Broadcast area | Huntsville, Alabama |
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Frequency | 95.9 MHz |
Branding | Country 95.9 |
Programming | |
Format | Country music/Sports/Talk |
Affiliations | Premiere Networks United Stations Radio Networks Westwood One |
Ownership | |
Owner | Guntersville Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | August 1, 1969 |
Technical information [1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 25674 |
Class | C3 |
ERP | 25,000 watts |
HAAT | 157 meters (515 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°20′14″N86°16′46″W / 34.33722°N 86.27944°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | http://www.wtwx.com/html/Listen%20Live.htm |
Website | wtwx.com http://www.wtwxsports.com |
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The station was assigned the WTWX-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on 1969. [2]
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