City | Fredericksburg, Virginia |
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Broadcast area | Metro Fredericksburg |
Frequency | 1350 kHz |
Branding | WNTX 1350 AM 96.5 FM |
Slogan | News Talk Sports |
Programming | |
Format | News/Talk/Sports |
Affiliations | ESPN Radio Westwood One Premiere Radio Networks |
Ownership | |
Owner | Alpha Media LLC (Alpha Media Licensee LLC) |
WFLS-FM, WVBX, WWUZ | |
History | |
First air date | 1960 (as WFLS) |
Former call signs | WFLS (1960-1996) WYSK (1996-2011) |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 65640 |
Class | D |
Power | 1,000 watts (day) 37 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°18′46.0″N77°26′20.0″W / 38.312778°N 77.438889°W |
Translator(s) | 96.5 W243BS (Fredericksburg) |
Links | |
Website | WNTX Online |
WNTX is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Fredericksburg, Virginia, serving metro Fredericksburg. WNTX is owned and operated by Alpha Media LLC, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. [1]
It was known as WFLS and simulcast with WFLS-FM until 1996, when the calls were changed to WYSK and it started simulcasting WYSK-FM.
On July 5, 2011, WYSK began carrying Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity talk shows during the day. [2] On July 15, 2011, WYSK changed their call letters to WNTX.
On January 23, 2015, Alpha Media "entered into a definitive agreement" to purchase WNTX and sister stations WFLS-FM, WVBX, and WWUZ from Free Lance-Star License, Inc. for an unknown sum. [3] The purchase was consummated on May 1, 2015, at a price of $8.1 million.
In February 2010, WYSK began simulcasting on FM translator W243BS at 96.5 FM. On April 16, 2013, W243BS 96.5 dropped its simulcast of sister station WNTX for a simulcast of WFLS-HD2 carrying a Freeform format. [4] The "FredFM" format was dropped in early March 2014, when W243BS resumed simulcasting sister station WNTX.
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) | City of license | Facility ID | ERP (W) | Height (m (ft)) | Class | FCC info |
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W243BS | 96.5 | Fredericksburg, Virginia | 142774 | 250 | 86 m (282 ft) | D | FCC LMS |
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