KIIX-FM

KIIX-FM, also known as "Kix 96.1" is a country music radio station serving the Spokane area of Washington, USA. It broadcasts at 96.1 MHz with an ERP of 60,000 watts and is licensed to Opportunity, Washington. It is owned by iHeartMedia.

KIIX-FM also broadcasts in HD, and is streaming live online and through Clear Channel's iheartradio mobile phone application.

Notable former staff

History

The station signed on the air in 1961 as KZUN-FM. The station entered the Spokane Country radio wars in 1992 as KNFR. It has also been through a couple of slogans during the 1990s, which included "K-Frog" and "Kicks" before its call letter change to KIXZ-FM and its modifying of its slogan to "Kix 96" in 2001.

On March 23, 2012, the station suddenly switched to Top 40. This caused outrage on the station's Facebook page, where the page owners responded by saying an announcement would be released on the 26th at Noon. The announcement turned out to be a move of the format to KPTQ, located at 1280 AM. The flip of KIXZ from Country to Top 40 placed the station in an already crowded current-based music field in Spokane: KZBD (Top 40), KZZU-FM (Adult Top 40), KEZE (Rhythmic), and KGZG-FM (Rhythmic) were the station's competitors. On September 20, 2013, KIXZ-FM rebranded as "Power 96.1"; on September 27, 2013, the station changed its call letters to KPXR-FM.