City Minot, North Dakota Frequency 97.1 FM (MHz) Format Commercial; Country | Branding 97 Kicks FM First air date 1966 | |
Slogan Minot's Hot New Country | ||
KYYX (97.1 FM) is a country music radio station in Minot, North Dakota, owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. The call sign "KYYX" is pronounced as "kicks" and the station's nickname is "97 Kicks FM".
iHeartMedia, Inc. also owns and operates KCJB 910 (Classic Country/Talk), KRRZ 1390 (Classic Hits/Talk), KIZZ 93.7 (Top 40), KMXA-FM 99.9 (AC), and KZPR 105.3 (Active Rock) in Minot.
Previous KYYX stations
This radio station is not the first with the call letters KYYX. The original KYYX operated as a new wave-themed radio station in Seattle, Washington in the early 1980s. A country radio station in Las Vegas, Nevada, operated as KYYX from 1985 to 1987 before going off the air and changing its call letters.
References
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