KFXM-LP (98.3 FM) is a

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broadcasting

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spanning the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, with more than 36,000 selections in rotation, including novelties and instrumentals. Licensed to

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, United States, the station is owned by The Organization For the Preservation & Cultivation of Radio, a nonprofit

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. The station went on the air October 4, 2004, at 96.7 FM and moved to 98.3 FM on March 1, 2017. KFXM-LP uses the "Channel 98" jingles of former (1958-68)

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top-40 station

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. The original KFXM (now

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) was a

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station at 590 kHz on the

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in the Riverside and San Bernardino, California market area from 1959 to 1985. In mid-September 2022, KFXM experienced issues with their transmitter and their operating software and began playing a loop of songs by

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and the

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. In early October, KFXM resumed normal broadcasting. Many 1980s-1990s songs were added to the playlist. On October 5, KFXM went off the air. The station's request line and business phone numbers have been disconnected.

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