WCXZ (740 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Harrogate, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by Lincoln Memorial University, a private four-year co-educational liberal arts college.
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| Broadcast area | Harrogate, Tennessee Middlesboro, Kentucky |
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| Frequency | 740 kHz |
| Branding | "74 WCXZ" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country Bluegrass Americana |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Lincoln Memorial University |
| WLMU | |
| History | |
First air date | 1980 |
Former call signs | WSVQ (1980–1994) WRWB (1994–2007)[1] |
Call sign meaning | W Country X (crossover) Zone |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 52626 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 900 watts daytime 7 watts nighttime |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°33′40.0″N 83°39′21.0″W / 36.561111°N 83.655833°W |
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Public license information | |
It broadcasts a Country/Bluegrass/Americana format to the Harrogate, Tennessee and Middlesboro, Kentucky area.[3]
History
editThe new station was assigned the call letters WSVQ by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on October 20, 1980, and signed on November 17, 1980.[1] WSVQ received its license to cover from the FCC on January 8, 1981.[4]
In June 1986, Appalachian Communications reached an agreement to sell this station to Pine Hills of Tennessee, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 15, 1986, and the transaction was consummated on September 2, 1986.[5]
The station was assigned new call letters WRWB by the FCC on July 5, 1994.[1]
From February 1997 to February 2007, WRWB was operated by Lincoln Memorial University as part of the Sigmon Communications Center under a time brokerage agreement with license holder Pine Hills of Tennessee, Inc.[6][7] The agreement stipulated that Pine Hills would apply, at the university's expense, to have the station's callsign changed to "WLMU" to match LMU's existing non-commercial FM station, WLMU (which would have become "WLMU-FM"), but FCC records show no such application was ever made.[8]
In July 2007, Pine Hills of Tennessee, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station outright to Lincoln Memorial University. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 8, 2008, and the transaction was consummated on March 28, 2008.[9]
The station was assigned the current WCXZ call letters by the FCC on December 14, 2007.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCXZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BL-19801117AC)". FCC Media Bureau. January 8, 1981.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19860605EV)". FCC Media Bureau. September 2, 1986.
- ^ "Time Brokerage Agreement - Page 1". Federal Communications Commission. February 24, 1997.
- ^ Oram, Fern A. (2007). "Lincoln Memorial University". Peterson's Colleges in the South. Lawrenceville, New Jersey: Peterson's. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-7689-2419-0.
- ^ "Time Brokerage Agreement - Page 2". Federal Communications Commission. February 24, 1997.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-20070702AAL)". FCC Media Bureau. March 28, 2008.
External links
edit- Facility details for Facility ID 52626 (WCXZ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WCXZ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database