WKXN (95.7 FM, "The Big KD") is a

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to the community of

Fort Deposit, Alabama Fort Deposit is a town in Lowndes County, Alabama, United States. Since 1890, it has been the largest town in Lowndes County. At the 2010 census the population was 1,344, up from 1,270 in 2000. It is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistica ...

, United States, and serving the

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, area. The station is owned by Autaugaville Radio, Inc. It airs an

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music format. The station's programming is simulcast by sister station

WKXK WKXK (96.7 FM, "The Big KD") is a radio station licensed to serve Pine Hill, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Autaugaville Radio, Inc. It broadcasts an urban adult contemporary music format as a simulcast of sister station WKXN. ...

. The station was assigned the WKXN call letters by the

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for its initial launch in 1977. In September 1994, original owners WKXN, Inc., made a deal to sell this station to Autaugaville Radio, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on November 17, 1994, and the transaction was consummated on November 23, 1994.

Translators

WKXN previously broadcast into Montgomery via a translator, W300AN at 107.9. This ended when class C3 outlet WMRK-FM signed on at that frequency in April 2009. A change of frequency to 102.7 was later approved, and it became W274BG.

References

External links

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The Big Station - DJs and Nosey Neighbors in Montgomery, Alabama (website for film about WKXN/WKXK)
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