WXCZ

WXCZ
City Cedar Key, Florida
Broadcast area Levy County, Florida
Branding Nature Coast Country
Frequency 103.3 MHz
First air date March 1996 (as 102.7 WCQQ)
Format Country music
ERP 31,000 watts
HAAT 140 meters (459 ft)
Class C3
Facility ID 57563
Transmitter coordinates 29°11′45.00″N 82°59′46.00″W / 29.1958333°N 82.9961111°W / 29.1958333; -82.9961111
Former callsigns WVNM (1991-1995)
WCQQ (1995-1996)
WRGO (1996-2017)
Former frequencies 102.7 MHz (1996-2018)
Owner Betty Marcocci
(WGUL-FM, Inc.)
Sister stations WZCC
Webcast Listen Live
Website NatureCoastCountry.com

WXCZ (103.3 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Cedar Key, Florida. The station is owned by Betty Marcocci, through licensee WGUL-FM, Inc., and features a country music radio format. It is simulcast on 104.3 WXZC in Inglis, Florida. The two stations call themselves "Nature Coast Country."

History

The station was given a construction permit and was assigned the call letters WVNM on 1991-08-09. On 1995-08-01, the still-unbuilt station changed its call sign to WCQQ, on 1996-07-15 to WRGO, and on 2017-07-24 to the current WXCZ.[1]

The station signed on the air in March 1996, as WCQQ, originally at 102.7 MHz.[2] It was owned by Stoehr Communications and aired an oldies format. In the early 2010's, the station moved to 103.3 MHz.

References

  1. "WXCZ Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1997 page B-85


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