WVBX

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WVBX

City of license	Spotsylvania, Virginia
Broadcast area	Metro Fredericksburg
Branding	"99-3 The Vibe"
Slogan	"Fredericksburg's #1 Hit Music Station"
Frequency	99.3 MHz
First air date	January 26, 1988 (as WYND-FM)
Format	Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio
ERP	3,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	22484
Transmitter coordinates	38°08′30.0″N 77°41′34.0″W / 38.141667°N 77.692778°W / 38.141667; -77.692778
Callsign meaning	W ViBe X
Former callsigns	WYND-FM (1988-1989) WPLC (1989-1994) WYSK (1994-1996) WYSK-FM (1996-2008) WWVB (2008-2009)^[1]
Owner	The Free Lance-Star Publishing Company of Fredericksburg, VA
Sister stations	WFLS-FM, WNTX, WWUZ
Webcast	WVBX Webstream
Website	WVBX Online

WVBX is a Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Spotsylvania, Virginia and serving the Metro Fredericksburg area. WVBX is owned and operated by The Free Lance-Star Publishing Company of Fredericksburg, VA.^[2]

History

Logo used for WYSK-FM from March 4, 2002 to January 7, 2008.

The station first launched on January 26, 1988 with the callsign WYND-FM. It would carry a Modern Rock format, branded as "Y-99.3".

On April 10, 1989, WYND-FM changed it callsign to WPLC, and yet again to WYSK on September 30, 1994. On July 16, 1996, WYSK modified to WYSK-FM. It still continued to carry its Modern Rock format until March 4, 2002, when WYSK-FM flipped to Alternative Rock, branded as "99.3 WYSK - The Rock Alternative".

At noon on January 7, 2008, WYSK-FM dropped its Alternative Rock format and switched to Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio with the station's first song being Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack". The calls were changed from WYSK to WWVB-FM on January 11, 2008.

On August 13, 2009, the callsign was changed from WWVB-FM to WVBX.^[3]

References

↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "WVBX Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WVBX 99.3 257A". VARTV.com. June 5, 2010.

External links

99-3 The Vibe Online

Query the FCC's FM station database for WVBX

Radio-Locator information on WVBX

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WVBX

v t e Radio stations in the Fredericksburg, Virginia market

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v t e Rhythmic Contemporary radio stations in the Commonwealth of Virginia

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