WXLT

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For the television station formerly known as WXLT, see WWSB.

WXLT

City of license	Christopher, Illinois
Broadcast area	Marion, Illinois
Branding	103.5 ESPN Southern Illinois
Slogan	Southern Illinois's ONLY FM Sports Station
Frequency	103.5 MHz
First air date	1990 (as WUEZ)
Format	Sports
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters (328 feet)
Class	A
Facility ID	6647
Transmitter coordinates	37°55′55″N 88°57′31″W / 37.93194°N 88.95861°W / 37.93194; -88.95861
Former callsigns	WUEZ (1990-2001)^[1]
Affiliations	ESPN Radio
Owner	Max Media (MRR License LLC)
Sister stations	WCIL, WCIL-FM, WUEZ, WJPF, WOOZ-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	1035espn.com

WXLT (103.5 FM, "ESPN Southern Illinois") is a radio station licensed to serve Christopher, Illinois, USA. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC. It airs a Sports radio format.^[2]

History

WXLT was first assigned the call sign WUEZ on October 30, 1990. The station was assigned the WXLT call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on March 19, 2001 and most recently broadcast an Adult hits format as "Jack FM".^[1] On February 2, 2009, WXLT switched formats to a sports radio as "ESPN Southern Illinois"

Ownership

In December 2003, Mississippi River Radio, acting as Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president/COO), reached an agreement to purchase WCIL, WCIL-FM, WUEZ, WXLT, WOOZ-FM, WJPF, KGIR, KZIM, KEZS-FM, KCGQ-FM, KMAL, KLSC, KWOC, KJEZ, KKLR-FM, KGKS, and KSIM from the Zimmer Radio Group (James L. Zimmer, owner).^[3] The reported value of this 17 station transaction was $43 million.^[4]

Previous logo

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ Homan, John D. (2003-12-19). "Zimmer sells 17 radio stations". Southern Illinoisan. "The Zimmer Radio Group, a family-owned media company, announced Wednesday it will sell 17 of its 32 stations [...] to Mississippi River Radio."
↑ "Changing Hands - 1/12/2004". Broadcasting & Cable. 2004-01-12.

External links

WXLT official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WXLT

Radio-Locator information on WXLT

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WXLT

v t e Radio stations in the Marion-Carbondale (Southern Illinois) market

By FM frequency	89.1 90.1 91.1 91.9 92.7 94.1 95.1 97.7 98.9 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.9 103.5 103.9 104.5 105.1 106.1 106.3 107.3

By AM frequency	570 940 960 1020 1060 1150 1300 1340 1420

NOAA WX Radio frequency	162.425

By callsign	KGMO KEZS-FM KWKZ KZIM WAWJ WBVN WCIL WCIL-FM WDBX WDDD-FM WFRX WGGH WHET WIMB WINI WISH-FM WJPF WKIB WMCL WMIX WMIX-FM WOOZ-FM WSIU WTAO-FM WUEZ WVZA WXAN WXLT WXM49

Defunct	WDDD 810 AM

Illinois radio markets Bloomington Champaign Chicago Decatur LaSalle-Peru Peoria Quad Cities (Rock Island-Moline) Rockford St. Louis, MO Other Illinois radio regions Kankakee Marion-Carbondale Quincy/Hannibal Springfield See also List of radio stations in Illinois

v t e Sports Radio Stations in the state of Illinois

Stations:	WFMB - Springfield WFRX - West Frankfort WFXN - Moline WGEM - Quincy WHQQ - Neoga/Effingham WMVP - Chicago WSCR - Chicago WTAY - Robinson WTJK - South Beloit WVIL - Virginia WVLN - Olney WXLT - Christopher WXOS- East St. Louis/St. Louis WZPN - Farmington

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Illinois See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio

v t e ESPN Radio stations in the state of Illinois

Full-time affiliates	Quincy WGEM Neoga/Effingham WHQQ Chicago WMVP Roscoe WTJK Olney WVLN Marion/Carbondale WXLT East St. Louis/St. Louis WXOS Farmington WZPN

Part-time affiliates	Springfield WFMB Danville WDAN Galesburg WAIK Monmouth WRAM Moline WFXN Bloomington WJBC Loves Park WLUV Robinson WTAY Robinson WTYE

See also List of ESPN Radio affiliates See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Illinois See also ESPN Radio ESPN Deportes Radio Fox Sports Radio Yahoo! Sports Radio

v t e Max Media stations

Radio stations	KCGQ-FM KCJC KCAB KDHT-FM KEZS-FM KGIR KGKS KJEZ KJHM KKLR-FM KLSC KMAL KSIM KVLD KVOM KVOM-FM KWKK KWOC KZIM WCIL WCIL-FM WCMS-FM WCXL WFYY WGAI WGH WGH-FM WJPF WOOZ-FM WUEZ WVBW WVHT WVSL-FM WVSP-FM WWBE WXLT WYGL-FM

Television stations	WMEI / WOST / WQQZ-CA / WWKQ-LP (TLR)¹ WNKY (NBC/CBS) WPFO (Fox)^{1, 2}

¹ These stations are owned by Corporate Media Consultants Group, which Max Media holds a 49 percent stake in. ² This station, owned by CMCG, is operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Sale to Cunningham Broadcasting, pending FCC approval.

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