Broadcast area Champaign-Urbana First air date 1991 (1991) City of license Champaign Owner Saga Communications | Branding WIXY 100.3 FM Audience share 14.8 (Fa'04, R&R) Frequency 100.3 MHz Slogan Today's Country Favorites | |
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Translator(s) 92.1 W221CK (Champaign, relays HD2)99.7 W259BG (Champaign, relays HD3) Area Champaign-Urbana Metropolitan Statistical Area | ||
WIXY (100.3 MHz FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Champaign, Illinois, United States, 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.
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eXtra program format
The station has an HD radio subcarrier, 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"
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.