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Coordinates:45°5′10.00″N92°34′19.00″W/ 45.0861111°N 92.5719444°W/45.0861111; -92.5719444
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For the radio station licensed to Coon Rapids, Minnesota that held the call sign WIXK-FM at 107.1 FM from 1968 to 2002, seeKTMY.
WIXK
Broadcast areaMinneapolis-St. Paul
Frequency1590kHz
BrandingHmong Radio WIXK 1590
Programming
FormatHmong languageprogramming
Ownership
Owner
  • Mai Yia Vang
  • (Hmong Radio Broadcast, LLC)
History
First air date
September 29, 1960;63 years ago(1960-09-29)
Call signmeaning
Variation ofKIXbranding used by country radio stations, transposed
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID60643
ClassD
Power5,000wattsday
95 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
45°5′10.00″N92°34′19.00″W/ 45.0861111°N 92.5719444°W/45.0861111; -92.5719444
Translator(s)103.3W277CW (New Richmond)
106.7K294AM (West St. Paul, Minnesota,relaysKEEY-HD3)
Repeater(s)102.1KEEY-HD3 (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
WebsiteWIXK Online

WIXK(1590AM,"Hmong Radio 1590" ) is acommercialradio stationbroadcasting a music, news and talkradio formatfor theHmong communityof theTwin Cities.It islicensedtoNew Richmond, Wisconsin,and serves theMinneapolis-St. Paularea. The station is owned by Mai Yia Vang, through licensee Hmong Radio Broadcast, LLC.[2]

By day, WIXK transmits with 5,000wattsnon-directional;at night, to avoid interference with other stations on1590 AM,it reduces power to 95 watts. WIXK'stransmitteris on Road A near Road G in New Richmond.[3]WIXK programming is also heard on twoFM translators:103.3W277CWin New Richmond and 106.7K294AMinWest St. Paul(which is fed by anHD Radiodigital subchannelofKEEY-FM).

History

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On September 29, 1960;63 years ago(1960-09-29),the station firstsigned onthe air. For much of its early history, it had afull service,middle of the road(MOR) format of popular adult music, news, sports and community information. It had been anetwork affiliateof theMutual Broadcasting System.In 1968, it added an FM station, WIXK-FM, which today is 107.1KTMY.

WIXK used to be owned byHubbard Broadcasting.On August 10, 2012, Hubbard announced that it would sell WIXK to Zoe Communications.[4]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.[5]The sale was consummated on November 19, 2014. In the fall of 2017, the station added anFM translatoron 103.3 FM,W277CW,which allows the station to reach a wider audience in eastern communities in theTwin Cities.This includesNorth St. Paul,White Bear Lake,StillwaterandWoodbury.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,K294AMat 106.7 MHz in West St. Paul, was also added to simulcast WIXK programming.

As of September 9, 2020, WIXK was being simulcast onKQGO-HD3.This change came after Hmong Radio Broadcast, LLC's acquisition of previousKFAItranslator K294AM (106.7 FM). Upon the consummation of KQGO's sale to theEducational Media Foundationin 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.[6][7]

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References

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  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for WIXK".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^"WIXK Facility Record".United StatesFederal Communications Commission,audio division.Retrieved2010-03-06.
  3. ^Radio-Locator /WIXK
  4. ^"Hubbard sells WIXK-AM St. Croix River Valley to Zoe Comm".Radio-Info.August 10, 2012.RetrievedAugust 11,2012.
  5. ^"WIXK/New Richmond, IN Sold".
  6. ^"EMF Closes on Twin Cities FMS with Plans to Bring Back 'Praise Live' KNOF".
  7. ^"No Twin Cities K-Love Upgrade as PraiseLive, Air1 Get New Signals – Upper Midwest Broadcasting".
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