KYXY (96.5 FM broadcasting) is a commercial radio station owned by Audacy, Inc. KYXY is licensed to San Diego, with its studios in the city's Stonecrest area. Its transmitter site is in La Jolla, on the KGTV Tower which it shares with KGTV and several other San Diego FM stations.
KyXy 96.5 broadcasts in HD Radio. The programming on the station's HD2 channel was FlashBack ALT, airing alternative rock music of the 1980s and 1990s. It has since been turned off.
KYXY was also the San Diego Radio Disney affiliate (on HD Radio) until June 2018.
History
KYXY first
sign-on in 1960 as KFMX. It changed its callsign to KYXY (pronounced "kick-see") in the late 1960s after being bought by Walter Nelskog, who also owned stations
KIXI in
Seattle and KYXI in Portland.
The station has kept the same KYXY
call sign ever since. It was an independent FM station, carrying a middle of the road music format, which was described as "Good Music."
[Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-27] KYXY transitioned to an adult contemporary format in late 1970s and has mostly retained the format. However, the station has become more upbeat within the last decade in an effort to attract younger listeners. Since 1981, the
KFMX calls have been assigned to a
mainstream rock station in Lubbock, Texas.
On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom.[ CBS Radio to Merge with Entercom] The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was completed on November 17.
In January 2018, KYXY moved out of its longtime Linda Vista studios and re-located to Stonecrest.
The station most recently adopted its current slogan in January 2019.
Special programming
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As a mainstream AC station, KYXY plays all Christmas songs from mid-November until Christmas night.
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In June 2009, the weekend after Michael Jackson's death, the station paid tribute to the singer by playing continuous Michael Jackson and Jackson 5 hits.
At one time, KYXY aired the syndicated Delilah's in evenings, but dropped the program as the station moved to a more upbeat direction. From 2005 to 2008,
aired Monday-Friday 7 p.m. to midnight, hosted live by Kristin Cruz. Previously, the syndicated
Intelligence for Your Life with
John Tesh aired in evenings, and returned in May 2020.
HD programming
KYXY formerly broadcast
The Crossing, a contemporary Christian music format that was operated by Azusa Pacific University, on its HD2 subchannel. The HD3 subchannel started broadcasting classic alternative in 2018, first as
96.5 The Flash (in reference to former alternative station
XHRM-FM from the mid-1990s), and then as
FlashBack ALT.
As of 2020, "The Crossing" is no longer a part of KYXY programming, which resulted in moving Flashback ALT to the HD2 and switching the HD3 off. As of 2023, "FlashBack ALT" is no longer a part of KYXY programming.
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