WVXX
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| City of license | Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Hampton Roads |
| Branding | "Selecta 1050" |
| Frequency | 1050 kHz |
| First air date | 1954 |
| Format | Spanish Contemporary |
| Power | 5,000 Watts daytime 358 Watts nighttime |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 71286 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°49′44.0″N 76°12′26.0″W / 36.82889°N 76.20722°W |
| Owner | Davidson Media Group (Davidson Media Station WVXX Licensee, LLC) |
| Website | WVXX Online |
WVXX is a Spanish Contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads. WVXX is owned and operated by Davidson Media Group.
[edit] History
This station had been country music formatted WCMS during the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. In the late 90s the station used to simulcast with black gospel WXEZ-FM 'Star 94.1' until April 2002. In 2002 the station became easy listening "AM 1050 The Fog" WFOG. On November 25, 2003 WFOG dropped the standards format to simulcast classic country WCMS/100.5. Three days later the simulcast ending when WCMS flipped to Mainstream Rock and the classic country format was kept on 1050. Because of a error the WXMM calls were assigned to 1050 and the WCMS calls stayed on 100.5 until the calls were finally swapped on December 18, 2003. On May 1, 2004 the station flipped to FOX Sports Radio. In November 2004, Barnstable Broadcasting sold the station to Davidson Media and later changed the calls to WVXX on December 6, 2004. FOX Sports Radio was dropped on February 9, 2009 in anticipation for a Spanish format "Selecta 1050". Due to technical problems with Verizon, WVXX simulcasted WFOG/92.9 until Spanish was launched on February 26, 2005 at 2PM.
[edit] External links
- Selecta 1050 Online
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WVXX
- Radio Locator Information on WVXX
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WVXX
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