City | Green Bay, Wisconsin |
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Broadcast area | Green Bay-Appleton-Oshkosh |
Branding | 101 WIXX |
Slogan | Your #1 Hit Music Station |
Frequency | 101.1 MHz |
First air date | August 13, 1947 (as WJPG-FM) |
Format | Top 40 (CHR) |
ERP | 96,000 watts |
HAAT | 329 meters |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 42087 |
Callsign meaning | Midwest communications originally intended to have the callsign be "WIZZ" as in "GEE-WIZZ" when combined with the sister AM radio station's callsign "WGEE." |
Former callsigns | WJPG-FM (August 13, 1947-1954) WBAY-FM (1960-1975) |
Affiliations | Packers Radio Network |
Owner | Duey E. Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.) |
Sister stations | WDKF, WGEE, WNCY-FM, WNFL, WTAQ, WYDR |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | wixx.com |
WIXX (101.1 FM) is a Top 40 (CHR) formatted radio station licensed to Green Bay, Wisconsin, that serves the Green Bay and Appleton-Oshkosh areas. WIXX's main competition is WKSZ. WIXX also broadcasts Green Bay Packers football games through the Packers Radio Network.
WIXX is owned and operated by Wausau, Wisconsin-based Midwest Communications, which owns six other radio stations in Northeast Wisconsin. The station's studios are located on Bellevue Street in the Green Bay suburb of Bellevue, while its transmitter is located in the town of Ledgeview, on Scray's Hill, at a shared site with WBAY-TV, WPNE-TV, and WPNE.
WIXX was named the 2007 Station of the Year in the CHR/Top 40 category for market size 101 at the national Radio & Records convention.
Midwest Communications also voicetracks several WIXX personalities on WTBX-FM in Hibbing, Minnesota, KDKE in Duluth, Minnesota, and WXER Sheboygan. WTBX and WXER air Hot AC formats, while KDKE is country.