WXOS
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| City of license | East St. Louis, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Greater St. Louis |
| Branding | 101 ESPN |
| Slogan | "St. Louis' Sports Station" |
| Frequency |
101.1 MHz FM (HD Radio) 101.1-2 FM "Deep Tracks" |
| First air date | May 13, 1966 |
| Format | Sports talk |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 300.4 meters |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 56512 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°28′56″N 90°23′53″W / 38.48222°N 90.39806°W |
| Callsign meaning | X's and O'S (icons representing players in football play diagrams) |
| Former callsigns | WMRY (1966-1989) WSNL (1989-1991) WFXB (1991-1994 WVRV (1994-2006) WMVN (2006-2008)[1] |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
| Owner | Hubbard Broadcasting (St. Louis FCC License Sub, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WIL, WARH |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 101 ESPN |
WXOS (101.1 FM) is a commercial radio station located in Creve Coeur, Missouri, broadcasting to the Greater St. Louis area. WXOS previously aired a hot AC/rhythmic contemporary music format (as "MOViN 101.1"), but on October 10, 2008, it switched to an all Christmas music station (becoming the second after WRHS for 2008 for the United States) as a prelude to transitioning to all-sports on January 1, 2009.[2]
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[edit] Current programming
WXOS, an ESPN Radio affiliate, carries Mike and Mike in the Morning, and other ESPN shows at night and weekends. Local shows includes Zach & The Coach Show, followed by The Bernie Miklasz show starring long-time St. Louis Post Dispatch sports columnist Bernie Miklasz. Afternoon drive is called "The Fast Lane" with former St.Louis Cardinals outfielder Chris Duncan, Randy Karraker and retired Rams defensive lineman D'Marco Farr. Weekend show hosts include KSDK Sports Director Rene Knott, Tom Casey, Brian Feldman (formerly of KMOX) and Brian Stull. Weekday local SportsCenter anchors were Tom Casey and Sara Dayley (formerly of KFNS), however in August 2009, Dayley left the station and was replaced by sports radio veteran Cliff Saunders.
WXOS also won the radio rights to the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League beginning with the 2009 season, ending a nine-year run on KLOU. It also acquired the rights to Saint Louis University basketball from KFNS. Play-by-play announcer Bob Ramsey joined WXOS after being suspended by KFNS from his afternoon show for broadcasting SLU games on WXOS. WXOS also airs the Bowl Championship Series, the World Series, the NBA Finals, and other events from ESPN Radio.
On April 6, 2009, lead St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports columnist Bernie Miklasz joined the station, hosting in the 11-2 timeslot with frequent, bringing with him contributors Joe Strauss and Jim Thomas and producer Ben Boyd, who was later fired and replaced with Michele Smallmon
To see the schedule for WXOS, go to: http://www.101espn.com/category/schedule
[edit] History
WXOS has adopted several call letters since it began airing on May 13, 1966. Among them are WMRY from the first sign-on until 1989, when WSNL took over. Then, WFXB from early-1991 to 1994, WVRV from 1994 to 2006, WMVN from 2006 to 2008, and since January 1, 2009, WXOS[1]
On September 8, 2006, at 11:00 am local time, WVRV ("the River 101") changed its format to "adult rhythmic hits from today, the 80s and 90s plus a sprinkling of rhythmic classics," and changed its nickname to MOViN 101.1, and adopted the slogan of "Makes You Feel Good." They were the fourth station to adopt the "MOViN" moniker, after KQMV/Seattle, KMVN-FM/Los Angeles and KYMV/Salt Lake City. The announcement was made with no prior notification to its on air personalities and they were dismissed on short notice, as is the norm in format switches. The station announced that it would go 90 days without personalities before DJs would be announced. Under the rhythmic adult contemporary format, it played dance and hot AC songs from the 1990s and 2000s.
The first on-air DJs were former Steve & DC castmember Jill Devine (10a-3p), Mysti (2-7p) and Raven Rush (7p-12mid) on December 15, 2006. On February 12, 2007, former KYKY morning show co-host Steph Duran, joined MOViN' for mornings. Prior to MOViN101, Duran had been at KZON and KUPD in Phoenix. She was joined on September 1, 2007 by co host Eric Schmidt. Schmidt had previously worked at WMVN sister station, WARH. A veteran of the St. Louis market he had also worked at WVRV, KPNT, WXTM, WMLL, KCLC, and KFAV. WMVN was programmed by Jules Riley, who also programs WARH.
After an economic-related shakeup on March 3, 2008, Mysti and Raven Rush were let go. Schmidt moved to the 2-7p slot and Steph Duran took a solo morning shift. The format was shifted to hot adult contemporary after this.
On September 22, 2008, it was announced that WMVN would flip to an all-sports format as of January 1, 2009, featuring a combination of local and ESPN Radio programming.[3] WMVN had been airing an all Christmas music format until the full format flip occurred.[2]
Bonneville International announced the sale of WXOS, as well as 16 other stations, to Twin Cities-based Hubbard Broadcasting on January 19, 2011.[4] The sale was completed on April 29, 2011.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=56512&Callsign=WMVN.
- ^ a b "It's a very early Christmas in St. Louis – on "Movin'"". Radio-Info.com. October 10, 2008. http://www.radio-info.com/news/its-a-very-early-christmas-in-st-louis-on-movin. Retrieved October 10, 2008.
- ^ "FM station (101.1) moves into sports-talk radio field". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 22, 2008. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/othersports/story/07B1438198FB6142862574CC0066B71F?OpenDocument.
- ^ "$505M sale: Bonneville sells Chicago, D.C., St. Louis and Cincinnati to Hubbard". Radio-Info.com. January 19, 2011. http://www.radio-info.com/news/505m-sale-bonneville-sells-chicago-dc-st-louis-and-cincinnati-to-hubbard. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
- ^ "Hubbard deal to purchase Bonneville stations closes". Radio Ink. May 2, 2011. http://www.radioink.com/Article.asp?id=2174844&spid=24698. Retrieved May 2, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Station website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WXOS
- Radio-Locator information on WXOS
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WXOS
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