WXTG
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| WXTG | |
 |
|
| City of license | Virginia Beach, VA |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Norfolk/Virginia Beach |
| Branding | "102.1 FM The Game" |
| First air date | 2001 |
| Frequency | 102.1 (MHz) |
| Format | Sports Talk |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| Class | A |
| Callsign meaning | WX The Game (station name) |
| Owner | Red Zebra Broadcasting |
| Website | http://www.1021thegame.com/ |
WXTG, known on the air as 102.1 FM The Game, is a Sports Talk radio station in Hampton Roads, Virginia. It is the new radio home of The Washington Redskins and the affiliate of Fox Sports Radio. WXTG covers the immediate Hampton Roads area especially Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and points south with some protection given to Norfolk because of a 34dBu signal from WRXL (102.1) Richmond but again can be heard all over the immediate Hampton Roads area. Their tower is located just over the border in Chesapeake at 100 meters with 6kW of power (Class A licensed). Their studio is located at 545 S Birdneck Rd Suite 100 in Virginia Beach. Plans are underway to move the offices of WXTG from Birdneck Rd to downtown Virginia Beach -- Town Center.
Contents |
[edit] History
WXTG, Signed on mid-August 2001 as WWHV, HOT 102.1 with music of the Mainstream Urban genre, focusing on hip-hop and R&B until midnight January 29, 2007. Craig Siebert originally held the "CP" then Virginia Faith Broadcasting (Bishop L E Willis). The WANN calls were originally parked here (June 11, 1999). Rumor has it that Craig Siebert chose those calls because he lived in ANNapolis, MD until changed to WWHV on July 5, 2001. This frequency had several owners before their sign-on in August 2001. In early 2001, Willis sold the "CP" to Steve Hegwood's On Top Communications Inc for $3 million dollars.
Was simulcasting on Winner Broadcasting's WWBR-FM/107.9 West Point (a TSA for $11,000/mo) from February 2, 2003 to January 7, 2005 and known as "Hot 102.1 & 107.9".
On March 29, 2004 WWHV dropped the nationally syndicated Russ Parr Morning Show for the local Supreme Team Morning Show who were dumped by Clear Channel's "103Jamz" WOWI. Russ Parr returned to station after the Supreme Team was dumped again just one year later.
Washington Redskins owner Daniel Synder's Red Zebra Broadcasting agreed to purchase the station from On Top Communications, Debtor-in-Possession, which was in bankruptcy since June 2005, on Monday July 19, 2006 for a $4.25M. On January 5, 2007 at 5pm Red Zebra announce that the five year run of HOT 102.1 as Virginia Beach’s #1 for Hip Hop and R&B will come to an end on January 29th. At 11:56pm on January 28th, 2007, HOT 102.1 signed off with Diddy w/ Keyshia Cole's "Last Night".
[edit] The Game Schedule
[edit] Monday-Friday
- The First Team on FOX with Steve Czaban (6-9 a.m.)
- The Tony Bruno Show on Sporting News Radio (9 a.m.-noon)
- Redskins Lunch Supersized (noon-2 p.m.)
- The John Castleberry Show (2-4 p.m.)
- The John Riggins Show (4-7 p.m.)
- FOX GameTime Live with Andrew Siciliano (7-10 p.m.)
- FOX GameTime React with JT "The Brick" (10 p.m.-2 a.m.)
- The Third Shift of FOX with Jorge Sedano (2-6 a.m.)
[edit] Former logos
[edit] External links
- The Game 102.1 Website
- Tony Bruno Show
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WXTG
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WWHV
| FM radio stations in the Hampton Roads (Norfolk/Virginia Beach/Newport News) market (Arbitron #41) | |
|---|---|
| By frequency: |
88.1 | 88.3 | 88.5/97.9/103.7/103.9 | 88.7 | 89.1 | 89.5 | 89.9 | 90.3 | 90.7 | 90.9 | 91.1 | 91.5 | 91.7/97.7/97.7/99.3 | 92.1 | 92.3 | 92.9 | 93.7 | 94.1 | 94.9 | 95.7 | 96.1 | 96.7 | 97.3 | 98.7 | 99.1 | 99.7 | 100.1 | 100.5 | 100.9 | 100.9 | 101.3 | 101.7 | 102.1 | 102.5 | 102.5/102.1 | 102.9 | 103.7 | 104.1 | 104.5 | 104.9 | 105.3 | 105.7 | 106.1 | 106.9 | 107.7 | 107.9 |
| By callsign: |
W261CN | WAFX | WAZP | WBKU/W249BH/W249BM/W257BV | WBQK | WCDG | WCWM | WCXL | WERX | WFMI | WFMZ | WFOS | WGH-FM | WGPS | WHOV | WHRO | WHRV | WJCD | WJLZ/W250AE/W279AD/W280CX | WJRX/W271AK | WKJX | WKUS | WLQM | WNOR | WNRJ | WNSB | WOWI | WPTE | WPYA | WROX | WRPC | WRSF | WRVS | WTYD | WVBW | WVKL | WWDE | WWIP | WXEZ | WXGM | WXMM | WXTG | WYCS | WYFI | WYOU |
| Other: |
See also: Hampton Roads (FM) (AM) Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford-Pulaski | Norfolk-Newport News-Virginia Beach (FM) (AM) | Richmond (FM) (AM) | Roanoke (FM) (AM) | Fredericksburg | Winchester | Charlottesville | Harrisonburg |
