WXRL
| City of license | Lancaster, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Buffalo |
| Branding | "WXRL" |
| Slogan | Classic Country |
| Frequency | 1300 (kHz) |
| First air date | 1965 |
| Format | Classic country/Polka |
| ERP | 5000 watts daytime/2500 watts nighttime |
| Callsign meaning | WX Ramblin' Lou |
| Owner | Ramblin' Lou Schriver |
| Website | WXRL.com |
WXRL is an AM radio station located in Lancaster, New York, serving the greater Buffalo market. The station is owned and operated by Ramblin' Lou Schriver, a well known local country music performer, under the name Dome Communications.
[edit] History
WXRL signed on in 1965 as WMMJ. The station had been founded by Stan Jasinski. When Jasinski shifted his focus to television and started up WUTV in 1970, he sold the radio station to Schriver, who has owned it ever since.
The station has developed a comparatively small but very loyal audience. That, plus the use of paid local sports programming, has kept the station afloat.
[edit] Programs
In addition to Ramblin' Lou, who has been an on-air personality since he bought the station, local hosts include Scott Cleveland, Wayne Stone and Lynn Carol Schriver. Syndicated programs include Rick Jackson's Country Hall of Fame, Country Gold Saturday Night with Rowdy Yates Holstead, the Renfro Valley Gatherin', Classic Country Today with Keith Bilbrey and "Country Music Greats" with Jim Ed Brown.
The station devotes a large portion of its weekend programming to polka music.
The station also airs some local sports programming.
[edit] External links
- Official WXRL Web site
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WXRL
- Radio-Locator Information on WXRL
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WXRL
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