WKXD-FM (106.9
MHz
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, "106.9 Kicks Country") is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
country music
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format. Licensed to
Monterey, Tennessee
Monterey is a town in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 2,850 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cookeville, Tennessee Cookeville micropolitan area, micropolitan statistical area.
History
Monterey is rooted in a sett ...
, United States, the station is currently owned by Stonecom.
History
The
Federal Communications Commission
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issued a
construction permit
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House building permits, for example, are subject to bu ...
for the station on September 10, 1985. The station was assigned the
call sign
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WMCZ on December 3, 1985, and, on January 9, 1986, changed its call sign to WRJT. The station received its
license to cover on August 2, 1989. On October 31, 1991, the station again changed its call sign to the current WKXD-FM. July 9, 2012 at 9 am WKXD flipped from hot adult contemporary to country.
Until 2012, WKXD-FM was relayed on translator station
100.9 FM in Cookeville. W265BC is now W231DG and carries the programming of
WUCT (1600 AM).
HD Radio
In July 2021, WKXD-FM began broadcasting in the
HD Radio
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format. 93.3 The Dawg began broadcasting on July 8, 2021, on the HD2 subchannel with classic hip-hop.
On October 14, 2021, WKXD-FM launched a sports format on its HD3 subchannel, branded as "Sportsradio 104.7" (simulcast on translator W284DR 104.7 FM Cookeville).
Stonecom Launches Highway 111 Country & Sports Radio 104.7
Radioinsight - October 20, 2021
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KXD-FM
Radio stations established in 1989
Country radio stations in the United States
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