106.9 The X

106.9 The X launched in 1978 is a Campus radio owned by Radio Fanshawe and is a based in London, ON. CRTC on Oct 6, 1978 granted permissions to establish an FM station at London; the frequency proposed by Fanshawe for Class A channel was 99.3 MHz with an ERP of 3,000 watts. However, on April 11, 1978 it was decided that CIXX-FM would sign on air on 106.9 MHz from the Department of Communications and that 106.9 The X would provide training and learning opportunities to students at campus with over 117 hours of content per week. 6XFM started its broadcasts on Oct 31, 1978 and was operated by a group of students in the Radio and Journalism departments of Fanshawe.

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In the same year equipment including Ampex reel, ITC cart machines, McCurdy 7550 console, Studer and Technics turntables was brought to the master control room of 6XFM. CRTC renewed the license of CIXX-FM on June 13, 2007 until Aug 31, 2014. 3 kW transmitter gets active with 3 different 5 week rotations carried by students in a semester. Volunteers and students are involved as being Reporters, newscasters, announcers or documentary producers. Production, engineering, management writing and other disciplines are also taught to the students.