WIFX is a
Hot Adult Contemporary
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formatted
broadcast
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radio station
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licensed to
Jenkins, Kentucky, serving Southeastern Kentucky and Southwestern Virginia.
WIFX is owned and operated by Gearhart Communications.
History
The station went on the air as WREM-FM on May 10, 1975. As a newly launched companion station for WREM-AM (AM 1000, now
WKVG), it originally broadcast a variety format.
[Nash, Francis M. (1995). ''Towers Over Kentucky: A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State.'' Host Communications.]
On November 23, 1981, the station changed its call sign to the current WIFX.
It began airing a Top 40 format the same year. Sometime later in that decade, it began airing its current Hot AC format.
In May 2013, the station launched "Foxy and Friends", a local morning show to replace
John Boy and Billy, which was moved to a sister station. "Foxy and Friends" broadcasts live, weekday mornings from 6-9 AM and currently features hosts Tiffany, Tim, and Jake.
References
External links
Foxy 94-3 Online*
IFX-FM
Jenkins, Kentucky
1975 establishments in Kentucky
Radio stations established in 1975
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