WKXB (99.9 FM "Jammin' 99.9") is a

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formatted broadcast

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licensed to

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and serving the

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area.

History

WKXB launched as WPGF-FM, sister station to 1470/ WPGF. It adopted an

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

format as WVBS-FM in the early 1980s. WVBS-FM would flip to a Top 40/CHR format in the mid-late 1980s named ''"All Hit B100"''. In 1993, WVBS-FM became

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-formatted "Kix Country 99.9" with new calls WKXB. In 1999, WKXB again switched formats to Jammin' Oldies as "Jammin 99.9". WKXB more than doubled its audience and became the number one station in the market. In 2001, WKXB shifted to a more

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format. As of 2012, it has returned to Rhythmic Oldies, predominantly from the 1960s thru 1980s. In July 2004,

NextMedia Group NextMedia Group was an out-of-home media company headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. NextMedia owns and operates 33 AM and FM stations, 5,700 outdoor advertising display across several regions and markets, as well as an interactive divi ...

purchased WKXB and WSFM from Sea-Comm Inc., and WRQR, WAZO, and WMFD from Ocean Broadcasting LLC. In July 2008, Capitol Broadcasting announced its purchase of NextMedia's Wilmington stations. On March 31, 2010, WKXB reduced its power output from 100,000 watts to 35,000 watts in a transmitter and city of license move from Burgaw, North Carolina to

to allow a signal boost by co-owned and co-channeled

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in the

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market.

HD Signal

In June 2018, WKXB launched "95.9 The Breeze" on its HD2 signal, as well as on translator W240AS 95.9 FM Wilmington, which had been used by WMFD. The

soft adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet sto ...

format included

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, Elton John, Billy Joel,

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, Phil Collins,

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, and Lionel Richie.

References

External links

Station website
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