KIXW (960

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"Talk 960") is a

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station licensed to

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. It broadcasts a

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format and is owned by El Dorado Broadcasters. It calls itself "The High Desert's Talk Station". The studios and offices are on Hesperia Road in

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. By day, KIXW is powered at 5,000 watts non-directional. At night, to protect other stations on

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from interference, it reduces power to 20 watts. The

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is off Rincon Road in Apple Valley.

Programming

Most of KIXW's programs are nationally syndicated

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shows. They include '' Brian Kilmeade and Friends, The Dan Bongino Show,

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, The Joe Pags Show,

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with

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'' and ''Markley, Van Camp & Robbins''. Weekends feature repeats of weekday shows as well as ''

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with

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, At Home with Gary Sullivan, Somewhere in Time with Art Bell'' and '' Townhall Review''. Most hours begin with an update from

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History

Early years

On June 5, 1954, the station

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as KAVR. The

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stood for "Apple Valley Radio". The station was owned by Newton T. Bass, under the corporate name Apple Valley Broadcasting. KAVR was a

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, powered at 5,000 watts, but it had to

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at sunset. In 1998, the station was sold to Crown Broadcasting. At the time, it aired an

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format. It later switched to a talk radio format.

Controversial hosts

In the early 2000s, KIXW had a locally based talk program, "The Barb Stanton Show". The show was cancelled in mid-May 2007 after Ms. Stanton made comments on the air regarding what she perceived as the massive influx of Asian-Americans into the

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. The comments were prompted when she found out that a

-based bank was about to be bought out by

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-based

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, owned by Dominic Ng, a third-generation Asian-American resident of Pasadena. In 2019, KIXW was under fire once again when host Jeff Duran made controversial comments regarding non-binary and transgender teens. The host was fired and replaced by alternate local paid programming.

References

External links

official website

FCC History Cards for KIXW
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