KYYX (97.1 FM) is a

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, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The call sign "KYYX" is pronounced as "kicks" and the station's nickname is "97 Kicks FM". iHeartMedia, Inc. also owns and operates KCJB 910,

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1390, KIZZ 93.7, KMXA-FM 99.9, and KZPR 105.3 in

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Previous KYYX stations

This radio station is not the first with the callsign KYYX. The original KYYX operated as a new wave-themed radio station in

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, in the early 1980s. A country radio station in

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, operated as KYYX from 1985 to 1987 before going off the air and changing its callsign.

References

External links

97 Kicks FM website

KYYX/KJET - Memories of two GREAT Seattle stations in the 80s
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