WXDX-FM
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| City of license | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Branding | The X |
| Slogan | Pittsburgh's Rock Alternative / Pittsburgh's Metal Station |
| Frequency | 105.9 (MHz) |
| First air date | 1948 (as WAMO-FM) |
| Format | Modern Rock / Metal / Heavy Metal |
| ERP | 72,000 watts |
| HAAT | 131 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 60153 |
| Former callsigns | WAMO-FM |
| Owner | Clear Channel |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | http://www.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.
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[edit] History: Beginnings as WAMO-FM
This station actually first signed on at this frequency as WAMO-FM, the sister station of WAMO (AM) in Pittsburgh. For much of its existence, this station operated as an urban contemporary formatted station with its own independent programming and occasional simulcast of its AM sister.
The station first became what it is today in 1996, when it was then known as The Force, and operated at 106.7. The Force 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] Current on-air personalities
- Tim Benz
- Whipping Boy
- Grimm
- Vinnie
- Digby
[edit] Former on-air personalities
- Alan Cox - The Alan Cox Radio Show. Alan Cox had a small following and was let go due to poor ratings in 2006. Cox currently hosts The Morning Fix at WKQX in Chicago. Cox Released 3 CD's while on the air at WXDX-FM Pittsburgh, Alan Cox Sells Out, Alan Cox - Ribbed, and Alan Cox - Shadyside (a small part of Pittsburgh) Bathroom Wall Blues. He also performed at numerous comedy clubs within the area, and a portion of the proceeds from his CD's were donated to local charities.
- Debbie "Buck" Wilde - She was the nighttime DJ in 1996 when The Force and The X was on.
- Mike Bocan - He was fired from the station on 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 broadcast, a caller was reported to have spoken an expletive on air (calling Bob Grove a "cunt" [sic]). 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. Bocan claims that the "call screener" was to monitor calls, that he was just there "to run the 10-second ads that say the station name and call letters", and claims he had no phone monitoring capabilities.
- Tim Anglin - He was a part-time dj and The X's full time Promotions Director
- Steve Stone (voice actor), a nationally known television and radio promo announcer. Steve Stone worked as the in-house creative director for WXDX-FM for three years, from 1996 to the end of 1999.
He went on to work at WXRK-FM in New York City, and eventually launched his own voiceover and audio production company. http://www.stonevoiceovers.com [2].
[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] External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WXDX
- Radio Locator information on WXDX
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WXDX
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