WRXL

WRXL

City	Richmond, Virginia
Broadcast area	Central Virginia
Branding	XL 102
Slogan	Richmond's Alternative
Frequency	102.1 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	98.5 W253BI (Richmond, relays HD2)
First air date	1949
Format	Alternative Rock HD2: Country "Big 98.5" HD3: Contemporary Christian "The Journey"
ERP	20,000 Watts
HAAT	241 Meters
Class	B
Facility ID	11961
Transmitter coordinates	37°36′52.0″N 77°30′56.0″W / 37.614444°N 77.515556°W / 37.614444; -77.515556
Callsign meaning	W (Richmond's) Radio XL-excellence
Affiliations	Elliot in the Morning Sixx Sense
Owner	iHeartMedia (CC Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	W241AP, W253BI, WBTJ, WRNL, WRVA, WRVQ, WTVR-FM
Webcast	WRXL Webstream WRXL-HD2 Webstream
Website	WRXL Online WRXL-HD2 Online (HD2)

WRXL is an Alternative Rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Richmond, Virginia, serving Central Virginia. WRXL is owned and operated by iHeartMedia.^[1]

History

On October 1, 2012 WRXL rebranded from "102.1 The X" back to "XL 102", WRXL's branding from 1976 to 2002.^[2]

HD Radio

WRXL also broadcasts two HD subchannels:

WRXL-HD2 carries a country station, called "Big 98.5 Country", which is designed to feed the translator W253BI at 98.5 FM. The station premiered July 27, 2015.
WRXL-HD3 retransmits "The Journey" (WRVL, Lynchburg), playing contemporary Christian music.

References

↑ "WRXL Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/70673/xl102-is-back-in-richmond/

External links

XL 102 Online

Query the FCC's FM station database for WRXL

Radio-Locator information on WRXL

Radio stations in the Richmond/Petersburg market

By AM frequency	590 820 910 950 990 1140 1240 1290 1320 1340 1380 1430 1450 1480 1540 1590

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.1 90.1 91.1 91.3 92.1 92.5 93.1 93.7 94.5 95.3 96.1 96.5 97.3 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.3 99.9 100.3 100.5 100.9 102.1 103.1 103.7 104.7 105.7 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.3

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Defunct stations	WHCK-LP

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Modern rock radio stations in the state of Virginia

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iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

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