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| Broadcast area | Metro Detroit andFlint |
| Frequency | 1160kHz |
| Branding | Freedom 1160 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Birach Broadcasting Corporation |
| History | |
First air date | November 15, 1985 (1985-11-15) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Formerly used onWDFN in Detroit |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 10475 |
| Class | B |
| Power |
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Transmitter coordinates | |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WCXI (1160AM) is a commercialradio station licensed toFenton, Michigan, United States, serving bothMetro Detroit and theFlint area. It is owned by theBirach Broadcasting Corporation and it airs aChristian radio format.
The transmitter is off North Maple Avenue inMilford Charter Township, Michigan.
The station signed on the air on November 15, 1985. The original call sign was WFEN. It had aMiddle of the Road (MOR) format. In its early years, it tried several other formats includingcountry,oldies,urban gospel andclassic country.
As of September 2010, WCXI has dropped its classic country format and switched back tooldies in a temporary relocation of the format of sister stationWPON 1460 AM inWalled Lake, Michigan. The station received aconstruction permit to increase its daytime power to 15,000 watts, effectively making it a suburban Detroit station. WPON went silent in October 2010 so improvements could be made to its signal with WPON's programming continuing on WCXI.
The WCXI call letters were used in Detroit from the late 1970s to the early 1990s at what is nowWDFN 1130 AM, and also in the early 1980s as WCXI-FM at 92.3 FM (nowWMXD). It has also been used at 1450 AM inJackson, Michigan. Fittingly, all stations previously using the WCXI call sign played country music.
A new transmitter site was proposed inMilford Township, Michigan to serve both WCXI and WPON.[2]
WCXI 1130 was widely known throughout Detroit's largeIndian American andSouth Asian population. It had many shows featuring Hindi and other Indian language songs in the superhit Rockin' Raaga hosted by Anu, Geetmala and Voice of Pakistan. WPON returned to the air in late 2019 and re-assumed the oldies format that had been airing on WCXI. At that time, WCXI switched to an automated mix of pop music in various languages.
On June 29, 2020 WCXI flipped to talk from Fox News Radio.
May 9, 2022 the station flipped to recordings of the preaching of radio evangelistBrother Stair, heard 24/7.
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