WKXA-FM (100.5 FM) is a

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licensed to

Findlay, Ohio Findlay ( ) is a city in Hancock County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. The second-largest city in Northwest Ohio, Findlay lies about 40 miles (64 km) south of Toledo, Ohio, Toledo. Its population was 40,313 at the 2020 United Sta ...

, United States. The station is currently owned by Blanchard River Broadcasting Company, a division of the Findlay Publishing Company.

History

The station began as WFIN-FM and in 1975 changed to

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-formatted WHMQ. In June 1989 the call letters became WKXA''

Since the station adopted its current calls it has changed format several times, from Contemporary Hit Radio, CHR to

Hot Adult Contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

to Rock Adult Contemporary (as "Rockin' Hits 100.5") to the current classic hits sound. On Friday February 10, 2012, WKXA announced that they will be switching back to their original

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format on Tuesday February 14, 2012. Their callsign became "Your Country Now, 100.5 WKXA" WKXA is sometimes referred to on-air simply as "KXA".

References

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* Hancock County, Ohio Country radio stations in the United States KXA-FM {{Ohio-radio-station-stub