KIXT (106.7 FM, "The Eagle") is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

broadcasting a

classic rock Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on comm ...

format. Licensed to Hewitt, Texas, United States, the station serves the

Waco metropolitan area The Waco metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of McLennan, Falls and Bosque counties in Central Texas, anchored by the city of Waco. As of the 1 April 2020 census (which includes a ...

. The station is owned by Prophecy Media Group, LLC. Its studios are located in Waco, and its

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is located north of Bruceville-Eddy, Texas.

History

The station

signed on A sign-on (or start-up in Commonwealth countries except Canada) is the beginning of operations for a radio broadcasting, radio or television station, generally at the start of each day. It is the opposite of a sign-off (or closedown in Commonw ...

in 2010 as variety hits "Doc FM" KDRW (a nod to Waco being the birthplace of

Dr Pepper Dr Pepper is a carbonated soft drink. Dr Pepper was created in the 1880s by the American pharmacist Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas, and was first nationally marketed in the United States in 1904. It is manufactured by Keurig Dr Pepper in t ...

). It switched to

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

"Kix 106.7" KIXT in February 2012. The country format was relaunched as "106-7 The Bull" in 2014. Another relaunch of the station happened on April 3, 2017 as a

station called "The Eagle."KIXT Flips to Classic Rock
Radioinsight - April 3, 2017

References

External links

IXT Classic rock radio stations in the United States {{Texas-radio-station-stub