KYXY (96.5 FM) is a commercial

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owned by Audacy, Inc. KYXY is licensed to

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, with its studios in the city's Stonecrest area. Its

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site is in

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, on the KGTV Tower which it shares with

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and several other San Diego FM stations. KYXY airs an

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-language mainstream adult contemporary

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. KyXy 96.5 broadcasts in

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. The programming on the station's HD2 channel is ''FlashBack ALT'', airing

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music of the 1980s and 1990s. KYXY was also the San Diego

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affiliate (on HD Radio) until June 2018.

History

KYXY first

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in 1960 as KFMX. It changed its callsign to KYXY (pronounced "kick-see") in the late 1960s after being bought by Walter Nelskog, who also owned stations KIXI in

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and KYXI in Portland. The station has kept the same KYXY call letters ever since. It was an independent FM station, carrying a middle of the road music format, which was described as "Good Music." KYXY transitioned to an

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format in late 1970s and has mostly stayed with the format. However, the station has become more upbeat within the last decade in an effort to attract younger listeners. On February 2, 2017,

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announced it would merge with

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. The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was completed on November 17. In January 2018, KYXY moved out of its longtime Linda Vista studios and re-located to Stonecrest. The station most recently adopted its current slogan in January 2019.

Special programming

*As a mainstream AC station, KYXY plays all Christmas songs from mid-November until Christmas night. *In June 2009, the weekend after Michael Jackson's death, the station paid tribute to the singer by playing continuous

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and Jackson 5 hits. At one time, KYXY aired the syndicated

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's in evenings, but dropped the program as the station moved to a more upbeat direction. From 2005 to 2008, ''Love Songs with Kris Toledo'' aired Monday-Friday 7 p.m. to midnight, hosted live by Kristin Cruz. Previously, the syndicated ''Intelligence for Your Life'' with

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aired in evenings, and returned in May 2020.

HD programming

KYXY formerly broadcast ''The Crossing'', a

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format that was operated by

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, on its HD2 subchannel. The HD3 subchannel started broadcasting classic alternative in 2018, first as ''96.5 The Flash'' (in reference to former alternative station XHRM from the mid-1990s), and then as ''FlashBack ALT''. As of 2020, "The Crossing" is no longer a part of KYXY programming, which resulted in moving ''Flashback ALT'' to the HD2 and switching the HD3 off.

References

External links

* * {{Entercom YXY Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Audacy, Inc. radio stations Radio stations established in 1960 1960 establishments in California