WXXX

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WXXX
WXXX logo.png
Broadcast area Burlington Plattsburgh
Frequency 95.5 MHz
Branding95 Triple X
Programming
Format Top 40 (CHR)
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerSison Broadcasting, Inc.
OperatorVox AM/FM, LLC
WVMT, WCPV, WEAV, WEZF, WVTK, WXZO
History
First air date
November 16, 1984
Call sign meaning
"Triple X"
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 29920
Class C3
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 72 meters (236 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
44°30′34″N73°10′57″W / 44.509472°N 73.182611°W / 44.509472; -73.182611
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website 95triplex.com

WXXX (95.5 FM, "95 Triple X") is a radio station that is licensed to South Burlington, Vermont, and serving the Champlain Valley of Vermont and New York. On air and in advertisements the station is known as "95 Triple X". The station is owned by Sison Broadcasting, and it airs a contemporary hit radio/Top 40 format. Studios and offices are on Mallets Bay Avenue in Colchester, Vermont.

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The station is licensed to South Burlington, but WXXX's offices and studios are located in Colchester along with co-owned WVMT.

History

From the 1950s into the late 1970s the WXXX call sign was assigned to an AM station at 1310 kHz in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. [2] (That station is no longer on the air.)

On November 16, 1984, WXXX (95 Triple-X) first signed on the air. The first song was "Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones. [3] WXXX was at first authorized by the Federal Communications Commission to operate at 3,000 watts on 95.3 MHz. At that time it was owned by several well-known Vermont broadcasters including Howard Ginsberg, John Hughes and John Nichols. They sold the station in 1986 to a Boston-based company. It was subsequently sold again to Atlantic Ventures, another Boston-based firm. After that it was purchased by the owners of 620 WVMT in Burlington, Vermont. In the early 1990s WXXX upgraded its signal, increasing power to 25,000 watts and moving one notch up the dial to 95.5 MHz. [4]

In October 2018, WXXX and WVMT were sold to Vox AM/FM LLC pending FCC approval; Vox began operating the stations under a local marketing agreement on January 1, 2019. [5] The next day, as part of some major lineup changes, 95 Triple X began carrying Elvis Duran and the Morning Show . [6]

WXXX was the birthplace of many radio careers including Jonny Brooks, Lana Wilder, Jon "Jag" Gay, Mel Allen, Jonathan Channell, Michael Czarny, Michael Maze, Artie The One Man Party, Matthew "LA" Reid, Michael Mann, Troy Shannon, Keith Rice, Johnny "John Lucas" Grinnell, Scott Osbourne, Jeffrey Thomas, Lisa B., Joshua "J.B. Goode" Goodman, Dena Yasner, Kenny Benson, Robert Dawes, Skipper Church, Walt Speck, Joe Taylor,"Mark In The Morning" Esbjerg, Rob Poulin and Kenan Guarino.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WXXX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "Radio Stations by City: Mississippi". Radio Broadcasting History. Archived from the original on January 29, 1998. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  3. HowardGinsberg, Birthday of 95 TripleX, WXXX-FM South Burlington, VT, archived from the original on December 14, 2021, retrieved January 21, 2019
  4. "WXXX-FM 95.5 MHz - South Burlington, VT". radio-locator.com.
  5. Vox AM/FM Acquires WVMT/WXXX Burlington VT Lance Venta, radioINSIGHT, October 15, 2018
  6. "WXXX And WVMT Make Lineup Changes Following Vox Acquisition". RadioInsight. January 2, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.