KXXY-FM
Encyclopedia
KXXY-FM is a country music
formatted radio station
serving the Oklahoma City area and is owned by Clear Channel Communications
. KXY is also the flagship station of the Oklahoma City Barons
hockey team.
and the station was known as "96X." The station later changed its calls to KXXY-FM and was also known as "96 Rock." The station changed formats to country
in the 1980s. A simulcast was carried on AM 1340 KXXY-AM (now KEBC
) for a short time as well.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
formatted radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
serving the Oklahoma City area and is owned by Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
. KXY is also the flagship station of the Oklahoma City Barons
Oklahoma City Barons
The Oklahoma City Barons are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and serve as the top affiliate for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League. The team's first season was 2010–11. They play their home games at the newly renovated Cox Convention Center, in Oklahoma...
hockey team.
History
The first known format of then KOCY-FM was rock musicRock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
and the station was known as "96X." The station later changed its calls to KXXY-FM and was also known as "96 Rock." The station changed formats to country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
in the 1980s. A simulcast was carried on AM 1340 KXXY-AM (now KEBC
KEBC
KGHM is a radio station located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is among a cluster of stations in the market owned by Clear Channel Communications.-KGCB/KOCY:1340 started as KGCB, a church-owned station...
) for a short time as well.