WQXA-FM

WQXA-FM
City York, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area South Central Pennsylvania
Branding 105.7 The X
Slogan Everything That Rocks
Frequency 105.7 MHz
First air date 1948
Format Mainstream rock
ERP 25,000 watts
HAAT 215 meters (705 ft)
Class B
Facility ID 52169
Transmitter coordinates 39°59′56.00″N 76°41′43.00″W / 39.9988889°N 76.6952778°W / 39.9988889; -76.6952778Coordinates: 39°59′56.00″N 76°41′43.00″W / 39.9988889°N 76.6952778°W / 39.9988889; -76.6952778 (NAD27)
Former callsigns WNOW-FM (1948–1973)[1]
WQXA (1973–1991)
Owner Cumulus Media
(Radio License Holding CBC, LLC)
Sister stations WHGB, WWKL, WNNK-FM, WZCY-FM
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1057thex.com

WQXA-FM (105.7 FM, "105.7 The X") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to serve York, Pennsylvania. Owned by Cumulus Media, it broadcasts a mainstream rock format serving South Central Pennsylvania. Its studios are located at 2300 Vartan Way in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania[2] and the station's broadcast tower is located near York at (39°59′56.0″N 76°41′42.0″W / 39.998889°N 76.695000°W / 39.998889; -76.695000).[3]

History

On August 8, 1947, the Federal Communications Commission proposed a new station on 105.7 MHz.[4] The Helm Coal Company was granted a construction permit for the new station on May 12, 1948.[4] The station was granted its first license on May 31, 1950, with the WNOW-FM call sign.[4] On August 1, 1957, the station's license was transferred to WNOW, Inc.[4]

The station's license was tranferred to Rust Communications Group, Inc. on June 22, 1972.[4] The call sign was changed to WQXA effective December 1, 1973.[4]

The station was known as "Q106" in the 1980s. On November 1, 1991, the call sign was changed to WQXA-FM.[4] In the early 1990s the station's branding changed to "Hot 105.7" along with a format change to Dance Music. In 1995, the format changed from Dance Music to active rock with a branding change to "105.7 The Edge".[5] Later the format changed to modern rock with a branding change to "105.7 The X".

In 1997, Citadel Broadcasting purchased the station.[6] In 2011, the United States Department of Justice approved the purchase of Citadel Broadcasting by Cumulus Media.[7] The sale was completed September 18, 2011.[8][9]

Following the sale of WTPA to the Educational Media Foundation, WQXA quietly shifted to a mainstream rock lean.[10]

Signal

WQXA-FM is short-spaced to WJZ-FM 105.7 The Fan (licensed to serve Catonsville, Maryland) as they operate on the same channel and the cities they are licensed to serve are only 48 miles apart.[11] The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on the same channel according to current FCC rules is 150 miles.[12] Both stations use directional antennas to reduce their signals toward each other.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Call letter actions" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 8, 1973. p. 72.
  2. ↑ "105.7 The X Rocks - Station Info". Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  3. ↑ "FM Query Results for WQXA". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "History Cards for WQXA-FM". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  5. ↑ Stark, Phyllis (May 27, 1995). "Vox Jox". Billboard. 107 (21): 106.
  6. ↑ "Citadel Communications Corp Prospectus". nasdaq.com. June 30, 1998. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  7. ↑ "Cumulus gets antitrust OK to buy Citadel". Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  8. ↑ "Radio merger combines local stations under one umbrella". Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  9. ↑ "Consummation Notice". Federal Communications Commission. September 18, 2011. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  10. ↑ "99.3 Kiss-FM Harrisburg Begins Redirecting Audience To WLAN-FM". RadioInsight. 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  11. ↑ "How Far is it Between Catonsville, Md, United States and York, Pa, United States". Free Map Tools. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  12. ↑ "Minimum distance separation between stations. 47 CFR § 73.207 (1)" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  13. ↑ "FM Query Results for WJZ-FM". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  14. ↑ "FM Query Results for WQXA". fcc.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2018-03-19.


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