WFXO

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.

For other uses, see WFXO (disambiguation).
WFXO
CityStewartville, Alabama
Broadcast areaSylacauga, Alabama
Frequency98.3 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingFox Sports 98.3
Slogan"Fox Sports Central Alabama"
Programming
FormatFM/HD1: Sports
HD2: Adult contemporary Mix 106.5
Ownership
OwnerMarble City Media LLC
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 ID704
ClassA
ERP2,700 watts
HAAT151 meters (495 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
33°04′20.4″N 86°10′09.4″W
Translator(s)106.5 W293CQ (Sylacauga, relays HD2)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
WebsiteFox Sports 98.3 Online
Mix 106.5 Online (HD2)

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 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 changed their format from adult hits 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
  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. Yea 106.5 Flips To AC; WFXO To Flip To Sports Radioinsight - August 4, 2020
  4. Alabama Broadcast Media Page
  5. Yea 106.5 Flips To AC; WFXO To Flip To Sports Radioinsight - August 4, 2020


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