KXNM is a non-commercial
community radio station licensed to
Encino, New Mexico and serving mainly
Torrance County and other communities in Central New Mexico known as the Estancia Valley. KXNM's studios are located in the town of
McIntosh, New Mexico.
The station broadcasts an 18,000 watt signal at 88.7 MHz.
KXNM previously featured an extraordinarily eclectic music format comprising several genres including
adult contemporary
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,
country
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,
smooth jazz
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,
classical and
oldies
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Since 2 ...
, among others. KXNM also provided community information concerning the local areas not frequently mentioned on near-by Albuquerque area stations.
On August 8, 2022, KXNM announced on their Facebook page that the local format had come to an end and Albuquerque public radio station KANW would take over the operations and programming of KXNM. Currently the station is re-broadcasting KANW.
KXNM Facebook post
References
External links
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{{Albuquerque Radio
Radio stations in New Mexico, XNM