WIXC (1060

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) is a

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, and serving the

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. It has a

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, with programming primarily from the

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Network. It is owned by Genesis Communications. The main

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and offices are in Mims, north of Titusville. A sales office formerly located in the Suntree area of

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was closed. By day, WIXC is powered at 50,000

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s, the maximum for commercial AM stations. But because 1060 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A KYW

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and XEEP

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, WIXC must reduce power to 5,000 watts at night to avoid interference. During

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, the power is 17,000 watts. A

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is used at all times. The

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is on West Main Street in the Sweetwater Downs neighborhood in Mims.

History

On , the station first

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the air. Its

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was once WRMF and served as the AM counterpart to WRMF-FM, which at the time broadcast at 98.3 MHz in Titusville. That station is now WNUE, relocated to 98.1 MHz in

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. The WRMF call letters are now used for a station in

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, at 97.9 MHz. In the early 2000s, WIXC had been the

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for

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through July 31, 2008. It was also the local affiliate for the

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games, as well as

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races. WIXC switched from its previous sports talk format to primarily

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music on August 1, 2008. It dumped the classic country format after two months and before one ratings period had taken place when its LMA deal with Whiskey River Broadcasting, Inc. fell apart, and went gone to a news/talk format with a significant amount of brokered paid programming. WIXC continues to air a significant amount of sports content. It became Brevard County's flagship station for live high school football broadcasts in the fall of 2009 but lost that programming to WMEL 1300. On August 9, 2015, WIXC became ''AM 1060 WMEL''. On October 31, 2016 at noon, WIXC returned to the ''NewsTalk 1060'' brand when "WMEL" moved its programming to WWBC AM 1510.1060WMEL.com
''Retrieved November 3, 2016.'' On February 4, 2019, WIXC flipped to a

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format, in a

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with

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and

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. Just over a month later, WIXC split away from the trimulcast, picking up Spanish-language sports

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. That network disbanded in September 2019, with WIXC and other affiliates switching to

, another Spanish language sports radio network.

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References

External links

WIXC at CFLradio.net
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