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Lexington/Frankfort WLXX 101.5
- Thread starter jb_ky
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My guess, It will go to KLOVE or VCY
Something interesting is going on. WAGX 101.3 the first adjacent channel licensed to Manchester, Ohio has recently gone dark as well. WAGX would have had to protect 101.5 WLXX and vice versa. Some significant musical chairs could be in the process of happening or maybe nothing at all. and ears open!
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I hope not. We have plenty of those formats here already.
Anyone heard anything else on WLXX 101.5? Good time to fire it up and start playing some Christmas music.
Can't speak for Lexington, but I got together with some friends and former co-workers at Cumulus in another market on Sunday afternoon. It had a couple Cumulus properties that signed off mid-March, too. I know Cumulus has had at least a couple offers on those properties, and my friends said they weren't sure the company wanted any new competition.
If I were Cumulus, I'd put WVLK 590 back on 101.5. Simulcasting on 101.5 makes more sense to me than doing it on a translator that's co-channel with a station barely 75 miles away.
I've always thought the same thing. Just but 590 back on 101.5. 97.3 is gone at the Clark/Fayette County line anyway.
Or have Z-Rock 103.3 have a dual signals? 103.3 for the northern part of the Lexington area and 101.5 for the southern listening area.
If it stays silent for more than a year, it's gone. One of the stations Cumulus signed off in my area signed back on in early December and later announced a sale to K-Love. That Cumulus has signed it back on likely means it has a plan for it in some capacity, whether that's to operate it or to sell it.
Way far fetched here but I'd like to see the format from 103.9 moved to 101.5 since 107.9 is weak on the east side. Then put a format something similar to 101.3 in Louisville on 103.9. There's definitely a place for some old school RnB but not straight classic hip hop.
You mean, stations still have to do that? I thought that was just an old AM trick, really!
I have zero clue why they are doing it.
Again, just don't get why WVLK-590 am just doesn't use it as an FM translator instead of 97.3 which once you get into Clark County, it's gone thanks to WJSN.
I remember when Cumulus was doing this with WLCL 93.9 in Louisville about a decade or so ago, making phantom reappearances with the old format (though with a playlist of like 20 songs over and over again), before they finally sold it.
Any license that is silent for 365 days is considered cancelled by the FCC, so yes that is why they are back on. I'm under the assumption that the current bankruptcy proceeding also plays a part
Roger on that, thanks. Yeah, I'd say the news from this morning (thanks Lance) plays a big part, too.
Roger on that, thanks for the clarification and this info, Lance. I'd say it plays a big part, too.
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