KRIX (105.5 FM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format in

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. The station is owned by Eduardo S. Gallegos. It's an affiliate of the syndicated

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History

After obtaining a construction permit in 2016, KLME came to air in April 2019, filing for a license to cover. The station initially broadcast a

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music format as "La Mexicana". The call letters were changed to KRIX on March 4, 2020; this call sign had previously been used at 99.5 FM throughout the 1980s. On April 13, 2020, Gallegos relaunched KRIX as "105.5 Rocket", a classic rock outlet. It was the first classic rock station to launch on the same day in the market alongside a flip of

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which is more mainstream, but later decided to follow the Classic Rock format.

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* RIX Radio stations established in 2019 2019 establishments in Texas Classic rock radio stations in the United States {{Texas-radio-station-stub