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| Broadcast area | Minot, North Dakota |
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| Frequency | 97.1MHz |
| Branding | 97 KICKS |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
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| KCJB,KIZZ,KMXA-FM,KRRZ,KZPR | |
| History | |
First air date | 1966; 60 years ago (1966) |
Former call signs | |
Call sign meaning | Pronounced as "kicks" |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 55680 |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 95,000watts |
| HAAT | 300 meters (980 ft) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 97kicksfm.iheart.com |
KYYX (97.1FM) is acountry musicradio station inMinot, North Dakota, owned byiHeartMedia, Inc. The call sign "KYYX" is pronounced as "kicks" and the station's nickname is "97 Kicks FM".
iHeartMedia, Inc. also owns and operatesKCJB 910,KRRZ 1390,KIZZ 93.7,KMXA-FM 99.9, andKZPR 105.3 inMinot.
KYYX first signed on the air in 1966.[4] The station is currently owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., through its licensee iHM Licenses, LLC, and is part of the company's cluster of stations serving the Minot market.[5] In 2007, KYYX was included in the proposed sale of 185 Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia) radio stations to GoodRadio, LLC. The deal was ultimately terminated due to financing issues, resulting in KYYX remaining under iHeartMedia ownership.
This radio station is not the first with the callsign KYYX. The originalKYYX operated as anew wave-themed radio station inSeattle, Washington, in the early 1980s. A country radio station inLas Vegas, Nevada, operated asKYYX from 1985 to 1987 before going off the air and changing its callsign.[6]
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48°03′04″N101°20′31″W / 48.051°N 101.342°W /48.051; -101.342
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