WFXS (FM)

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WFXS
Broadcast area State College, Pennsylvania
Frequency 98.7 MHz
BrandingSports Radio 98.7 - The Fox
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • SkyWave Broadcasting Inc.
  • (SkyWave Broadcasting Inc.)
History
First air date
December 1995;28 years ago (1995-12)
Former call signs
  • WZRZ (1995–2000)
  • WLTS-FM (2000–2001)
  • WOJZ (2001–2003)
  • WOWY (2003–2005)
  • WQWK (2005–2006)
  • WSGY (2006–2008)
  • WWSH (2008–2011)
  • WEMR (2011–2015)
  • WFEQ (2015–2019)
  • WLEJ (2019–2023)
  • WWJL (2023)
  • WLEJ-FM (2023)
Call sign meaning
"Fox Sports"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 30445
Class A
ERP 2,200 watts
HAAT 168 meters
Links
Public license information
Website sportsradio987thefox.com

WFXS (98.7 MHz) is a sports FM radio station that is located in Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania.

Contents

History

98.7 was originally licensed to Mill Hall, Pennsylvania, as WZRZ in December 1995. Engineer Jack (Jay) Kennedy found this available frequency and sold the construction permit to Sabatino Cupelli. Cupelli built it out and put it on the air playing classic hits as Eagle 98.7 FM.

Later on, the station was sold to Forever Broadcasting and the community of license was changed to Pleasant Gap. The station adopted the call letters WLTS-FM in late 2000. During Forever's ownership, the station carried several formats including smooth jazz under the calls WOJZ, adult rock as WQWK and country as WSGY, a repeater of Froggy 98 from Altoona, Pennsylvania. 98.7 was sold to 2510 Associates who also operated State College stations WBHV-FM (B94.5) and WOWY 97.1. 2510 broadcast a soft adult contemporary format programmed by Nick Ferrara using the handle 98.7 Wish-FM and the call letters WWSH. The Wish Wake-Up Show was hosted by State College Radio veteran Ruth O'Brien.

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Studio

On August 18, 2011, WWSH changed its format to mainstream rock, branded as "Eagle 98.7" under new call letters, WEMR. The Eagle lineup included the "Morning Drive" with Wentz and The Drive Home "Overdrive" with Bickel.

On July 3, 2015, WEMR changed its format to adult album alternative (AAA), branded as "98.7 The Freq", and was granted the WFEQ call letters. [2]

On March 19, 2019, WFEQ moved "The Freq" to online only [3] and began stunting with a loop of Alan Jackson’s "Gone Country" ahead of a country format switch. Between playing of the songs were effects of grunts and something eating a frog, which was a reference to Forever Media’s WFGE. It was expected that this station would become "Bigfoot Country" after stunting. [4]

On March 21, 2019, at noon, WFEQ ended stunting and launched a classic country format, branded as "Bigfoot Country Legends" under new WLEJ call letters, with the first song being "Bigfoot Song" by Gary Nicholson. [4]

On December 30, 2022, it was announced that the format would move to WQWK and WPHB within days. [5] On January 3, 2023, WLEJ dropped its classic country format and began stunting, simultaneously changing its call sign to WWJL. [6] As this resulted in the station erroneously duplicating a call sign already assigned to another station, the call sign was changed to WLEJ-FM on March 1. [7] On June 23, 2023, WLEJ-FM changed its call sign to WFXS.

On July 17, WFXS launched a sports radio format known as 98.7 the Fox, featuring programming from Fox Sports Radio and Motor Racing Network, under new operator SkyWave Broadcasting Inc., headed by former owner Sabatino Cupelli.

In season 6, episode 26 of the American version of The Office, Michael Scott mentions the radio station "Froggy 98.7".

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WFXS". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ AAA Freq Launching in State College
  3. ↑ "Home". 987thefreq.com.
  4. 1 2 Bigfoot Country Legends Debuts in State College Radioinsight - March 21, 2019
  5. ↑ "Seven Mountains Confirms Imminent State College Shakeup - RadioInsight". December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  6. ↑ Seven Mountains Media State College Format Shuffle Update Radioinsight - January 5, 2023
  7. ↑ Loftus, James (February 23, 2023). "Form 380 - Change Request". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved March 1, 2023.

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