WGKX

WGKX

City of license	Memphis, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Memphis metropolitan area
Branding	Kix 106
Slogan	"Today's Best Country"
Frequency	105.9 MHz
First air date	1968 (as WHBQ-FM)
Format	Country
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	302.6 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	35009
Former callsigns	WHBQ-FM (1968-1973) WEZI (1973-1983)
Owner	Cumulus Media
Sister stations	WKIM, WRBO, WXMX
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	kix106.com

WGKX (105.9 FM, "Kix 106") is a country music formatted radio station in Memphis, Tennessee. It is owned by Cumulus Media. The station's studios are located at the Memphis Radio Group building in East Memphis, and the transmitter site is in Cordova, Tennessee.

History

The station began in 1968 as WHBQ-FM, sister to WHBQ (AM) 560 AM and WHBQ-TV, Channel 13. It was originally owned by RKO, up until 1972, when it was sold to new owners who flipped the station to easy listening music and adopted the WEZI calls on January 12, 1973. By 1983, after several ownership changes, the station became owned by Barnstable Broadcasting, which adopted the current call letters, format and the name KIX 106. Citadel Broadcasting bought the station and three others from Barnstable in 2004.

Duane Shannon and Abby Summers, known as Duane and Abby, previously on WOGT Chattanooga, replaced Brian Elder and Jay Young in the morning late in 2010. Duane and Abby are one of the few married morning teams.^[1] Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.^[2]

References

External links

• Query the FCC's FM station database for WGKX
• Radio-Locator information on WGKX
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WGKX

Coordinates: 35°09′18″N 89°49′19″W / 35.155°N 89.822°W / 35.155; -89.822