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| Broadcast area | Southwest Florida |
| Frequency | 92.9MHz |
| Branding | Kix Country |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
| Ownership | |
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| WBCG,WBTT,WCCF,WCKT,WCVU,WOLZ,WWCD,WZJZ | |
| History | |
First air date | September 1, 1970 (1970-09-01) |
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Call sign meaning | "Kix" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 28899 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 246 meters (807 ft) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | kixcountry929.iheart.com |
WIKX (92.9FM) is a commercialradio station licensed toCharlotte Harbor, Florida, and servingCharlotte County inSouthwest Florida.[2] It broadcasts acountry music format branded as "Kix Country". The station is owned byiHeartMedia with studios on Tiseo Boulevard, off Kings Highway inPort Charlotte.
WIKX is aClass C1 FM station. It has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations. The transmitter is near Redwood Road inRotonda Lakes. The signal stretches fromSarasota to the north, down toFort Myers to the south.
The station signed on the air on September 1, 1970.[3] The original call sign was WCCF-FM, the sister station toWCCF 1580 AM. WCCF-FM transmitted at 92.7 MHz and its city of license wasPunta Gorda. It broadcast at 3,000 watts, a fraction of its current output. With the low power, WCCF-FM could only be heard in Punta Gorda and nearby communities.
At first, WCCF-FM simulcast the same programming as WCCF 1580 AM. But after a few years, it had its own format. It was automated and playedbeautiful music, consisting of quarter-hour sweeps of soft instrumentals. In the late 1970s, the station began adding some mellow vocals to the instrumental music and made the transition toeasy listening. It changed its call letters to WQLM but was still co-owned with WCCF.[4]
The 1990s brought some big changes to WQLM. It flipped tocountry music as WIKX. It moved up the dial to 92.9 MHz, which also brought a substantial boost in power to 50,000 watts. And in 1999, WIKX and WCCF were acquired bySan Antonio-basedClear Channel Communications.[5]
In the early 2000s, WIKX doubled its power to 100,000 watts and changed its city of license to Charlotte Harbor. In 2014, Clear Channel changed its name to iHeartMedia, Inc.
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