is not the first with the call letters KYYX. The original KYYX operated as a new wave-themed radio station in Seattle, Washington, in the early 1980s. A country radio station in Las Vegas, Nevada, operated as KYYX from 1985 to 1987 before going off the air and changing its call letters.

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1983/B-Radio-1983-YB.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  2. ↑ "FCCInfo Results".
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KYYX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

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