WVBX
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| City of license | Spotsylvania, Virginia |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
Free Lance-Star License, Inc. (sale pending to Alpha Media) |
| 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 Free Lance-Star License, LLC.[2]
History
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]
On January 23, 2015, Alpha Media "entered into a definitive agreement" to purchase WVBX and sister stations WFLS-FM, WNTX, and WWUZ for an unknown sum.[4]
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.
- ↑ "Alpha Media To Purchase Free Lance-Star Radio Stations". All Access Music Group. January 23, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
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
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