WIXO

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WIXO (105.7 The X) is an FM radio station on 105.7MHz in Peoria, Illinois. It is owned by Regent Broadcasting, which also owns several other radio stations in the market. Originally on 99.9 MHz before 2006, it moved to 105.7, a much higher-power license that reaches a large portion of Central Illinois.

The name is based on several factors, one being the frequency (105.7) and the other being the fact that it recently relocated from 99.9 having been under the name 99X, and the "X" in the name had become an inherent part of the station. The "X" in the previous name had come from the call letters WIXO. The actual reason, however, that they moved the station to 105.7 was due to the fact that this frequency was one of the larger ones in the Peoria radio market.^{[citation needed]} The station features the active rock music format. Also, on the original frequency, the slogan 99X Rocks! had been used and appeared on the station logo, and the phrase became commonly used as the station name. Thus, the new frequency uses the phrase 105.7 The X Rocks!, which can also be seen on the new logo.

Contents 1 Previous Location 2 WIXO, New Orleans 3 Jocks 4 Schedule 4.1 Weekdays 5 Radio Data System (RDS) 6 External links

[edit] Previous Location

The station was previously broadcast on the frequency 99.9 under the name 99X, with the call letters of WIXO. It also featured the active rock music format, as well as the same schedule and jocks that it does now. In fact, the only difference between it then and now is the name, frequency, and bits in between songs where the announcer states things about the station and upcoming events the station is sponsoring or taking part of. As of now, the old phone numbers are still being used. The move was due mostly in part to requests made by several listeners on the website that they wanted the station to be bigger. At the old frequency, the station could be heard only in parts of central Illinois. However, it can now be heard in an area around three times larger than it originally could.

[edit] WIXO, New Orleans

WIXO previously served as the call letters of a short-lived top 40 FM station in New Orleans, Louisiana, with the frequency 98.5 ("98.5 - a little cooler than normal"). It began life as WWOM-FM (companion to WWOM (AM)); in 1972, a new owner decided to convert the FM station into top 40, and WIXO was born. In 1974, (future) R&B station WYLD (FM) replaced its dial position, where it remains to this day.

[edit] Jocks

• Matt Bahan
• Joe (aka "The Local Anesthetic Guy")
• Anna Kinkade
• Kev the Flyin' Hawaiian

[edit] Schedule

[edit] Weekdays

Start	End	Programming
7:00 am	10:00 am	The Morning X with Matt Bahan
10:00 am	12:00 pm	Joe
12:00 pm	1:00 pm	Nineties Nooner with Joe
1:00 pm	3:00 pm	Joe
3:00 pm	5:00 pm	Anna Kinkade
5:00 pm	6:00 pm	5 o'clock Freak Out with Anna Kinkade
6:00 pm	7:00 pm	Anna Kinkade
7:00 pm	7:25 pm	Mandatory Metallica with Kev the Flyin' Hawaiian
7:25 pm	12:00 am	Kev the Flyin' Hawaiian

[edit] Radio Data System (RDS)

WIXO uses the Radio Data System (RDS), which will show the following information on radios capable of receiving RDS information.

• Program Service (PS): 1057theX
• Dynamic Program Service (DPS): ARTIST | Title
• Radio Text (RT): Now Playing Title by ARTIST

[edit] External links

• WIXO official website
• JD the DJ--Airchecks - includes ultra-rare airchecks from New Orleans' WIXO.