WXMZ

WXMZ
City Hartford, Kentucky
Broadcast area Hartford/Beaver Dam, Kentucky
Owensboro, Kentucky
Morgantown
Central City/Greenville, Kentucky
Branding WXMZ 99.9
Slogan Keeping it Home
Frequency 99.9 MHz
First air date 1972
Format Oldies
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 328 feet (100 m)
Class A
Facility ID 26494
Transmitter coordinates 37°26′36″N 86°53′57″W / 37.44333°N 86.89917°W / 37.44333; -86.89917
Former callsigns WLLS-FM (1972-1996)
WKHB (1996-1999) [1]
Former frequencies 106.3 MHz (1972-2012)
Affiliations Westwood One
Owner Radio Active Media, Inc.
Sister stations WKYA, WNES, WQXQ
Website thez999.com

WXMZ (99.9 FM) is an American radio station that is licensed to serve and located in Hartford, Kentucky. The station is owned by Radio Active Media, Inc., and it currently broadcasts an Oldies format.[2] The station's studios are located at 314 South Main Street in Hartford Phone 270-298-3268, and its transmitter is located along Bald Knob Road off US 231 near Cromwell.

History

The station was originally WLLS-FM (For "We Love Lloyd Spivey," the original sole station operator.) when the station signed on in 1972, playing a Top 40 format. In 1982 the station switched to an all country format under a branding of LS 106. It was a simulcast of the now-defunct WLLS-AM (later WSNR, recently WAIA). The calls were switched to WKHB on October 1, 1996. The current WXMZ calls were assigned by the Federal Communications Commission on March 19, 1999.[1] WAIA simulcasted WKYA’s signal until July 2012, when WAIA permanently went off the air. WXMZ moved its radio signal to its current frequency of 99.9 megahertz, and began broadcasting its current format.

Programming

In addition to its usual oldies format, WXMZ’s programming schedule features a mid-day show called Lunch at the Z, in which Jerry Wright is the host. Since 2012, WXMZ is also the exclusive radio broadcast home to Ohio County High School Eagles sports broadcasts, including football and boys’ and girls’ basketball games sanctioned by the KHSAA.

WXMZ's schedule also includes Sam Alford in the Morning from 6 to 10 a.m., with the latest news, weather and information important to the county.

Coverage area

In addition to Ohio and Butler counties, WXMZ’s radio signal can also cover significant areas in other neighboring counties such as Muhlenberg, McLean, southern Daviess, and nearby portions of western Grayson County, including Central City, Livermore, the southern suburbs of Owensboro, and Caneyville, respectively. Some western portions of Edmonson County can also receive WXMZ’s signal as well.

References

  1. 1 2 “Call Sign History”. FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ “Winter 2008 Station Information Profile”. Arbitron.
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