KIXW (960 AM, "Talk 960") is a commercial radio station licensed to Apple Valley, California, United States. It broadcast a conservative talk format before going silent in 2026. The station is owned by El Dorado Broadcasters, with studios on Hesperia Road in Victorville and the transmitter off Rincon Road in Apple Valley.
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Broadcast area | Hesperia-Victorville |
| Frequency | 960 kHz |
| Branding | Talk 960 |
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| Format | Conservative talk |
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First air date | June 5, 1954 |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 34°31′0″N 117°13′38.2″W / 34.51667°N 117.227278°W |
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| Website | edbroadcasters |
History
editOn June 5, 1954, the station signed on as KAVR.[2] The call sign stood for "Apple Valley Radio". The station was owned by Newton T. Bass, under the corporate name Apple Valley Broadcasting. KAVR was a daytimer, powered at 5,000 watts, but it had to sign-off at sunset.
In 1998, the station was sold to Crown Broadcasting. At the time, it aired an oldies format. It later switched to a talk radio format.
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 Victor Valley. The comments were prompted when she found out that a Victorville-based bank was about to be bought out by Pasadena-based East West Bank, 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.[3]
In May 2026, KIXW ceased broadcasting. The station's website was replaced with an announcement of the closure, as well as links to the websites of its syndicated programming.[4]
References
edit- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KIXW". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1956 page 63[dead link]
- ↑ "Mohr Stories 495: Jeff Duran". libsyn.com.
- ↑ Venta, Lance (May 18, 2026). "KIXW Signs Off". RadioInsight. Retrieved June 7, 2026.
External links
edit- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 4 (KIXW) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- KIXW in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FCC History Cards for KIXW