The station signed on the air in November 1992. It was operated as "KIX 106", a
country music station, for six years. In 1998, KIXA flipped to "Rock 106", where the station played a mix of
classic rock from the 1960s and 1970s along with
alternative rock from the 1980s and 1990s. The station was simulcast on
KIXW-FM and KIXF-FM to cover the
Victor Valley,
Barstow and
Baker. When the rock format ended on 106.5 in 2002,
Clear Channel Communications sold off the Barstow and Baker stations to
Westwood One, which later sold them to
Heftel Broadcasting. KIXA was relaunched as a full-time classic rock station. Since 2002, KIXA has been branded as "The Fox". The focus has been rock songs from the 1970s and 1980s with a few 1960s titles. After Clear Channel sold the station to El Dorado Broadcasters in 2006, KIXA updated its classic rock presentation to include music from the 1960s to the early 1990s, while mostly excluding alternative rock. ==References==