WYXY

This article is about 99.1 at Savoy, Illinois. For 107.1 in Indiana from 2001–2005, see WJPS.
WYXY
City of license Savoy, Illinois
Broadcast area Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Branding WIXY Classic 99.1
Slogan The Region's Ag Force
Frequency 99.1 MHz
First air date 1970
Format Classic Country
Language(s) English
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 152 meters (499 ft)
Class B
Facility ID 28195
Transmitter coordinates 40°08′53.1″N 87°46′21.1″W / 40.148083°N 87.772528°WCoordinates: 40°08′53.1″N 87°46′21.1″W / 40.148083°N 87.772528°W (NAD83)
Callsign meaning from sister country station WIXY
Former callsigns WXTT (2004–2010)
WXLS (September 2003–July 2004)
WIAI (?–2003)
Former frequencies (Broadcast translators)
W256BN (November–December 2009)
W250AT (2004–2009)
Owner Saga Communications
(Saga Communications of Illinois, Inc.)
Sister stations WIXY/W221CK, WLRW/W250BL, WREE
Website wyxyclassic.com

WYXY is a radio station licensed for Savoy, Illinois on 99.1 MHz and owned by Saga Communications' Illini Radio Group.

WYXY formerly had the callsigns WIAI then WXLS. It was sold from IAI Broadcasting to Saga Communications in 2004 and changed its callsign to WXTT. During that time, the station was known on-air (popularly) as Extra 99.1. In early January 2010, the WXTT format was moved to 100.3 WIXY-HD2 and its analog translator 92.1 W221CK in Champaign and the "WIXY Classic" format that was being tested on those stations was moved to 99.1.[1] On 9 January 2010 99.1 changed its callsign to WYXY.

WYXY had an associated broadcast translator, 99.7 W259BG Champaign, Illinois, which was W256BN until 9 December 2009, and before that was W250AT since 8 July 2004.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Dodson, Don (2010-01-05). "99.1 FM goes country; Extra moves down to 92.1". The News-Gazette (Champaign, Illinois).
  2. ↑ "W259BG(FX)". FCCInfo. Manassas, Virginia: Cavell, Mertz & Associates, Inc. 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2009-01-13.

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