WTBX

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WTBX
Broadcast area Iron Range
Frequency 93.9 MHz
RDS PI: 8705
PS/RT: Title BY Artist On WTBX-FM 93.9
Branding93.9 WTBX
Programming
Format Hot adult contemporary
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
1981 (1981) (as WKKQ-FM)
Former call signs
WKKQ-FM (1981–1983)
Call sign meaning
"The Best Mix"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 73172
Class C1
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 162 meters (531 ft)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.wtbx.com

WTBX (93.9 FM) is a U.S. radio station in Hibbing, Minnesota, serving the Iron Range region. The station is owned by Midwest Communications and airs a hybrid format of hot adult contemporary and modern adult contemporary.

Contents

WTBX broadcasts from a 486-foot (148 m) tower located southwest of downtown Hibbing on Town Line Road using a twelve-bay FM antenna combined with sister station WUSZ. WTBX is not licensed by the FCC to broadcast in digital HD Radio.

History

During the 1980s, WTBX aired a contemporary hit radio format and had an FM translator on W249AM 97.7 MHz in Duluth, Minnesota. The translator was owned by Jayen Communications in Duluth and went off the air when the company had sold the tower and broadcast equipment in the late '90s. Today a new translator W249CX operates on 97.7 which relays WQRM and is operated by VCY America .

In 2008, the station began leaning adult top 40 during the evening hours with the addition of tracks topping contemporary hit radio charts, similar to KBMX in Duluth. The station has since shifted to a hot AC-leaning contemporary hit radio format in order to fill the hot AC void in the Hibbing market. The stations' playlist mainly consists of music from the 1990s, 2000s and today, with 1980s music sprinkled in every once in a while. Even with the recent musical shifts, the station continues to have a heavy emphasis on new hit music, and continues to air CHR slated shows, such as American Top 40 and Open House Party .

Sister stations

Midwest Communications also owns WUSZ, WMFG, KQDX, WDKE, WEVE and KDAH on the Iron Range. All seven stations, along with the former KMFG, were sold to Midwest for $5.4 million. All seven stations share the same studio location on W. 37th Street in Hibbing.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WTBX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

47°22′23″N93°00′50″W / 47.373°N 93.014°W / 47.373; -93.014


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