WKXD-FM

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WKXD-FM
Broadcast area Cookeville, Tennessee
Frequency 106.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding106.9 Kicks Country
Programming
Format Country
Subchannels HD1: WKXD-FM analog
HD2: 93.3 The Dawg (Classic hip hop)
HD3: Sportsradio 104.7 (Sports)
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
United Stations Radio Networks
Westwood One
Performance Racing Network
Tennessee Titans Radio Network
Ownership
OwnerStonecom Cookeville, LLC
WBXE, WLIV, WLQK, WUCH, WUCT
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″N85°14′44.00″W / 36.1202778°N 85.2455556°W / 36.1202778; -85.2455556
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 MHz, "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]

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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 began broadcasting on July 8, 2021, 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]

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References

  1. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
  2. "WKXD-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
  3. "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
  4. "Application Search Details". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
  5. "WKXD Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
  6. UCBJ Staff. "93-3 The Dawg brings Cookeville classic hip hop | UCBJ - Upper Cumberland Business Journal" . Retrieved 2021-07-23.
  7. Stonecom Launches Highway 111 Country & Sports Radio 104.7 Radioinsight - October 20, 2021