WKXD-FM

WKXD-FM (106.9 MHz, "106.9 Kicks Country") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format.^[2] Licensed to Monterey, Tennessee, United States, the station is currently owned by Stonecom.^[3]

WKXD-FM

Monterey, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Cookeville, Tennessee
Frequency	106.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	106.9 Kicks Country
Programming
Format	Country
Subchannels	HD1: WKXD-FM analog HD2: 93.3 The Dawg (Classic hip hop) HD3: Sportsradio 104.7 (Sports)
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks United Stations Radio Networks Westwood One Performance Racing Network Tennessee Titans Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Stonecom Cookeville, LLC
Sister stations	WBXE, WLIV, WLQK, WUCH, WUCT
History
First air date	1989 (as WRJT)
Former call signs	WMCZ (1985–1986, CP) WRJT (1986–1991)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	31387
Class	C2
ERP	23,000 watts
HAAT	224 meters (735 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°7′13.00″N 85°14′44.00″W
Translator(s)	HD2: 93.3 W227EC (Cookeville) HD3: 104.7 W284DR (Cookeville)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live HD2: Listen Live HD3: Listen Live
Website	1069kickscountry.com 933thedawg.com (HD2) sportsradio1047.com (HD3)

History

The Federal Communications Commission issued a construction permit for the station on September 10, 1985.^[4] The station was assigned the call sign WMCZ on December 3, 1985, and, on January 9, 1986, changed its call sign to WRJT. The station received its license to cover on August 2, 1989.^[5] On October 31, 1991, the station again changed its call sign to the current WKXD-FM.^[6] July 9, 2012 at 9 am WKXD flipped from hot adult contemporary to country.

Until 2012, WKXD-FM was relayed on translator station 100.9 FM in Cookeville. W265BC is now W231DG and carries the programming of WUCT (1600 AM).

HD Radio

In July 2021, WKXD-FM began broadcasting in the HD Radio format. 93.3 The Dawg began broadcasting on July 8, 2021, on the HD2 subchannel with classic hip-hop.^[7]

On October 14, 2021, WKXD-FM launched a sports format on its HD3 subchannel, branded as "Sportsradio 104.7" (simulcast on translator W284DR 104.7 FM Cookeville).^[8]