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"WXRG" redirects here. For the station in New Hampshire that previously held those calls, see WNYN-FM.
WFNX
Broadcast areaNorth County, Pioneer Valley
Frequency99.9 MHz
BrandingVote 99.9
Programming
FormatStunting
Ownership
Owner
  • Northeast Broadcasting Company, Inc.
  • (County Broadcasting Company, LLC)
WWBZ
History
First air date
December 4, 1989[1]
Former call signs
WCAT-FM (1989–2002)
WAHL (2002–2003)
WNYN-FM (2003–2008)
WXRG (2008–2013)
Call sign meaning
former call letters of WEDX, which was once owned by the Boston Phoenix
Technical information
Facility ID51124
ClassA
ERP1,850 watts
HAAT124 meters (407 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
42°35′39.00″N 72°12′2.00″W / 42.5941667°N 72.2005556°W / 42.5941667; -72.2005556 (WFNX)
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.vote999.com

WFNX (99.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a stunt format of various music simulcast with WWBZ (700 AM). Licensed to Athol, Massachusetts, USA, it serves the North County and Pioneer Valley areas. The signal for WFNX can be heard in north central Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire, and southern Vermont. It first began broadcasting in 1989 under the call sign WCAT-FM. The station is owned by Northeast Broadcasting Company.

History

WFNX first signed on December 4, 1989[1] as WCAT-FM, a contemporary hit radio station owned by P&S Broadcasting along with WCAT (700 AM, now WWBZ).[2] By 1992, the station had shifted to an adult contemporary format,[3] then to hot adult contemporary a year later.[4]

In 1998, P&S sold WCAT-FM and WCAT to CAT Communications Corporation (a company controlled by Jeff Shapiro),[5][6] who in turn sold the stations to Citadel Broadcasting in 2000.[7] Citadel operated the WCAT stations as part of its Worcester group of stations, even though Arbitron considered the stations to be within the Boston market.[8] That September, WCAT-FM changed to an oldies format;[9] from 2001 until 2002, this was simulcast on the AM sister station.[10][11] On April 19, 2002, the call letters were changed to WAHL,[12] after Citadel moved the WCAT-FM call sign to a Cat Country-branded station on 106.7 FM in Hershey, Pennsylvania[13] (WCAT-FM is now assigned to 102.3 FM in Carlisle, Pennsylvania).

Citadel sold WAHL and WCAT to Northeast Broadcasting, controlled by Steve Silberberg, in 2003.[8] That October, the station was renamed WNYN-FM[12] and introduced a classic rock format branded as "99.9 The Eagle."[14] In April 2008, the station became WXRG,[12] a simulcast of adult album alternative sister station WXRV in Andover.[15] The call letters were changed to WFNX on May 6, 2013.[12] The WFNX call letters were previously used by an alternative rock station in Boston owned by the Boston Phoenix, first on 101.7 FM (now WEDX) and later as an Internet radio station; after that station shut down along with the Phoenix, Northeast Broadcasting acquired the call sign for 99.9 FM in April 2013.[16] WFNX and WWBZ dropped the WXRV simulcast in May 2014 and began stunting with a wide range of music while preparing to launch new formats for the stations on June 9, with listeners being asked to vote on which of the songs being played should be included in the new formats.[17] On June 9 at 9 a.m., the station kept going with "variety hits", asking listeners to now vote for their nickname.

References

  1. ^ a b Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-207. Retrieved December 28, 2011.
  2. ^ The Broadcasting Yearbook 1991 (PDF). 1991. p. B-153. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  3. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1993 (PDF). 1993. p. B-167. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  4. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1994 (PDF). 1994. p. B-172. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  5. ^ Fybush, Scott (August 20, 1998). "Non-Compete -- The Battle Continues". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
  6. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. August 31, 1998. p. 55. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  7. ^ Fybush, Scott (February 25, 2000). "Changing Hands on Route 2". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Citadel sheds a Worcester pair". Radio Business Report. April 21, 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  9. ^ Fybush, Scott (September 18, 2000). "LPFM - It's Nutmeg and Granite States' Turn". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  10. ^ Fybush, Scott (November 12, 2001). "Montreal Gets X-Bander". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  11. ^ Fybush, Scott (November 18, 2002). "North East RadioWatch". Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  12. ^ a b c d "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  13. ^ Fybush, Scott (April 22, 2002). "Astral, Standard, Rogers win Telemedia Prize". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  14. ^ Wiseblood, Steven C. (December 2003). "FM News" (PDF). VHF-UHF Digest. p. 31. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  15. ^ Fybush, Scott (May 5, 2008). "The Sales Market Heats Up". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  16. ^ "WFNX Lives On ... Sorta". All Access. April 10, 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  17. ^ Venta, Lance (May 29, 2014). "Northeast To Launch New Central Massachusetts Formats". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
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