KIXT (106.7 FM, "The Eagle") is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

broadcasting a

classic rock Classic rock is a US radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the mid 1990s, primar ...

format. Licensed to

Hewitt, Texas Hewitt is a city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. The population was 16,026 at the 2020 census, making it the second largest city in the county. It is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The community of Hewitt was e ...

, United States, the station serves the

Waco metropolitan area The Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of McLennan and Falls counties in Central Texas, anchored by the city of Waco. As of the 1 April 2010 census (which included only McLenna ...

. The station is owned by Prophecy Media Group, LLC. Its studios are located in Waco, and its

transmitter In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna (radio), antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which i ...

is located north of

Bruceville-Eddy, Texas Bruceville-Eddy is a city in McLennan and Falls Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. Its population was 1,413 at the 2020 census. Most of the city is in McLennan County and is part of the Waco metropolitan statistical area. A small southern por ...

History

The station

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in 2010 as variety hits "Doc FM" KDRW (a nod to Waco being the birthplace of

Dr Pepper Dr Pepper is a carbonated soft drink. It was created in the 1880s by pharmacist Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas, and first served around 1885. Dr Pepper was first nationally marketed in the United States in 1904. It is now also sold in Euro ...

). It switched to

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

"Kix 106.7" KIXT in February 2012. The country format was relaunched as "106-7 The Bull" in 2014. Another relaunch of the station happened on April 3, 2017 as a

station called "The Eagle."KIXT Flips to Classic Rock
Radioinsight - April 3, 2017

References

External links

IXT Classic rock radio stations in the United States {{Texas-radio-station-stub