KWFB (FM)
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KWFB is a radio station
licensed to Holliday, Texas
, USA, the station serves the Wichita Falls area. The station is currently owned by Kixc-FM L.L.C.
KWFB programs are relayed to the Lawton, OK area on FM translator station K288FQ
http://recnet.com/cdbs/fmq.php?facid=&call=k288Fq&ccode=1&latd=&lond=&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&party=&party_type=LICEN&jaws=0
The studios are located in a downtown Wichita Falls bank building (FCC rules permit stations to locate studios within certain signal contours or twenty five miles whichever is larger) in a building referred to as "Big Blue". Studios are in Suite 1009 which corresponds to the station's 100.9mhz operating frequency.
KWFB acts as originating station and broadcasts most all of the games of Midwestern State University
http://msumustangs.athleticsite.com/sport.asp?sportID=2
in Fall of 1981. The station operated in Quanah as a class A station (3,000 watts max, later 6,000 watts). On 1984-07-02, the station changed its call sign to KQTX and on 1986-07-18 to KIXC-FM. In 2000 the station was sold to KIXC-FM LLC, a limited liability company owned by the Johnson family of Houston, Texas and the Mortons of Missouri City, Texas. The station changed formats to Oldies and changed classes to C2 (50,000 watts at 500 feet) from a new site between Quanah and Vernon, Texas.
In 2008 the station changed to class C3 at a new site near the Wichita Falls city limits. In late 2008 control of KIXC-FM passed from the Johnson family to Falls Radio LLC owned by Dan Balla and David Stewart.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Holliday, Texas
Holliday, Texas
Holliday is a city in Archer County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Wichita Falls, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,632 at the 2000 census...
, USA, the station serves the Wichita Falls area. The station is currently owned by Kixc-FM L.L.C.
KWFB programs are relayed to the Lawton, OK area on FM translator station K288FQ
http://recnet.com/cdbs/fmq.php?facid=&call=k288Fq&ccode=1&latd=&lond=&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&party=&party_type=LICEN&jaws=0
The studios are located in a downtown Wichita Falls bank building (FCC rules permit stations to locate studios within certain signal contours or twenty five miles whichever is larger) in a building referred to as "Big Blue". Studios are in Suite 1009 which corresponds to the station's 100.9mhz operating frequency.
KWFB acts as originating station and broadcasts most all of the games of Midwestern State University
Midwestern State University
Midwestern State University is a public liberal arts college in Wichita Falls, Texas, and a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges...
http://msumustangs.athleticsite.com/sport.asp?sportID=2
History
The station began as KIXC-FM in Quanah, TexasQuanah, Texas
Quanah is a city in and the county seat of Hardeman County, Texas, United States, northwest of Fort Worth, and a few miles from the Oklahoma-Texas state line...
in Fall of 1981. The station operated in Quanah as a class A station (3,000 watts max, later 6,000 watts). On 1984-07-02, the station changed its call sign to KQTX and on 1986-07-18 to KIXC-FM. In 2000 the station was sold to KIXC-FM LLC, a limited liability company owned by the Johnson family of Houston, Texas and the Mortons of Missouri City, Texas. The station changed formats to Oldies and changed classes to C2 (50,000 watts at 500 feet) from a new site between Quanah and Vernon, Texas.
In 2008 the station changed to class C3 at a new site near the Wichita Falls city limits. In late 2008 control of KIXC-FM passed from the Johnson family to Falls Radio LLC owned by Dan Balla and David Stewart.