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'''WWWX''' (96.9 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "96.9 The Fox") is an [[alternative rock]] formatted [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Oshkosh,Chikin wings]], that serves the [[Appleton, Wisconsin|Appleton]]-[[Oshkosh, Wisconsin|Oshkosh]] area. The station is owned by [[Cumulus Media]]. The station shares a transmitter site with [[WNAM]] located along [[Interstate 41|I-41]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fybush.com/sites/2006/site-060407.html|title=Towers from the North Country: The Big Trip, 2005|author=Fybush, Scott|access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref>
'''WWWX''' (96.9 [[FM broadcasting|FM]], "96.9 The Fox") is an [[alternative rock]] formatted [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Oshkosh, Wisconsin]], that serves the [[Appleton, Wisconsin|Appleton]]-[[Oshkosh, Wisconsin|Oshkosh]] area. The station is owned by [[Cumulus Media]]. The station shares a transmitter site with [[WNAM]] located along [[Interstate 41|I-41]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fybush.com/sites/2006/site-060407.html|title=Towers from the North Country: The Big Trip, 2005|author=Fybush, Scott|access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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Kimball Broadcasting, a subsidiary of the Miles Kimball [[mail order]] company, sold WMKC to Cummings Communications for $400,000 in 1980.<ref name="b-saletocummings">{{cite news|title=Changing Hands|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1980/1980-01-07-BC.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|date=January 7, 1980|page=93}}</ref> The new owners changed the call letters of the station to WAHC, which at the time carried a [[Beautiful music]] format.<ref name="b-wmkctowahc">{{cite news|title=Call Letters|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1980/1980-06-02-BC.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|date=June 2, 1980|page=66}}</ref> Several short lived format changes came through the station after the sale. WAHC tried an [[Album-oriented rock|album oriented rock]] format which didn't attract listeners, then by December 1982 switched (back) to middle of the road.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/289104348|title=Back and Forth With Radio Station Formats|last=Richards|first=Tom|date=1982-12-21|work=The Post-Crescent|access-date=2018-05-23|page=A-16|language=en|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In September 1983, facing miserable audience ratings of less than 1% of the market,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/289359678|title=Oshkosh's WAHC tries old '40' formula|last=Richards|first=Tom|date=1984-01-06|work=The Post-Crescent|access-date=2018-05-23|page=A-8|language=en|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> it made another format switch, this time to [[contemporary hit radio]] under the moniker SuperHit 97;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/270931741/|title=WIXX and WAHC appeal to the boom box crowd|last=Kowalski|first=Joe|date=1986-06-22|work=Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter|access-date=2018-05-23|page=2|language=en|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> the station was affiliated with the [[RKO Radio Network]] and competed with [[WIXX]].<ref name="by1981">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting/Cable Yearbook 1981|year=1981|page=C-262|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1981/Cb%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20N-Z.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref> WAHC kept this format until 1987, when it switched to [[Country music|modern country]].<ref name="by1988">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1988|year=1988|page=B-313|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1988/B-Radio-Neb-Terr-1988-YB.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref> ODON Communications bought the station in 1988<ref name="by1990">{{cite book|title=The Broadcasting Yearbook 1990|year=1990|page=B-346|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1990/B-Radio-NE-Terr-BC-YB-1990.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref> and changed its call letters to WUSW in 1989.<ref name="fcc-callsigns">{{cite web|title=Call Sign History (WWWX)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=50052&Callsign=WWWX|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref> In 1991, a reallocation of various FM frequencies in Wisconsin moved WUSW to 96.9 FM.<ref name="b-wusw96.7to96.9">{{cite news|title=For The Record|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1991/BC-1991-05-27.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|date=May 27, 1991|page=66|quote=…substituted ch. 245A for ch. 244A at Oshkosh, and modified license of WUSW accordingly…}}</ref>
Kimball Broadcasting, a subsidiary of the Miles Kimball [[mail order]] company, sold WMKC to Cummings Communications for $400,000 in 1980.<ref name="b-saletocummings">{{cite news|title=Changing Hands|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1980/1980-01-07-BC.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|date=January 7, 1980|page=93}}</ref> The new owners changed the call letters of the station to WAHC, which at the time carried a [[Beautiful music]] format.<ref name="b-wmkctowahc">{{cite news|title=Call Letters|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1980/1980-06-02-BC.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|date=June 2, 1980|page=66}}</ref> Several short lived format changes came through the station after the sale. WAHC tried an [[Album-oriented rock|album oriented rock]] format which didn't attract listeners, then by December 1982 switched (back) to middle of the road.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/289104348|title=Back and Forth With Radio Station Formats|last=Richards|first=Tom|date=1982-12-21|work=The Post-Crescent|access-date=2018-05-23|page=A-16|language=en|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In September 1983, facing miserable audience ratings of less than 1% of the market,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/289359678|title=Oshkosh's WAHC tries old '40' formula|last=Richards|first=Tom|date=1984-01-06|work=The Post-Crescent|access-date=2018-05-23|page=A-8|language=en|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> it made another format switch, this time to [[contemporary hit radio]] under the moniker SuperHit 97;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/270931741/|title=WIXX and WAHC appeal to the boom box crowd|last=Kowalski|first=Joe|date=1986-06-22|work=Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter|access-date=2018-05-23|page=2|language=en|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> the station was affiliated with the [[RKO Radio Network]] and competed with [[WIXX]].<ref name="by1981">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting/Cable Yearbook 1981|year=1981|page=C-262|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1981/Cb%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20N-Z.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref> WAHC kept this format until 1987, when it switched to [[Country music|modern country]].<ref name="by1988">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1988|year=1988|page=B-313|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1988/B-Radio-Neb-Terr-1988-YB.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref> ODON Communications bought the station in 1988<ref name="by1990">{{cite book|title=The Broadcasting Yearbook 1990|year=1990|page=B-346|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1990/B-Radio-NE-Terr-BC-YB-1990.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref> and changed its call letters to WUSW in 1989.<ref name="fcc-callsigns">{{cite web|title=Call Sign History (WWWX)|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=50052&Callsign=WWWX|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=May 3, 2017}}</ref> In 1991, a reallocation of various FM frequencies in Wisconsin moved WUSW to 96.9 FM.<ref name="b-wusw96.7to96.9">{{cite news|title=For The Record|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1991/BC-1991-05-27.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting]]|date=May 27, 1991|page=66|quote=…substituted ch. 245A for ch. 244A at Oshkosh, and modified license of WUSW accordingly…}}</ref>


