KXXT is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Christian radio

Christian radio

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 format. Licensed to Tolleson, Arizona

Tolleson, Arizona

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, USA, the station serves the Phoenix area. The station is currently owned by Communicom Co. of Arizona, L.P..

History

The station went on the air as KXEM on 2001-07-11. On 2004-09-07, the station changed its call sign to the current KXXT.

In January 2011, after the attempted assassination of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords

Gabrielle Giffords

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 (see 2011 Tucson shooting

2011 Tucson shooting

On January 8, 2011, a mass shooting occurred near Tucson, Arizona. Nineteen people were shot, six of them fatally, with one other person injured at the scene during an open meeting that U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords was holding with members of her constituency in a Casas Adobes Safeway...

 ), KXXT offered 30 minutes of airtime to Westboro Baptist Church

Westboro Baptist Church

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in exchange for the Church agreeing not to protest at the funeral of 9 year old Christina Green who was killed during the assassination attempt.