WXRD

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WXRD
WXRD Xrock103.9 logo.png
Broadcast area Northwest Indiana / South Suburban Chicago
Frequency 103.9 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingX Rock 103.9
Programming
Format Classic rock
Affiliations https://www.unitedstations.com/
Ownership
Owner
WLJE, WZVN
History
First air date
November 10, 1972 (as WFLM) [1]
Former call signs
  • WFLM (1972 [2] -1982)
  • WWJY (1982–1996) [3]
  • WZCO (7/1996-12/1996) [3]
Call sign meaning
'"X-Rock"
Technical information [4]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 39382
Class A
ERP 1,350 watts
HAAT 137 meters (449 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 41°19′24.1″N87°21′22.1″W / 41.323361°N 87.356139°W / 41.323361; -87.356139
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website xrock1039.com

WXRD (103.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format using the station name X-Rock 103.9. Licensed to Crown Point, Indiana, United States, it serves Northwest Indiana and Chicago's south suburbs. The station is currently owned by Adams Radio Group, [5] through licensee ARG of Northern Indiana LLC. The station also features national and local newscasts.

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History

The station began broadcasting November 10, 1972, holding the call sign WFLM, and airing an easy listening format, as the "World's Finest Listening Music". [1] [2] [6] The station was originally owned by John Meyer. [1] [2] In 1982, the station's call sign was changed to WWJY, [3] and the station was branded "Joy"/"South Lake 104". [6] In 1993, John Meyer sold the station to M & M Broadcasting, owned by former Hammond, Indiana mayor Thomas McDermott, Sr., for $600,000. [7] On March 1, 1993, the station's format was changed from easy listening to CHR. [6] [7] [8] In 1995, the station began to simulcast the rock format of WABT 103.9 in Dundee, Illinois. [9]

In 1996, the station was sold to Z-Spanish Network, along with WABT, for $3.6 million, [10] [11] and the station adopted a Spanish language format, [12] as "La Zeta". [13] On July 1, 1996, the station's call sign was changed to WZCO. [3] The station would go silent shortly thereafter, before switching to a country music format in November 1996, with programming from Real Country, under a LMA with M & M Broadcasting, who was in the process of purchasing the station. [14] On December 2, 1996, the station's call sign was changed to WXRD. [3] By 2002, the station's format had been changed to classic rock. [15] In 2004, the station was sold to Radio One Communications, along with WZVN, for $4.9 million. [16] [17] [18] The station was purchased by Adams Radio Group in 2014. [19] [20]

After 18 years, WXRD pulled "The Bob and Tom Show" off the air on June 17, 2019 and began a locally-produced classic rock morning show. As of December, 2021, Nights with Alice Cooper was the station's only syndicated day-part. [21]

Effective June 9, 2023, Adams Radio Group's portfolio of 18 stations and translators, including WXRD, was sold for $12.6 million.

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