WYKX
Broadcast area | [1] |
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Frequency | 104.7MHz |
Branding | The U.P.'s Country - Kix 104.7 |
Programming | |
Format | Country |
Affiliations | Westwood One Detroit Lions Radio Network |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WDBC | |
History | |
First air date | 1977 |
Former call signs | WFNN (?-1/31/83) |
Call signmeaning | KiXCountry |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 35116 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 100,000watts |
HAAT | 107 meters |
Translator(s) | 103.9W280GB (Escanaba) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Website | escanabaradiogroup |
WYKX(104.7FM) is aradio stationbroadcasting acountry musicformat.Licensed toEscanaba, Michigan,it first began broadcasting in 1977 under the WFNN call sign that call sign today is used at aradio stationinErie Pennsylvania.It is locally owned and operated by Todd Mohr, through licensee Aurora Media, LLC, along withadult standardssister stationWDBC680 AM.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, WFNN was "Fun 104," an automatedTop 40station. Most programming was separate from WDBC, with a few exceptions including simulcasts ofCasey Kasem'sAmerican Top 40.Following the debut ofWGLQin 1982, the station switched to its current calls and format.
WYKX belongs to theDetroit Lionsradio network and broadcasts every regular season home and away game for the centralUP.The broadcast range is fromMenomineetoMarquetteandIron MountaintoManistique.It can also be heard acrossLake Michiganin parts of northern Lower Michigan, aroundLelandandFrankfort.
The Morning Show is hosted weekdays from 6-10 A.M. with Arthur Wyman.
Sources
[edit]External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 775721 (WYKX)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WYKXinNielsen Audio's FM station database
45°55′41″N87°16′01″W/ 45.928°N 87.267°W
- ^"Facility Technical Data for WYKX".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.