For the Lexington, Kentucky, radio station that formerly had the call sign WLXX, see WVLK-FM.

WLXX (101.5 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Richmond, Kentucky, and serving the Lexington metropolitan area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media,[3] and is silent. Beforehand, it had an adult hits format, supplied by the nationally syndicated "Jack FM" radio service.

WLXX's studios and offices are in the Kincaid Towers in Downtown Lexington. The transmitter is off Igo Road, near Interstate 75, in rural Madison County just south of the Kentucky River.[4]

The station went on the air in 1972 as WCBR-FM, the FM sister station to WCBR in Richmond. It later had an oldies format as WMCQ-FM and classic hits and sports formats as WLRO. From 2007 to 2014, it simulcast the talk programming of WVLK as WVLK-FM. It then carried the "Nash Icon" country music format until 2018, when it joined "Jack FM"; the call sign changed to WLXX in 2020. Cumulus Media, which has owned the station since 1999, took WLXX silent in 2025.

History

On May 12, 1972, the station signed on as WCBR-FM.[5] It mostly simulcast co-owned WCBR (1110 AM). WCBR-FM was owned by Parker Broadcasting and originally was heard on 101.7 MHz.

In 1995, the station—by WMCQ-FM—switched to 101.5 MHz, getting a boost in power.[6] It also entered into a local marketing agreement with WLTO (102.5 FM), and assumed that station's previous "Arrow" classic hits format and WLRO call sign; WMCQ's oldies format moved to WLTO.[7] In 1999, WLRO was acquired by current owner Cumulus Media.[8] The station switched to a sports radio format.

The WVLK-FM call sign was assigned by the Federal Communications Commission on May 23, 2007.[1] The new call sign reflected a simulcast with WVLK (590 AM), giving that talk station an FM outlet for listeners who prefer FM radio. On October 31, 2014, at 6 a.m., WVLK-FM dropped its talk programming and began stunting by playing only music by Garth Brooks as "Garth 101.5". At 5 p.m. that day, WVLK-FM changed its format to country music, joining the Nash Icon network as "101.5 Nash Icon".

On the morning of February 20, 2018, WVLK-FM flipped to adult hits as "101.5 Jack FM".[9] On September 4, 2020, WVLK-FM swapped call letters with WLXX (92.9 FM), which previously held the WVLK-FM call sign from 1979 to 2003.[10]

In early March 2025, Cumulus took WLXX off the air while evaluating the station's future. It was the first of a series of Cumulus stations to be closed after being deemed "no longer a strategic fit" by the company.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLXX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WLXX
  5. ^ Information from the Broadcasting Yearbook 1974 page B-88
  6. ^ "Facilties/Parameters: Grants". The M Street Journal. July 26, 1995. p. 4.
  7. ^ "Format Changes". The M Street Journal. November 8, 1995. p. 1.
  8. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000 page B-188
  9. ^ Jack FM Debuts in Lexington
  10. ^ "92.9 Lexington Drops Nash Branding to Return to Its Heritage". September 4, 2020.
  11. ^ Venta, Lance (March 4, 2024). "Cumulus Signs-Off 101.5 Jack-FM Lexington". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 4, 2025.
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