KIXA

KIXA (106.5 FM) is a commercial radio station in Lucerne Valley, California, broadcasting to the Victor Valley, California area. KIXA airs a classic rock music format branded as 106.5 The Fox.

KIXA

City	Lucerne Valley, California
Broadcast area	Victorville-Hesperia, California
Frequency	106.5 (MHz)
Branding	106.5 The Fox
Slogan	The High Desert's Classic Rock Station
Programming
Format	Classic rock
Ownership
Owner	El Dorado Broadcasters, LLC
Sister stations	KATJ-FM, KIXW, KMPS, KXVV, KZXY-FM
History
First air date	November 1992 (1992-11)[1]
Technical information
Facility ID	55181
Class	A
ERP	560 watts
HAAT	325 meters
Transmitter coordinates	34°23′9″N 117°3′24″W
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.thefox1065.com

It was operated as "KIX 106", a country music station, from 1992 until 1997. The first format change in 1998 was made to "Rock 106", where the station played a mix of classic rock from the 1960s and alternative rock from the 1990s. The station was also simulcast on KIXW-FM and KIXF-FM to cover Victor Valley, Barstow and Baker. When Rock 106.5 was shut down in 2002, Clear Channel sold off the repeater stations to Westwood One (who later sold the stations to Heftel Broadcasting, the current owners of KIXW-FM), and relaunched KIXA-FM as a classic rock station.

Since 2002, KIXA has aired a classic rock music format branded as "The Fox", removing alternative and modern hard rock acts from its catalog. After Clear Channel sold the station to El Dorado Broadcasters in 2006 (after the company went private), the station updated its classic rock presentation in the late 2000s to include music from the 1960s to the early 1990s, while still excluding alternative rock and modern hard rock. The station performs older hard rock, glam metal, and arena rock acts from that period only.