In January 1997, WUSW and [[WNAM]] were sold to [[Mid-West Family Broadcasting|Value Radio Corporation]], who in turn sold them to [[Cumulus Media]] on August 31, 1997.<ref name="nasdaq-saletocumulus">{{cite web|title=Cumulus Media Inc. prospectus|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/filing.ashx?filingid=695137|publisher=[[NASDAQ]]|access-date=May 3, 2017|date=June 26, 1998}}</ref> In 1999, the station began simulcasting a [[Rock music|rock]] format, branded "The Fox", with WEZR (107.5 FM) in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]]<ref name="r&r-wwwxrockfox">{{cite news|title=Rumbles, Pt. 1|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1997/RR-1997-04-09.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=[[Radio & Records]]|date=April 9, 1999|page=26}}</ref> and changed its call letters to WWWX.<ref name="fcc-callsigns"/> The simulcast ended in 2003, when the Green Bay station (which had become WXWX) took on the [[sports radio]] format of [[WDUZ]]; the "Fox" format would continue on WWWX.<ref name="gbnc-foxnowxwx">{{cite news|last1=Barrington|first1=Ray|title=WDUZ back on FM band - with sports|url=http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=122364|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=[[Green Bay News-Chronicle]]|date=October 7, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031101081716/http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=122364|archive-date=November 1, 2003|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In January 1997, WUSW and [[WNAM]] were sold to [[Mid-West Family Broadcasting|Value Radio Corporation]], who in turn sold them to [[Cumulus Media]] on August 31, 1997.<ref name="nasdaq-saletocumulus">{{cite web|title=Cumulus Media Inc. prospectus|url=http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/filing.ashx?filingid=695137|publisher=[[NASDAQ]]|access-date=May 3, 2017|date=June 26, 1998}}</ref> On April 1, 1999, the station began simulcasting a [[Rock music|rock]] format, branded "The Fox", with WEZR (107.5 FM) in [[Green Bay, Wisconsin|Green Bay]]<ref name="r&r-wwwxrockfox">{{cite news|title=Rumbles, Pt. 1|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1997/RR-1997-04-09.pdf|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=[[Radio & Records]]|date=April 9, 1999|page=26}}</ref> and changed its call letters to WWWX.<ref name="fcc-callsigns"/><ref>Bob Lowe, "Once-dominant country station makes a surprising switch to rock format," ''The Post-Crescent'', April 4, 1999.</ref> The simulcast ended in 2003, when the Green Bay station (which had become WXWX) took on the [[sports radio]] format of [[WDUZ]]; the "Fox" format would continue on WWWX.<ref name="gbnc-foxnowxwx">{{cite news|last1=Barrington|first1=Ray|title=WDUZ back on FM band - with sports|url=http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=122364|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=[[Green Bay News-Chronicle]]|date=October 7, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031101081716/http://www.greenbaynewschron.com/page.html?article=122364|archive-date=November 1, 2003|url-status=dead}}</ref>


