KHMX
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| City | Houston, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Houston |
| Branding | Mix 96-5 |
| Slogan | "Houston's Best Variety" |
| Frequency | 96.5 (MHz) (also on HD Radio) 96.5 HD-2 "Third Rock Radio" (AAA) 96.5 HD-3 "The Wave" (Smooth Jazz) |
| First air date | February 1, 1948 (as KXYZ-FM) |
| Format | Hot Adult Contemporary |
| Language(s) | English |
| Audience share | 2.7  (February 2017, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 97,000 watts |
| HAAT | 585 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 47749 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 29°34′34″N 95°30′36″W / 29.57611°N 95.51000°W |
| Callsign meaning | K Houston's MiX 96-5 (slogan) |
| Former callsigns | KXYZ-FM (1948–1953; 1961–1971) KAUM (1971-1980) KSRR (1980–1986) KKHT (1986–1989) KNRJ (1989–1990) |
| Owner |
CBS Radio (sale to Entercom pending) (CBS Radio Stations Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KIKK, KILT, KILT-FM, KKHH, KLOL |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | mix965houston.com |
KHMX (96.5 MHz "Mix 96.5") is a commercial FM radio station in Houston, Texas. It is owned by CBS Radio and it airs a Hot AC/Adult Top 40 radio format. Its studios and offices are in Greenway Plaza and its transmitter is located off Farm to Market Road 2234 and Fort Bend Parkway in Missouri City, Texas.
KXYZ-FM first signed on February 1, 1948. It would stay on the air for 5 1/2 years before being silent for about eight years.[2] As typical of FM radio stations in the mid-20th century, the FM station usually was a simulcast of its AM parent. During the 1960s, it simulcasted its AM parent KXYZ, which played beautiful music. In the late 1960s, the format changed to automated progressive rock, branded as "Love 96 1/2 FM". "Love" was formulated by then-owner ABC Radio, and was syndicated to other sister stations around the country, including WABC-FM in New York City, KABC-FM in Los Angeles, WLS-FM in Chicago, KGO-FM in San Francisco, WXYZ-FM in Detroit and WDVE in Pittsburgh, with the calls changing to KAUM in January 1971.[3] When the "Love" format ceased later in 1971, KXYZ-FM continued in the progressive rock format, but with a local focus, and changed monikers to "KAUM 96 1/2". In the late 1970s, KAUM had drifted to a more generic Top 40 format to compete against KRBE and the long established AM top 40 leader, KILT (AM).
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