KDXU-FM (106.1
FM) is a radio station broadcasting a
news/talk
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format, in simulcast with
KDXU (890 AM). Licensed to
Colorado City, Arizona, United States, the station is owned by
Townsquare Media
Townsquare Media, Inc. (formerly Regent Communications until 2010) is an American radio network and media company based in Purchase, New York. The company started in radio and expanded into digital media toward the end of the 2000s, starting wit ...
.
History
The station was assigned the
call sign
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KCCA on May 31, 1991. On April 25, 2001, the station changed its call sign to KZNZ, on February 18, 2003, to KMXM, and on September 20, 2006, to KXFF.
As of March 30, 2012, the station dropped its
oldies
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Since 2 ...
format to become a simulcast of sister station
KHKR, an
ESPN Radio
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affiliate.
On January 1, 2017, KXFF changed their format from
classic country to
adult hits, branded as "101.9 & 99.1 Dave FM". On December 5, 2022, it was announced that KXFF changed its format from adult hits to
sports
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, branded as "Fox Sports Radio Utah".
The call sign was changed to KDXU-FM on November 20, 2024;
the following month, the station began simulcasting the news/talk format of
KDXU. Sports programming continues to be carried on KDXU-FM's
HD Radio
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subchannels and on
translator stations, with KDXU-FM HD2 and 97.7 K249EQ carrying the ESPN Radio programming formerly heard on KHKR (which concurrently shut down), and KDXU-FM HD3 and 101.9 K270BV continuing KXFF's previous Fox Sports Radio programming.
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Radio stations established in 1992
1992 establishments in Arizona
News and talk radio stations in the United States
Townsquare Media radio stations
Mass media in Mohave County, Arizona