KIXI
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KIXI is an AM station operating out of Seattle, Washington with a frequency of 880 kHz. It operates 24 hours a day with a daytime power of 50,000 watts and a nighttime power of 10,000 watts.
Format
KIXI features nostalgic music, such as big band and musical standards.KIXI remains one of the few AM radio stations that continues to successfully program music on the AM band. It also enjoys some of the highest ratings of any "Nostalgia" formatted station in the US. On June 1st, 2006 KIXI started to carry the nationally syndicated format "Music Of Your Life" from Jones Radio Networks.
The station was the first AM station in Seattle to transmit its signal in "IBOC" digital radio during a joint demonstration with Harris Corporation and iBiquity, the licensee of the new digital AM transmission method. KIXI can also be heard in high definition radio on 106.9 FM HD2.
History
KIXI was founded in the late 1950's by local broadcaster Wally Nelskog. It's currently operated by family-owned Sandusky Radio along with sister Seattle stations KQMV-FM, KRWM-FM, KWJZ-FM and KKNW-AM.Until the early 1980s, KIXI operated on 910 kHz with 1,000 watts of power.
Radio Ratings
The following table shows the AQH Share information from Arbitron Ratings data.AQH is an abbrieviation for Average Quarter-Hour Persons (AQH Persons). The average number of persons listening to a particular station for at least five minutes during a 15-minute period.
Share is the percentage of those listening to radio in the Metro who are listening to a particular radio station.
AQH Share Equation is [AQH Persons to a Station / AQH Persons to All Stations] x 100 = Share (%)
| Station | Spring '05 | Summer '05 | Fall '05 | Winter '06 |
| KIXI AM 880 | 2.3 Share | 2.4 Share | 2.0 Share | 1.9 Share |
KIXI-AM 880 is currently ranked #22 of 36 Seattle radio stations in Arbitron Ratings Data for Winter of '06.
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