KIXA (106.5 FM) is a commercial

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, broadcasting to the

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area. KIXA airs a

classic rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...

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branded as 106.5 The Fox. It was operated as "KIX 106", a country music station, from 1992 until 1997. The first format change in 1998 was made to "Rock 106", where the station played a mix of

from the 1960s and

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

from the 1990s. The station was also simulcast on

KIXW-FM KIXW-FM is a commercial radio station in Lenwood, California, broadcasting to the eastern section of the Victor Valley area on 107.3 FM. It is simulcast on KIXF 101.5 FM in Baker, California. The stations share a Country format. The stations ar ...

and KIXF-FM to cover Victor Valley, Barstow and Baker. When Rock 106.5 was shut down in 2002, Clear Channel sold off the repeater stations to Westwood One (who later sold the stations to Heftel Broadcasting, the current owners of KIXW-FM), and relaunched KIXA-FM as a classic rock station. Since 2002, KIXA has aired a

music format branded as "The Fox", removing alternative and modern hard rock acts from its catalog. After Clear Channel sold the station to El Dorado Broadcasters in 2006 (after the company went private), the station updated its classic rock presentation in the late 2000s to include music from the 1960s to the early 1990s, while still excluding alternative rock and modern hard rock. The station performs older hard rock,

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, and arena rock acts from that period only.

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