After [[Cumulus Media]] swapped its Green Bay radio stations to [[iHeartMedia|Clear Channel Communications]] for two stations in [[Cincinnati]] and entered into a [[local marketing agreement]] to retain control of the Green Bay stations (which Cumulus reacquired in 2013), WWWX, along with [[WKRU|WZNN]] in [[Allouez, Wisconsin]], was placed into a trust,<ref name="sec-wwwxtrust">{{cite web|title=Cumulus Media Inc. Form 10-K|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058623/000095014409002269/g18012e10vk.htm|website=[[EDGAR]]|publisher=[[Securities and Exchange Commission]]|access-date=May 3, 2017|date=March 16, 2009}}</ref> WI Radio, LLC,<ref name="rbr-returntocumulus">{{cite news|last1=Jacobson|first1=Adam|title=National Player Converts LMA To Buy|url=http://rbr.com/trans0214/|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=Radio Business Report|date=February 13, 2017}}</ref> that was required to sell the stations.<ref name="sec-wwwxtrust"/> In 2013, WWWX was transferred to another trust, Current Radio, LLC. After Cumulus moved [[WOGB]]'s [[city of license]] from [[Kaukauna, Wisconsin|Kaukauna]] (part of the Appleton market) to Reedsville (part of the Green Bay market) in August 2013, Cumulus was able to reacquire WWWX in 2017.<ref name="rbr-returntocumulus"/>
After [[Cumulus Media]] swapped its Green Bay radio stations to [[iHeartMedia|Clear Channel Communications]] for two stations in [[Cincinnati]] and entered into a [[local marketing agreement]] to retain control of the Green Bay stations (which Cumulus reacquired in 2013), WWWX, along with [[WKRU|WZNN]] in [[Allouez, Wisconsin]], was placed into a trust,<ref name="sec-wwwxtrust">{{cite web|title=Cumulus Media Inc. Form 10-K|url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1058623/000095014409002269/g18012e10vk.htm|website=[[EDGAR]]|publisher=[[Securities and Exchange Commission]]|access-date=May 3, 2017|date=March 16, 2009}}</ref> WI Radio, LLC,<ref name="rbr-returntocumulus">{{cite news|last1=Jacobson|first1=Adam|title=National Player Converts LMA To Buy|url=http://rbr.com/trans0214/|access-date=May 3, 2017|work=Radio Business Report|date=February 13, 2017}}</ref> that was required to sell the stations.<ref name="sec-wwwxtrust"/> In 2013, WWWX was transferred to another trust, Current Radio, LLC. After Cumulus moved [[WOGB]]'s [[city of license]] from [[Kaukauna, Wisconsin|Kaukauna]] (part of the Appleton market) to Reedsville (part of the Green Bay market) in August 2013, Cumulus was able to reacquire WWWX in 2017.<ref name="rbr-returntocumulus"/>
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.fox969.com Official website]
*[http://www.fox969.com Official website]
*{{FM station data|WWWX}}
*{{FM station data|50052|WWWX}}


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[[Category:Radio stations in Wisconsin|WWX]]
[[Category:Radio stations in Wisconsin|WWX]]
[[Category:Alternative rock radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Modern rock radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Modern rock radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1967]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1967]]

Latest revision as of 09:41, 29 October 2024

For the Albemarle, North Carolina radio station, see WSPC.
Not to be confused with DWWX-TV a television station owned by ABS-CBN in the Philippines.
WWWX
Broadcast areaAppleton-Oshkosh
Frequency96.9 MHz
Branding96.9 The Fox
Programming
FormatAlternative rock
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
WNAM, WOSH, WPKR, WVBO
History
First air date
January 30, 1967[1] (as WMKC at 96.7)
Former call signs
WMKC (1967–1980)
WAHC (1980–1989)
WUSW (1989–1999)
Former frequencies
96.7 MHz (1967–1991)
Call sign meaning
WW Wisconsin's FoX
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID50052
ClassA
ERP6,000 watts
HAAT100 meters
Transmitter coordinates
44°06′00″N 88°32′02″W / 44.100°N 88.534°W / 44.100; -88.534
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitefox969.com

WWWX (96.9 FM, "96.9 The Fox") is an alternative rock formatted radio station licensed to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, that serves the Appleton-Oshkosh area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media. The station shares a transmitter site with WNAM located along I-41.[3]

