WXXK

WXXK
City Lebanon, New Hampshire
Broadcast area Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction area
Branding Kixx 100.5 and 101.7
Slogan The Valley's BIG Country
Frequency 100.5 MHz
Translator(s) W269DI (101.7 MHz, Claremont)
First air date December 18, 1990 (1990-12-18) (as WNTK-FM)[1]
Format Country music
ERP 22,000 watts
HAAT 99 meters (325 ft)
Class C3
Facility ID 54790
Transmitter coordinates 43°39′18.00″N 72°17′42.00″W / 43.6550000°N 72.2950000°W / 43.6550000; -72.2950000
Former callsigns WNTK-FM (1990–1992)
WNBX (1992–1994)
WUVR (1994–1996)
WNBX (1996–1997)
WVRR (1997–1997)
Affiliations Westwood One, Premiere Radio Networks
Owner Great Eastern Radio, LLC
Sister stations WFYX, WGXL, WHDQ, WTSL, WTSV, WWOD
Webcast Listen Live
Website kixx.com

WXXK (100.5 FM; "Kixx 100.5") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, the station serves the Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction area. The station is owned by Great Eastern Radio, LLC and features programming from Westwood One and the Premiere Radio Networks.[2]

WXXK's programming is simulcast in Claremont, New Hampshire, on translator station W269DI at 101.7 MHz.[3]

History

WXXK's logo before adding its simulcast on WKKN on October 1, 2012

The station went on the air as WNTK-FM on December 18, 1990.[1] On November 30, 1992, the station changed its call sign to WNBX, on December 19, 1994 to WUVR, on March 11, 1996 back to WNBX, on February 15, 1997 to WVRR, and on March 31, 1997 to the current WXXK.[4]

Until March 16, 2015, WXXK was simulcast in the Keene area on WKKN 101.9 FM.[5] It had also been simulcast in southern Vermont on WTHK at 100.7 MHz in Wilmington.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-281. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "WXXK Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/W269DI
  4. ↑ "WXXK Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ↑ "Country WXXK Hires Jim Bosh, Simulcasts on Former Rock Station WKKN". All Access. October 1, 2012. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  6. ↑ "WTHK Flips From Classic Rock To 'KIXX' Country Simulcast". All Access. January 22, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2013.


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