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| city = [[Millersville, Pennsylvania]]
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| branding = ''The Ville''
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| former_callsigns = WMSR (AM)
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==History==
The [[Federal Communications Commission]] granted Millersville State College a construction permit for a new [[List of North American broadcast station classes#Station class description|Class D]] 10 watt [[FM broadcasting|FM]] [[radio station]] on October 5, 1976.<ref name="historycards"/> The station's studios were to be located in the Student Memorial Center and the transmitter was to be located on top of the Ganser Library Building.<ref name="historycards"/> The station was assigned the
On November 14, 1980, the FCC granted the college a construction permit to increase the station's [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) to 129 watts.<ref name="historycards"/> On March 12, 1982, the FCC granted a new license with the updated facilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=32640 |title=LICENSE TO COVER |date=March 12, 1982 |website=fcc.gov |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=2019-01-11}}</ref>
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During the Spring 2012 semester, Station Advisor Dr. Ralph "Doc Roc" Anttonen announced his intentions to retire from the University following the Fall 2012 semester, ending his advisement of the station after 37 years.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Anttonen|first=Ralph|title=50 Years of Organized Chaos: A WIXQ Memoir...|year=2018|pages=37}}</ref> In December 2012, Assistant Professor Dr. Lowery Woodall was named new Station Advisor of WIXQ.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Weber|first=Kara|date=February 20, 2013|title=As one door closes another one opens for Millersville's WIXQ|url=http://thesnapper.millersville.edu/index.php/2013/02/20/as-one-door-closes-another-one-opens-for-millersvilles-wixq/|website=The Snapper}}</ref>
On October 13, 2018, WIXQ celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the station, along with its previous history as WMSR (AM) during Millersville University's homecoming weekend.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/revieweditor/docs/2018_spring_summer_millersville_uni |title=Millersville University Review Spring/Summer 2018 |date=July 10, 2018 |website=issuu.com |publisher=[[Millersville University of Pennsylvania]] |access-date=2020-11-24}}</ref> The Anniversary was celebrated with a reunion in the University's Student Memorial Center, the release of
On September 17, 2019, WIXQ held its first
At the end of the Spring 2022 semester, Lowery Woodall announced his resignation as advisor for WIXQ.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thesnapper.millersville.edu/index.php/2022/10/12/the-snapshot-wixq-searches-for-faculty-advisor/ | title=The Snapshot: WIXQ searches for faculty advisor | date=12 October 2022 }}</ref> Music Business professor Dr. Dain Estes would be named Station Advisor that Fall.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CONTACT |url=https://www.917theville.com/contact-1 |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=wixq |language=en}}</ref>
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==Signal note==
WIXQ is short-spaced to [[WRTI#
==References==
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