WFXO
WFXO (98.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult hits format.[2] Licensed to Stewartville, Alabama, United States, it serves East Central Alabama. The station is owned and operated by Marble City Media LLC.
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| City | Stewartville, Coosa County, Alabama |
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| Broadcast area | Sylacauga, Alabama |
| Frequency | 98.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 98.3 Fox FM |
| Slogan | The Best of the '80s, '90s, 2k, And Today |
| Programming | |
| Format | FM/HD1: Adult hits HD2: Adult contemporary "Mix 106.5" |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Marble City Media LLC |
| Sister stations | WRFS (FM), WSGN, WYEA |
| History | |
| First air date | December 1959 (as WMLS-FM) |
| Former call signs | WMLS-FM (1959-1986) WAWV (1986-2001) WTRB-FM (2001-2008) WTXO (2008-2012)[1] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 704 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 2,700 watts |
| HAAT | 151 meters (495 feet) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°04′20.4″N 86°10′09.4″W |
| Translator(s) | 106.5 W293CQ (Sylacauga, relays HD2) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
| Website | 983foxfm.com Mix 106.5 Online (HD2) |
Originally licensed in Sylacauga, WFXO-FM first signed on as WMLS-FM in Dec. 1959 and moved to Ashland in 2004. On July 19, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission approved Marble City Media LLC's purchase of WFXO-FM from Williams Communications Inc., and the transfer was completed on Aug. 1, 2016. On Oct. 24, 2016, the FCC approved the station's relocation back to the greater Sylacauga area with a license in Stewartville. The station ceased operation in Ashland on Nov. 24, 2016, and began broadcasting from the Sylacauga area on Dec. 4.
The station's format initially flipped to Contemporary Hit Radio, then moved to Adult Contemporary on January 1, 2017.
Marble City Media LLC also owns and operates stations primarily serving Sylacauga-Childersburg-Talladega and Alexander City-Dadeville-Lake Martin-Wetumpka-Montgomery and has a construction permit to build a new FM station in Waverly, Ala., to serve the Auburn-Opelika area.
WFXO will be changing their format to sports, branded as "Fox Sports 98.3" on August 17, 2020.[3]
WFXO-HD2
On May 25, 2018 WFXO began airing the "Yea! 106.5" classic hits format on its HD2 subchannel. (That format moved from WYEA 1290 AM Sylacauga, which switched to country.)[4]
On August 3, 2020 WFXO-HD2 changed their format from classic hits to adult contemporary, branded as "Mix 106.5".[5]
References
- "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- Yea 106.5 Flips To AC; WFXO To Flip To Sports Radioinsight - August 4, 2020
- Alabama Broadcast Media Page
- Yea 106.5 Flips To AC; WFXO To Flip To Sports Radioinsight - August 4, 2020
External links
- WFXO in the FCC's FM station database
- WFXO on Radio-Locator
- WFXO in Nielsen Audio's FM station database