WKXI-FM (107.5
MHz
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, "Kixie 107") is an
urban adult contemporary
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music formatted
radio station
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licensed to
Magee, Mississippi and serving
Jackson
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. The station is owned by
Alpha Media
Alpha Media LLC is a radio broadcasting company based in Portland, Oregon, and led by Bob Proffitt. The group does business under the Alpha Media name.
It was formed from the merger of Alpha Broadcasting, L&L Broadcasting, and Main Line Broadc ...
, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. Along with five other sister stations, its studios are located in
Ridgeland, a suburb of Jackson, while the transmitter tower is south of
Pelahatchie.
History
The Southeast Mississippi Broadcasting Company, which owned
WSJC (810 AM) in Magee, received a construction permit on December 15, 1966, for an FM station to serve the same town.
[ ( Guide to reading History Cards)] By 1968, construction was underway, including on an auxiliary studio for both stations in
Mendenhall. The station did not sign on until April 12, 1970; it aired a variety of musical formats and simulcast the AM during the early morning hours.
In 1987, CSB Communications acquired the WSJC stations for $2.2 million. The FM station increased its presence in Jackson by flipping to adult contemporary as WMJW "Majic 107". The format lasted until 1991, when CSB leased the station to Opus Media, which changed the FM to a simulcast of its
WKXI and its "soft soul" format; all 16 WMJW employees were laid off.
References
External links
WKXI-FM official website*
KXI-FM
Urban adult contemporary radio stations in the United States
Alpha Media radio stations
Simpson County, Mississippi
Radio stations in the Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi
1970 establishments in Mississippi
Radio stations established in 1970
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