WTXY
| City | Whiteville, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Whiteville, North Carolina |
| Frequency | 1540 kHz |
| Branding | Kool 103.9 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Affiliations | North Carolina News Network |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Jeffrey Allen Jones and Glasgow Hicks III (Audiotraxx Media Partners LLC) |
| History | |
First air date | 1976 (as WOOZ) |
Former call signs | WOOZ (1976-1979) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 62232 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°19′23.00″N 78°42′47.00″W / 34.3230556°N 78.7130556°W |
| Translator(s) | 103.9 W280FO (Whiteville) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | kool1039radio.com |
WTXY (1540 AM) is a daytime-only radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format, with local news, sports and community information. Licensed to Whiteville, North Carolina, United States, the station, along with translator W280FO (103.9 FM), is owned by Jeffrey Allen Jones and Glasgow Hicks III, through licensee Audiotraxx Media Partners LLC.
History[]
WTXY's first license was granted to original owner Greg Singletary (Waccamaw Broadcasting Co.) on November 17, 1978 with the call letters WOOZ. The station changed its call letters on Dec. 31, 1979 to WTXY. The radio station was sold to Tom Stanley (Stanley Broadcasting, Inc.) in 1980, who served the community until he sold it to Jeff Millikin (Millikin Broadcasting) on March 14, 2007. The station was immediately put up for sale and purchased by Rob Kendall and Jason Dozier (WTXY Radio, LLC) on August 6, 2008. The station was granted the license to begin simulcasting on the 250-watt 103.9FM W280FO on July 16, 2018. Audiotraxx Media Partners purchased the station from WTXY Radio, LLC on the August 1, 2019.
The station carries Whiteville High School Football and Baseball coverage in Columbus County.
Audiotraxx Media Partners maintains fully equipped studios at its transmitter site to broadcast when wide spread power outages occur in the community. The latest solid state transmitting technology and signal processing equipment was installed in September 2008 to broadcast the loudest and clearest AM/FM signal possible. Backup facilities are also available to provide continuous service to the local community.[1]
On August 1, 2019, WTXY changed their format from soft adult contemporary to classic hits, branded as "Kool 103.9".[2]
References[]
- ^ "Deals", Broadcasting & Cable, June 4, 2007.
- ^ WTXY Sale Leads to Format Change Radioinsight - August 21, 2019
External links[]
- WTXY in the FCC AM station database
- WTXY on Radio-Locator
- WTXY in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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