WIXY (100.3 FM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a country music radio format. Licensed to Champaign, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Champaign-Urbana area. The station is owned by Saga Communications under licensee Saga Communications of Illinois, LLC, and operates as part of its Illini Radio Group.[2] The radio studios and offices are on West Bradley Avenue in Champaign.
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| Broadcast area | Champaign-Urbana |
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| Frequency | 100.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | WIXY 100.3 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Subchannels | HD2: eXtra 96.9 (Mainstream rock) HD3: EZ 99.7 (Soft AC) |
| Affiliations | Motor Racing Network |
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| WLRW, WREE, WYXY | |
| History | |
First air date | June 1, 1992 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 58539 |
| Class | B1 |
| ERP | 13,000 watts |
| HAAT | 138 meters (453 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°7′35.1″N 88°17′25.2″W / 40.126417°N 88.290333°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live Listen live (HD2) Listen live (HD3) |
| Website | wixy.com HD2: extra969.com HD3: myez997.com |
WIXY has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 13,000 watts. The transmitter is on County Road 1700 East at County Road 900 North in Philo, Illinois.[3]
HD Radio
editWIXY broadcasts using HD radio technology.[4] It also had an FM translator, W221CK, on 92.1 MHz in Champaign. During late 2009, these ran a new "WIXY Classic" country format. In early January 2010, that format swapped with WXTT "eXtra 99.1" in Savoy; 99.1 changed its call sign to WYXY and picked up WIXY Classic, and the 92.1 WIXY-HD2 subcarrier and 92.1 translator changed branding to "WXTT eXtra 92.1"[5] The translator for WXTT later switched to 96.9 W245DP. The active rock format is now known as "eXtra 96.9".
In May 2012, WIXY signed on an HD3 digital subchannel, and began airing a Top 40/CHR format branded as "Hits 99.7" (in reference to translator W259BG (99.7 FM), which dropped its simulcast of WIXY-HD2).[6] On April 22, 2021, WIXY-HD3/W259BG changed to a soft adult contemporary format, branded as "EZ 99.7".[7]
History
editThe call letters WIXY have been used off and on in other U.S. cities, most notably in Cleveland, Ohio; that station later became WCCR. The current FM station was assigned the WIXY call sign by the FCC on December 13, 1991. WIXY began broadcasting on June 1, 1992.[8]
See also
edit- WYXY — sister station 99.1 WIXY Classic
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WIXY". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WIXY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WIXY-FM
- ^ "Find a Station: Champaign, IL". Columbia, Maryland: iBiquity. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
- ^ Dodson, Don (2010-01-05). "99.1 FM goes country; Extra moves down to 92.1". The News-Gazette. Champaign, Illinois.
- ^ Hits 99.7 Champaign-Urbana Debuts
- ^ Saga Gets EZ In Champaign Radioinsight - April 26, 2021
- ^ "WIXY(FM)". FCCInfo. Manassas, Virginia: Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc. 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
External links
edit- Saga Communications Stations
- WIXY.com — official 100.3 analog/HD1 site
- EZ 99.7 FM — official 100.3 HD3 and 99.7 W259BG website
- Facility details for Facility ID 58539 (WIXY) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WIXY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 149358 (W245DP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W245DP at FCCdata.org
- Facility details for Facility ID 152539 (W259BG) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W259BG at FCCdata.org