WLXE

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

WLXE is a [radio] station broadcasting on 1600 kHz in the mediumwave AM band. Its studios and transmitters are located in Rockville, Maryland, and it serves the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. WLXE broadcasts music programming in the Spanish language. Its transmitter and antenna array are located off of Wisconsin Avenue-Maryland Highway 355, just south of the border with Gaithersburg, Maryland.

During the 1960s, the station carried the call letters WINX and broadcast a Top-40 format. It was consistently the third Top 40 station in the ratings, following WPGC and WEAM. The station shifted to an oldies format in the 1990s (simulcast on FM 94.3 Warrenton), then followed by a short stint as top-40 again around 1998 in the FM dominated market. Sold to Mega then Multicultural, they converted to Spanish-language programming.

AM Radio Stations in the Washington, D.C. Market (Arbitron #8)

By Frequency: 570 | 630 | 700 | 730 | 780 | 820 | 900 | 930 | 950 | 980 | 1030 | 1050 | 1120 | 1160 | 1220 | 1260 | 1310 | 1340 | 1390 | 1450 | 1460 | 1480 | 1500 | 1540 | 1560 | 1580 | 1600

By Callsign: WABS | WACA | WCTN | WDCT | WFAX | WFED | WFMD | WGOP | WILC | WKDV | WKIK | WLXE | WMAL | WMET | WOL | WPGC | WPWC | WTEM | WTNT | WTOP | WTWP | WUST | WWGB | WWRC | WXTR | WYCB | WZHF

See also: Washington (FM) (AM)

See also: List of United States radio markets