WXDX-FM

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WXDX-FM

Broadcast area	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Branding	The X
Slogan	Pittsburgh's Rock Alternative
First air date	1996
Frequency	105.9 (MHz)
Format	Alternative Rock
ERP	72,000 watts
Class	B
Owner	Clear Channel
Website	1059TheX.com

WXDX-FM (The "X" at 105.9), is a modern rock radio station based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Owned by Clear Channel Communications, the station broadcasts at 105.9 MHz with an ERP of 72kw.

1 History
2 On-air personalities
3 Former on-air personalities
4 WXDX HD2
5 X-Lines
6 External links

[edit] History

WXDX was originally at 106.7 FM and known as The Force until 1996 when it swapped signals with WAMO-FM, giving it better signal coverage. It was also one of six stations in the Clear Channel roster that dropped Howard Stern in February 2004 (however, Stern would show up on WRKZ later that year). Howard began airing on WXDX in November 1995. Since October 2006, WXDX has been the radio flagship station of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

[edit] On-air personalities

Whipping Boy - 90's, Nooner and Prehistoric X.

Grimm -

- Mandatory Metallica at 6p: Every afternoon you get 3 Metallica songs in a row.

- The 5 o'clock X'cavation: - Your Pre-X music by request at 5p.

- The 4:20 Pause for a Cause

Vinnie - Edge Of The X/Pittsburgh X-Files: Sunday nights from 8pm-midnight he showcases the newest of the new (Edge of the X) and also that which the local scene (Pittsburgh X-Files) has to offer.

Other: He talks when they tell him at the times they tell him.

Digby

Tim Benz - Hosts a morning show weekdays from 6-10 AM.

[edit] Former on-air personalities

Alan Cox - The Alan Cox Radio Show. Alan Cox was the favorite among fans. Cox was unceremoniously dumped from WXDX in 2006, one of two controversial firings at Clear Channel Pittsburgh (Stan Savran was also let go from WBGG-AM 970 without explanation). Cox currently hosts The Morning Fix at WKQX in Chicago.

Debbie "Buck" Wilde - She was the nighttime DJ in 1996 when the force and the x was on.

Bocan - fired from the station on Monday March, 12, 2007 after an incident during a phone call to Bob Grove, host of the Pittsburgh Penguins postgame show. During the post-game from the Pittsburgh Penguins game broadcasting from The X, Bocan was supposed to be monitoring calls and a caller was reported to have spoken an expletive on air. Bocan claimed he didn't know he was supposed to be monitoring the calls, but he was subsequently fired from The X because of the incident.

[edit] WXDX HD2

On April 25, 2006, Clear Channel announced that WXDX's HD2 subchannel will carry a format focusing on Adult Album Alternative (Triple-A) music.

[edit] X-Lines

412-333-WXDX (Requests/contests)
412-333-THEX (feedback)

[edit] External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WXDX-FM

FM radio stations in the Pittsburgh Market (Arbitron #24)

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