WSGN (FM)

Last updated
WSGN
Broadcast area Sylacauga, Alabama
Frequency 98.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Programming
Format Oldies
Subchannels HD2: Adult contemporary Mix 106.5
Ownership
OwnerMarble City Media LLC
WAUE, WRFS, WFXO, WYEA
History
First air date
December 1959 (as WMLS-FM)
Former call signs
WMLS-FM (1960-1986)
WAWV (1986-2001)
WTRB-FM (2001-2008)
WTXO (2008-2012)
WFXO (2012-2022) [1]
Technical information
Facility ID 704
Class A
ERP 2,700 watts
HAAT 151 meters (495 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
33°04′20.4″N86°10′09.4″W / 33.072333°N 86.169278°W / 33.072333; -86.169278
Translator(s) 106.5 W293CQ (Sylacauga, relays HD2)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
Website WSGN Online
MIX 106.5 Online (HD2)

WSGN (98.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. [2] Licensed to Stewartville, Alabama, United States, it serves East Central Alabama. The station is owned and operated by Marble City Media LLC.

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Originally licensed in Sylacauga, WSGN first signed on as WMLS-FM in December 1959 and moved to Ashland in 2004. On July 19, 2016, the Federal Communications Commission approved Marble City Media LLC's purchase of the then-WFXO from Williams Communications Inc., and the transfer was completed on August 1, 2016. On October 24, 2016, the FCC approved the station's relocation back to the greater Sylacauga area with a license in Stewartville. The station ceased operation in Ashland on November 24, 2016, and began broadcasting from the Sylacauga area on December 4.

The station's format initially flipped to Contemporary Hit Radio, then moved to Adult Contemporary on January 1, 2017.

Marble City Media LLC also owns and operates stations serving Sylacauga-Childersburg-Talladega, Alexander City-Dadeville-Lake Martin-Wetumpka-Montgomery, and Waverly-Auburn-Opelika.

WFXO changed its format from adult hits to sports, branded as "FOX Sports Central Alabama on 98.3 FM" on August 17, 2020. [3]

On July 27, 2022, it was announced that WFXO would change its format from sports to oldies under the WSGN callsign on July 31, with the WFXO callsign moving to what was then WSGN. [4]

WFXO-HD2

On May 25, 2018, WFXO began airing the "Yea!106.5" classic hits format on its HD2 subchannel. (That format moved from WYEA 1290 AM Sylacauga, which switched to country.) [5]

On August 3, 2020, WFXO-HD2 changed their format from classic hits to adult contemporary, branded as "MIX 106.5". [3]

WFXO 98.3FOXFM logo.jpg

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References

  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. 1 2 Yea 106.5 Flips To AC; WFXO To Flip To Sports Radioinsight - August 4, 2020
  4. "WSGN To Return To Central Alabama With Oldies". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  5. Alabama Broadcast Media Page