KMXP
City | Phoenix, Arizona |
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Broadcast area | Phoenix, Arizona |
Branding | Mix 96.9 |
Slogan | Today's Best Music Mix |
Frequency |
96.9 MHz (also on HD Radio) 96.9HD2 The Music Summit |
First air date | October 1964 (as KMEO-FM) |
Format | Hot Adult Contemporary |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 475 meters |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 6361 |
Callsign meaning | K MiX Phoenix |
Former callsigns |
KEPI (1962-1964) KMEO (1964-1967) KMEO-FM (1967-1991) KPSN (1991-1994) KCHT (1994-1995) KHTC (1995-1997) KGLQ (1997-1998) |
Owner |
iHeartMedia (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
Sister stations | KESZ, KFYI, KGME, KNIX-FM, KOY, KYOT-FM, KZZP |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | mix969.com |
KMXP (Mix 96.9 FM) is a commercial hot adult contemporary music radio station in Phoenix, Arizona, owned and operated by iHeartMedia. Its studios are located in Phoenix near Sky Harbor International Airport and its transmitter is in South Mountain Park.
History
96.9 received its license as KEPI in 1962. Owned by Ward James Atkinson and sold within months to Golden Sounds, Inc., KEPI found it hard to stay on the air. In January 1964, it asked for authority to go silent for up to six months; ultimately, in the time needed to sell the station, it took nine months. When 96.9 returned to the air, it was KMEO (later with the FM suffix), broadcasting easy listening music programming as "Cameo", which it held through several different owners. In the late 1980s, the format evolved into an adult contemporary music format. In 1991, it became oldies-formatted "Sunny 97" (KPSN), which would spark a whirlwind of format and callsign changes: on November 28, 1994, it became classic hits KCHT (later KHTC)[1] (first as "96.9 K-Hits FM", then as "The New 96.9 Classic Hits"), then rebranded to KGLQ (Eagle 96.9). On September 4, 1998, at 3pm, after stunting that day with the sound of a ticking clock and liners advising listeners to listen at that time and poking fun at competing radio stations, 96.9 adopted its current format, hot adult contemporary, as KMXP “Mix 96.9”. The first song on "Mix" was New Sensation by INXS.
HD Radio
Mix 96.9's HD Radio signal is multiplexed. The main signal is a simulcast of Mix 96.9's hot adult contemporary programming. The second channel carries an adult album alternative format programmed by iHeartMedia's "Format Lab" called The Music Summit.
Former logo
References
External links
- KMXP website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for KMXP
- Radio-Locator information on KMXP
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KMXP
Coordinates: 33°20′02″N 112°03′40″W / 33.334°N 112.061°W