WXZO
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| WXZO | |
| City of license | Willsboro, New York |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Burlington, Vermont |
| Frequency | 96.7 MHz |
| Format | news/talk |
| ERP | 1,000 watts |
| HAAT | 243 meters |
| Class | A |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Sister stations | WEAV, WTSJ |
| Website | www.thezonefm.com |
WXZO is an English-language American radio station located in Burlington, Vermont. (The station's city of license is actually Willsboro, New York, but its studios are in Colchester.)
Owned and operated by Clear Channel Communications, it broadcasts on the FM band on 96.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 1,000 watts (class A) using an omnidirectional antenna.
The station has a news/talk format and identifies itself as The Zone. All of its programming consists of carrying syndicated talk shows, such as Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and The Don & Mike Show. The station also airs a significant amount of sports broadcasts, including New England Patriots football, University of Vermont men's basketball, and Vermont Lake Monsters baseball.
WXZO simulcasts its programming on two AM stations. WEAV, licensed to Plattsburgh, New York, which broadcasts on 960 kHz with a power of 5,000 watts as a class B station, using a directional antenna with slightly different daytime and nighttime directional patterns in order to protect various other stations on that frequency. Both daytime and the tighter nighttime patterns of WEAV are directed mostly to the north and west of Plattsburgh with not a lot of signal strength reaching deep into Vermont. Therefore, the WEAV AM signal is the perfect complement to the WXZO FM signal and can reach well into the much larger metro area of Montréal, Québec. WTSJ, licensed to Randolph, Vermont, was incorporated into "The Zone" network, in the Spring of 2007. WTSJ broadcasts on 1320 kHz with an omnidirectional antenna with a daytime power of 1,000 watts and reduced nighttime power of 66 watts. WTSJ was originally known as WCVR for many years and was simultcast with WCVR-FM. The WCVR call sign was changed to WWWT in 1987 and was changed to the current WTSJ in the fall of 2006. WWWT on its own had been from time to time, a satellite AC format, a satellite oldies format, and was simultcast first with former co-owned WSYB (AM 1380) in Rutland and later with former co-owned WTSL (AM 1400) in Lebanon, NH. The WWWT calls now reside on AM 1500 in Washington D C, which was known for many years as WTOP.
[edit] Weekday Schedule
- First Light with Dirk Van, 5:00 AM - 6:00 AM
- The War Room with Quinn & Rose, 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM
- Glenn Beck, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Rush Limbaugh, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- The Don & Mike Show, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
- Gametime Live with Andrew Siciliano, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
- Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, 10:00 PM - 5:00 AM
[edit] External links
- The Zone 96.7 FM & 960 AM (official website)
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WXZO
- Radio Locator information on WXZO
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WEAV
- Radio Locator Information on WEAV
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