WXXL

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WXXL
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Broadcast area Greater Orlando - Central Florida
Frequency 106.7 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingXL106.7
Programming
Format Top 40 (CHR)
Subchannels HD2: LGBTQ "Pride Radio"
HD3: WRSO simulcast
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
W283AN, WFLF, WJRR, WMGF, WRSO, WRUM, WTKS-FM, WYGM
History
First air date
March 12, 1969;55 years ago (1969-03-12)
Former call signs
  • WLBE-FM (1969–1975)}
  • WDGM (1975–1977)
  • WHLY (1977–1987)
  • WCAT-FM (1987–1988)
  • WHLY (1988–1990)
Call sign meaning
XXL, abbreviation for "Double Extra Large"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 29569
Class C1
ERP 100,000 watts
HAAT 251 meters (823 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
28°33′32″N81°35′37.3″W / 28.55889°N 81.593694°W / 28.55889; -81.593694
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Website xl1067.iheart.com
prideradioorlando.iheart.com/ (HD2)

WXXL (106.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Tavares, Florida, and serving the Greater Orlando - Central Florida radio market. The station airs a top 40 (CHR) radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia. The studios and offices on Maitland Center Drive in Maitland.

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WXXL has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts. [2] The transmitter is on Story Road at Veterans Memorial Park in Winter Garden. [3]

History

WXXL first began broadcasting in 1969 under the call sign WLBE-FM, as an MOR-format radio station. It was the sister station of WLBE (790 AM), also licensed to Leesburg. In 1977, the station was known as Y-106 broadcasting an adult contemporary format. The station first gained notice as a Top 40 radio station by the fall of 1984 as Leesburg-licensed WHLY-FM, still using the moniker Central Florida's Y-106. Shortly afterward, WDBO became an adult contemporary station. Among the personalities at the station in this era were Shadow, who hosted a music-intensive morning show, and program director Rick Stacy, now at WOCL.

By 1987, adult-focused Top 40 WBJW (BJ105) remained the ratings and revenue leader in Orlando, and Y-106 was still viewed as a teen and young-adult station. This resulted in the shift in call letters to WCAT-FM and the nickname The Cat, in a failed attempt to woo older listeners. The WHLY call letters later returned, but the damage had been done. Furthermore, the rise of dance music, early hip-hop, hair bands and adult rock compounded the station's struggles. The station began broadcasting under the WXXL callsign on December 17, 1990, and later became Central Florida's dominant CHR station.

Former logo (1990-2007) XL1067 logo 2.png
Former logo (1990–2007)

The original morning show on WXXL was Doc and Johnny in the Morning, later The XL Morning Zoo with Doc and Johnny, hosted by Jeffrey "Doc Holliday" Duncan and Johnny Magic. The morning show was a staple of the station from 1990 through 2007, when Doc resigned and jumped to Cox Radio, initially taking over the morning show at WWKA before hosting a talk radio show on WRSO.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WXXL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "FM Query Results -- Audio Division (FCC) USA". transition.fcc.gov.
  3. "WXXL-FM 106.7 MHz - Tavares, FL". radio-locator.com.