WXDC
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 92.9 MHz |
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| Branding | Cool 92-9 |
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| LanguageTemplate:Pluralize from text | English |
| Format | Classic hits[1] |
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Former frequencies | 93.5 MHz (1965–2005) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,200 watts |
| HAAT | 139 meters (456 ft) |
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WXDC (92.9 MHz, Cool 92-9) is a classic hits formatted broadcast commercial radio station licensed to Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, serving Martinsburg in West Virginia and Hancock in Maryland.[1] WXDC is owned by WVRC Media, through their West Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies licensee.[5][6]
WVRC Media began operating WXDC and sister-station WCST on May 1, 2019, as they begin the process of buying the two stations from Metro Radio, Inc.[5]
History
The station came on the air as WCST-FM in December 1965, but later changed to WDHC with the "Down Home County" branding in 1996.[2] WDHC was originally on 93.5 FM and moved to 92.9 FM in 2005, with a taller tower and twice the original size and double the original power of 93.5. WXDC's distant grade signal can be heard in Winchester, Virginia, Hagerstown, Maryland and Martinsburg, West Virginia.
In April 2009, WDHC DJ Travis Lee, 27, known on the air as "Mr. T", was killed by a train while camping with friends in Morgan County, West Virginia.[7][8]
In 2011, WDHC switched their branding from "Down Home Country" to "Country 92-9" and to a more mainstream country music format, as well as updating their website. In March 2014, WDHC dropped its longtime country format for a hybrid classic hits/classic Top 40 format as "Max 92-9".
In January 2017, WDHC was sold to Metro Radio of Fairfax, Virginia, who owns WTNT in the Washington market. The purchase was consummated on March 1, at a price of $365,000. Metro fired the entire staff, changed the callsign to WXDC, and began simulcasting WTNT's Spanish-language programming on March 8. Due to community backlash, Metro Radio entered into a local marketing agreement with Hancock, Maryland restaurant owner Diane Smith, who flipped the station back to English-language classic hits "Max 92-9" on May 1.[9] On January 1, 2018, WXDC changed to oldies from classic hits.
On May 1, 2019, West Virginia Radio Corporation began operating WXDC and sister station WCST as it began the process of buying the stations from Metro Radio.[5][10] The local marketing agreement with Diane Smith ended on April 30.[5] At 9 am, on May 1, WXDC relaunched their oldies format as "Cool 92-9". On October 11, WXDC shifted back from oldies to classic hits. On March 1, 2020, WXDC changed their format from classic hits back to their longtime country music format. The purchase, at a price of $365,000, was consummated on March 3, 2021.
On October 23, 2023, WXDC changed their format from country back to classic hits, and returned to the "Cool 92-9" branding.[11]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-586. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WXDC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Venta, Lance (April 30, 2019). "West Virginia Radio Corporation To Acquire WCST/WXDC". RadioInsight. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WXDC Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Morgan Messenger Story". Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Obit from Morgan Messenger". Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Strader, Tricia (April 18, 2017). "Station switching back to English". Martinsburg Journal.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WXDC-WCST Broker Agreement" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission, audio division. June 3, 2019. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Venta, Lance (October 24, 2023). "WXDC Cools Off West Virginia Panhandle". RadioInsight. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
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- WXDC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- 92.9 WXDC on Facebook
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