WIXX

WIXX (101.1 FM) is a Top 40/CHR radio station licensed to and serving Green Bay, Wisconsin, along with Appleton, Oshkosh, and much of Northeast Wisconsin. The station is owned and operated by Wausau, Wisconsin-based Midwest Communications, and is part of a Midwest-owned cluster of 8 stations in the market. WIXX broadcasts from studios located on Bellevue Street in the Green Bay suburb of Bellevue, and transmits from a tower on Scray Hill in the Brown County town of Ledgeview, sharing a site with WBAY-TV, WPNE-TV, and WPNE-FM. WIXX's main competition comes from WKSZ/WKZY, a Top 40 (CHR) simulcast broadcasting to the same area.

WIXX
Broadcast areaGreen Bay-Appleton-Oshkosh
Frequency101.1 MHz
Branding101 WIXX
Programming
FormatTop 40/CHR
AffiliationsPackers Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
WDKF, WGEE, WNCY-FM, WNFL, WTAQ-AM/FM, WYDR
History
First air date
August 13, 1947 (as WJPG-FM)
Former call signs
WJPG-FM (August 13, 1947-1954)
WBAY-FM (1960-1975)
Call sign meaning
Intended to be a visual pun on "gee whiz" in combination with sister station WGEE; with the intended calls of WIZZ already assigned, the next available 4-letter calls were taken
Technical information
Facility ID42087
ClassC
ERP96,000 watts
HAAT329 meters (1,079 ft)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.wixx.com
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