History

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The station signed on January 30, 1967[1] as WMKC, operating on 96.7 FM under the ownership of Kimball Broadcasting.[4] In 1968, the station became an affiliate of the ABC FM network.[5] By 1971, WMKC had a middle of the road format, and devoted 20 hours a week to jazz music.[6] The station changed its affiliation to the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1978; by then, programming also included three hours of classical music.[7]

Kimball Broadcasting, a subsidiary of the Miles Kimball mail order company, sold WMKC to Cummings Communications for $400,000 in 1980.[8] The new owners changed the call letters of the station to WAHC, which at the time carried a Beautiful music format.[9] Several short lived format changes came through the station after the sale. WAHC tried an album oriented rock format which didn't attract listeners, then by December 1982 switched (back) to middle of the road.[10] In September 1983, facing miserable audience ratings of less than 1% of the market,[11] it made another format switch, this time to contemporary hit radio under the moniker SuperHit 97;[12] the station was affiliated with the RKO Radio Network and competed with WIXX.[13] WAHC kept this format until 1987, when it switched to modern country.[14] ODON Communications bought the station in 1988[15] and changed its call letters to WUSW in 1989.[16] In 1991, a reallocation of various FM frequencies in Wisconsin moved WUSW to 96.9 FM.[17]

In January 1997, WUSW and WNAM were sold to Value Radio Corporation, who in turn sold them to Cumulus Media on August 31, 1997.[18] On April 1, 1999, the station began simulcasting a rock format, branded "The Fox", with WEZR (107.5 FM) in Green Bay[19] and changed its call letters to WWWX.[16][20] The simulcast ended in 2003, when the Green Bay station (which had become WXWX) took on the sports radio format of WDUZ; the "Fox" format would continue on WWWX.[21]

After Cumulus Media swapped its Green Bay radio stations to Clear Channel Communications for two stations in Cincinnati and entered into a local marketing agreement to retain control of the Green Bay stations (which Cumulus reacquired in 2013), WWWX, along with WZNN in Allouez, Wisconsin, was placed into a trust,[22] WI Radio, LLC,[23] that was required to sell the stations.[22] In 2013, WWWX was transferred to another trust, Current Radio, LLC. After Cumulus moved WOGB's city of license from Kaukauna (part of the Appleton market) to Reedsville (part of the Green Bay market) in August 2013, Cumulus was able to reacquire WWWX in 2017.[23]

References

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  1. ^ a b Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1998 (PDF). 1998. p. D-491. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WWWX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ Fybush, Scott. "Towers from the North Country: The Big Trip, 2005". Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  4. ^ 1968 Broadcasting Yearbook (PDF). 1968. p. B-184. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  5. ^ 1969 Broadcasting Yearbook (PDF). 1969. p. B-191. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  6. ^ 1972 Broadcasting Yearbook (PDF). 1972. p. B-235. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  7. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 (PDF). 1979. p. C-246. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  8. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 7, 1980. p. 93. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  9. ^ "Call Letters" (PDF). Broadcasting. June 2, 1980. p. 66. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  10. ^ Richards, Tom (1982-12-21). "Back and Forth With Radio Station Formats". The Post-Crescent. p. A-16. Retrieved 2018-05-23 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Richards, Tom (1984-01-06). "Oshkosh's WAHC tries old '40' formula". The Post-Crescent. p. A-8. Retrieved 2018-05-23 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Kowalski, Joe (1986-06-22). "WIXX and WAHC appeal to the boom box crowd". Fond du Lac Commonwealth Reporter. p. 2. Retrieved 2018-05-23 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Broadcasting/Cable Yearbook 1981 (PDF). 1981. p. C-262. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  14. ^ Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1988 (PDF). 1988. p. B-313. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  15. ^ The Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 (PDF). 1990. p. B-346. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  16. ^ a b "Call Sign History (WWWX)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  17. ^ "For The Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. May 27, 1991. p. 66. Retrieved May 3, 2017. …substituted ch. 245A for ch. 244A at Oshkosh, and modified license of WUSW accordingly…
  18. ^ "Cumulus Media Inc. prospectus". NASDAQ. June 26, 1998. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  19. ^ "Rumbles, Pt. 1" (PDF). Radio & Records. April 9, 1999. p. 26. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  20. ^ Bob Lowe, "Once-dominant country station makes a surprising switch to rock format," The Post-Crescent, April 4, 1999.
  21. ^ Barrington, Ray (October 7, 2003). "WDUZ back on FM band - with sports". Green Bay News-Chronicle. Archived from the original on November 1, 2003. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  22. ^ a b "Cumulus Media Inc. Form 10-K". EDGAR. Securities and Exchange Commission. March 16, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
  23. ^ a b Jacobson, Adam (February 13, 2017). "National Player Converts LMA To Buy". Radio Business Report. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
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