WIXY

This article is about the radio station in Champaign, Illinois. For the Cleveland, Ohio radio station during the late 1960s, see WCCR (AM).

WIXY

City	Champaign, Illinois
Broadcast area	Champaign-Urbana
Branding	WIXY 100.3 FM
Slogan	Today's Country Favorites
Frequency	100.3 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	92.1 W221CK (Champaign, relays HD2) 99.7 W259BG (Champaign, relays HD3)
First air date	1991 (1991)
Format	Country music HD2: Active Rock "Extra 92.1" HD3: Top 40/CHR "Hits 99.7"
Audience share	14.8 (Fa'04, R&R^[1])
ERP	13,000 watts
HAAT	138 meters (453 ft)
Class	B1
Facility ID	58539
Transmitter coordinates	40°7′35.1″N 88°17′25.2″W / 40.126417°N 88.290333°W / 40.126417; -88.290333Coordinates: 40°7′35.1″N 88°17′25.2″W / 40.126417°N 88.290333°W / 40.126417; -88.290333
Affiliations	Motor Racing Network
Owner	Saga Communications (Saga Communications of Illinois, LLC)
Sister stations	WLRW/W250BL, WREE, WYXY
Website	wixy.com extra921.com (HD2) hits997.com (HD3)

WIXY (100.3 MHz FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Champaign, Illinois, USA, the station serves the Champaign-Urbana area. The station is currently owned by Saga Communications of Illinois, LLC and features programming from CNN Radio and Motor Racing Network.^[2]

eXtra program format

The station has an HD radio subcarrier,^[3] and also has an analog broadcast translator, W221CK, on 92.1 at 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 its call sign to WYXY and picked up WIXY Classic, and the 92.1 WIXY-HD2 subcarrier and 92.1 translator changed branding to "WXTT eXtra 92.1"^[4]

History

The call letters WIXY have been used off and on in other U.S. cities, most notably in Cleveland, Ohio; that station later became WCCR. The current station received WIXY as its first call sign on 13 December 1991.^[5]

References

↑ "Champaign Market Ratings". Radio & Records.
↑ "WIXY Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Find a Station: Champaign, IL". Columbia, Maryland: iBiquity. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
↑ Dodson, Don (2010-01-05). "99.1 FM goes country; Extra moves down to 92.1". The News-Gazette. Champaign, Illinois.
↑ "WIXY(FM)". FCCInfo. Manassas, Virginia: Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc. 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2009-01-13.

External links

WIXY.com — official 100.3 analog/HD1 site
eXtra 92.1 FM — official 100.3 HD2 and 92.1 W221CK website
Hits 99.7 FM — official 100.3 HD3 and 99.7 W259BG website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WIXY

Radio-Locator information on WIXY

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Query the FCC's FM station database for W221CK
Radio-Locator information on W221CK
Query the FCC's FM station database for W259BG
Radio-Locator information on W259BG

Radio stations in the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois market

By AM frequency	580 1400 1460 1580

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.3 90.1 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.5 94.5 95.3 95.7 96.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 99.1 99.7 100.3 101.1 102.1 102.5 103.3 (CP) 103.9 104.5 104.9 105.5 105.9 107.1 107.9

By callsign	W202CF WBCP WBGL WCZQ WDNL WDWS WEFT WGKC WGNJ WGNN (+W280DE) WHMS-FM WILL WILL-FM (+W266AF) WIXY (+W211CK +W259BG) WJEK WKIO WKJR WKZS WLHF-LP WLRW WPCD WPGU WPXN WQQB WREE WRFU-LP WSJK WWHP WYXY

Nearby radio markets Bloomington Chicago Decatur Kankakee Lafayette Springfield Terre Haute See also List of radio stations in Illinois

Country radio stations in the state of Illinois

By AM frequency	750 920 980 1060 1230 1240 1290 1330 1440 1490 1520 1530 1540 1580

By FM frequency	92.1 92.3 92.7 92.9 93.7 93.7 94.1 94.3 94.3 94.9 95.1 95.3 95.5 95.7 95.9 96.3 96.5 97.3 97.3 97.5 97.7 98.3 98.3 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 99.5 99.9 100.1 100.3 100.3 100.5 100.9 101.3 101.7 101.7 101.9 102.1 102.1 102.3 102.3 102.3 102.5 102.7 103.7 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.9 105.5 105.9 105.9 106.1 106.5 107.3 107.7 107.9

By callsign	KSD (FM) – St. Louis, Missouri KSGM – Chester WAAG – Galesburg WALS – Oglesby WBBA-FM – Pittsfield WBWN – Le Roy WCCI – Savanna WCCQ – Crest Hill Canton WCOY – Quincy WCRC – Effingham WDDD-FM – Johnston City WDQN – Du Quoin WDUK – Havana WDZQ – Decatur WEBG – Chicago WEBQ – Harrisburg WFMB-FM – Springfield WFPS – Freeport WFYR – Elmwood WGEL – Greenville WGKC – Mahomet WGLC-FM – Mendota WHCO – Sparta WHET – West Frankfort WHPO – Hoopeston WIBH – Anna WIBL – Fairbury WIBV – Mount Vernon WIL-FM – St. Louis, Missouri WIRL – Peoria WIXY – Champaign WJBC-FM – Pontiac WJRE – Galva WJVO – South Jacksonville WKJT – Teutopolis WKRO – Cairo WLCN – Atlanta WLFZ – Springfield WLIQ – Quincy WLLR-FM – Davenport, Iowa WLUV – Loves Park WLWF – Marseilles WMCI – Neoga WMCL – McLeansboro WMIX-FM – Mount Vernon WMKR – Pana WMOK – Metropolis WNLF - Macomb WOKZ – Fairfield WOOZ-FM – Harrisburg WRAM – Monmouth WRCV – Dixon WRIK – Brookport WRMJ – Aledo WRMS-FM – Beardstown WRUL – Carmi WRTB – Winnebago WRVY-FM – Henry WSEI – Olney WSMI – Litchfield WSMI-FM – Litchfield WSVZ – Tower Hill WUSN – Chicago WUSW - Taylorville WXCL – Pekin WXNU – Saint Anne WXXQ – Freeport WYOT – Rochelle WYUR – Gilman WYXY – Savoy WZUS – Macon WZZT – Morrison

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Illinois

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WIXY

eXtra program format

History

See also

References

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