WFXO
City | Stewartville, Alabama |
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Broadcast area | Sylacauga, Alabama |
Frequency | 98.3 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | Fox Sports 98.3 |
Programming | |
Format | Sports |
Subchannels | HD2: Adult contemporary MIX 106.5 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Marble City Media LLC |
WRFS, WSGN, [WYEA (AM)[WYEA], [WAUE (FM)[WAUE]] | |
History | |
First air date | December 1959 (as WMLS-FM) |
Former call signs | WMLS-FM (1959-1986) WAWV-FM (1986-2001) WTRB-FM (2001-2008) WTXO-FM (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 / 33.072333°N 86.169278°WCoordinates: 33°04′20.4″N 86°10′09.4″W / 33.072333°N 86.169278°W |
Translator(s) | 106.5 W293CQ (Sylacauga, relays HD2) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
Website | Fox Sports Central Alabama on 98.3 FM Online MIX 106.5 Online (HD2) |
WFXO (98.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a sports format.[2] Licensed to Stewartville, Alabama, United States, it serves East Central Alabama. The station is owned and operated by Marble City Media LLC.
Originally licensed in Sylacauga, WFXO first signed on as WMLS-FM in December 1959 and moved to Ashland in 2004. On July 19, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission approved Marble City Media LLC's purchase of WFXO 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 serving Sylacauga-Childersburg-Talladega, Alexander City-Dadeville-Lake Martin-Wetumpka-Montgomery, and Waverly-Auburn-Opelika.
WFXO changed its format from adult hits to sports, branded as "FOX Sports Central Alabama on 98.3 FM" 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]
Previous logo[]
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 FM station database
- WFXO on Radio-Locator
- WFXO in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- HD Radio stations
- Radio stations in Alabama
- Sports radio stations in the United States
- Fox Sports Radio stations
- Alabama radio station stubs