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| Broadcast area | Champaign-Urbana |
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| Frequency | 100.3MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | WIXY 100.3 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Subchannels | HD2: eXtra 96.9 (Mainstream rock) HD3: EZ 99.7 (Soft AC) |
| Affiliations | Motor Racing Network |
| Ownership | |
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| WLRW,WREE,WYXY | |
| History | |
First air date | June 1, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-06-01) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 58539 |
| Class | B1 |
| ERP | 13,000watts |
| HAAT | 138 meters (453 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°7′35.1″N88°17′25.2″W / 40.126417°N 88.290333°W /40.126417; -88.290333 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live Listen live (HD2) Listen live (HD3) |
| Website | wixy.com HD2:extra969.com HD3:myez997.com |
WIXY (100.3FM) is acommercialradio station broadcasting acountry musicradio format.Licensed toChampaign, Illinois, United States, the station serves theChampaign-Urbana area. The station is owned by Saga Communications under licensee Saga Communications of Illinois, LLC, and operates as part of its Illini Radio Group.[2] Theradio studios and offices are on West Bradley Avenue in Champaign.
WIXY has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 13,000watts. Thetransmitter is on County Road 1700 East at County Road 900 North inPhilo, Illinois.[3]
WIXY broadcasts usingHD radio technology.[4] It also had anFM translator, W221CK, on 92.1 MHz in Champaign. During late 2009, these ran a new "WIXY Classic" country format. In early January 2010, that format swapped with WXTT "eXtra 99.1" in Savoy; 99.1 changed itscall sign toWYXY and picked up WIXY Classic, and the 92.1 WIXY-HD2 subcarrier and 92.1 translator changed branding to "WXTT eXtra 92.1"[5] The translator for WXTT later switched to 96.9 W245DP. The active rock format is now known as "eXtra 96.9".
In May 2012, WIXY signed on an HD3digital subchannel, and began airing aTop 40/CHR format branded as "Hits 99.7" (in reference to translator W259BG (99.7 FM), which dropped its simulcast of WIXY-HD2).[6] On April 22, 2021, WIXY-HD3/W259BG changed to asoft adult contemporary format, branded as "EZ 99.7".[7]
The call letters WIXY have been used off and on in other U.S. cities, most notably inCleveland, Ohio; that station later becameWCCR. The current FM station was assigned the WIXYcall sign by the FCC on December 13, 1991. WIXY began broadcasting on June 1, 1992.[8]