WVXG

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WVXG
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WVXG Antenna
Broadcast area Mid-Ohio
Frequency 95.1 MHz
BrandingClassic Rock 95X WVXG
Programming
Format Classic rock
Affiliations ABC News Radio
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Brent Casagrande
  • (Delmar Communications, Inc.)
WQCD, WDLR
History
First air date
March 8, 1991 (1991-03-08)
Former call signs
WOHO (1991-1993) [1]
Call sign meaning
Voice of Xavier in Mount Gilead (former simulcast of WXVU ; both stations were previously owned and operated by Xavier University)
Technical information
Facility ID 74300
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 100 meters (330 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 40°35′15.00″N82°48′20.00″W / 40.5875000°N 82.8055556°W / 40.5875000; -82.8055556
Links
Webcast Listen live
Website wvxgradio.com

WVXG (95.1 FM, "Classic Rock 95X") is a radio station licensed to serve Mount Gilead, Ohio, United States. The station is owned by Brent Casagrande, through licensee Delmar Communications, Inc., and serves the Mid-Ohio area. WVXG broadcasts a classic rock music format. [2] The station is the local affiliate for The Bob and Tom Show , while the majority of the programming comes from the satellite-fed The Classic Rock Experience from ABC Radio Networks.

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History

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former logo as WVXG

The station was assigned the call letters WOHO on March 8, 1991. On October 22, 1993, the station changed its call sign to the current WVXG. [1] Throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s, WVXG was owned by Xavier University and was a member of the "X-Star Radio Network," which featured a variety of programs, including news, talk, jazz, and adult standards. [3] This multi-state network was originally based at flagship WVXU in Cincinnati, even as WVXU had adopted a separate program schedule. [4] [5]

One year before the sale of WVXU and the shutdown of the X-Star Radio Network, Xavier spun off WVXG to ICS Holdings, Inc. for around $385,000. [6] ICS Holdings entered a licensing agreement with the Christian Voice of Central Ohio, who broadcast a Contemporary Christian music format from 2004 through March 2008 as "95.1 The River," patterned directly after WCVO. Christian Voice of Central Ohio continues the format online and on Chillicothe, Ohio-licensed WZCP (also a former X-Star affiliate as WVXC).

After the lease agreement with the Christian Voice of Central Ohio ended on March 18, 2008, [7] ICS flipped WVXG to a satellite-based classic rock format.

ICS Holdings sold WVXG, along with WQTT and WDLR, to Delmar Communications, Inc. effective December 30, 2014. The price for the transaction was $250,000.

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References

  1. 1 2 "WVXG Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Archived from the original on March 1, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". www.wvxu.org. Archived from the original on 8 June 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "ARCANE RADIO TRIVIA: The X-Star Radio Network". 10 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Cincinnati News, Sports and Things to do | Cincinnati Enquirer".
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-26. Retrieved 2015-09-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "Nothing found for Index". The River Fm. Archived from the original on 2008-10-17.


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