WFXJ-FM

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WFXJ-FM
City of license North Kingsville, Ohio
Broadcast area Ashtabula County
Branding The Fox 107.5
Slogan Bob & Tom in the Morning and Classic Rock All Day
Frequency 107.5 MHz
First air date August 6, 2001
(as WFXJ-FM)
October 15, 1999
(as WPHR)
Format Classic rock
ERP 3,600 watts
HAAT 130 meters
Class A
Facility ID 76320
Transmitter coordinates 41°53′4.00″N 80°38′28.00″W / 41.8844444°N 80.6411111°W / 41.8844444; -80.6411111
Callsign meaning W "FoX" J FM
Former callsigns WCUZ (2001)
WPHR (19992001)
Affiliations Premiere Networks
United Stations Radio Networks
Owner Media One Group
(Media One Holdings, LLC)
Sister stations WFUN, WREO-FM, WYBL, WZOO-FM
Webcast N/A
Website thefox1075.com

WFXJ-FM (107.5 FM) branded The Fox 107.5 is a commercial classic rock radio station licensed to North Kingsville, Ohio. Owned by Media One Group, the station serves the Northeast Ohio county of Ashtabula, and is the local affiliate for The Bob & Tom Show and Nights with Alice Cooper. The WFXJ-FM studio is located in the city of Ashtabula, while the station transmitter resides in Kingsville.

History

The construction permit for the station was obtained by Emily W. Chismar in the name of EWC Enterprises, Ltd. on April 22, 1999 and the calls WPHR were granted on October 15, 1999. The construction permit was transferred to Clear Channel on July 11, 2000. Clear Channel obtained the calls WCUZ on January 18, 2001 when it moved the WPHR calls to its station in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It finally settled on WFXJ-FM on August 6, 2001.

It is one of four stations in the Media One Group's Ashtabula cluster, the others being WZOO-FM, WREO-FM, WYBL (FM) and WFUN (AM) - all of which were sold off by Clear Channel in September 2007.

Current programming

WFXJ-FM airs The Bob & Tom Show during weekday mornings via Premiere Networks, and Nights with Alice Cooper weekday nights via United Stations Radio Networks.[1][2]

References

External links

Aerial photo of WFXJ-FM transmitter from Google Maps

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