WXDX-FM

WXDX-FM
City Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Branding 105.9 The X
Frequency 105.9 MHz (also on HD Radio)
105.9-2 for iheart 2000s
First air date 1948 (as WAMO-FM)
Format Modern Rock
ERP 15,500 watts
HAAT 131 meters
Class B
Facility ID 60153
Former callsigns WAMO-FM (1948-1996)
Affiliations Pittsburgh Penguins
Owner iHeartMedia, Inc.
(Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations WBGG, WDVE, WKST-FM, WPGB, WWSW
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1059thex.com

WXDX-FM (branded 105.9 The X) is a modern rock radio station based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., the station broadcasts at 105.9 MHz with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 15.5 kW. Since October 2006, WXDX has been the radio flagship station of the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins.

History

105.9 FM signed on as WAMO-FM in 1948 and had the most powerful signal coverage in western Pennsylvania. It also had various formats during its early years, which also included Album-oriented Rock, Disco,[1] and CHUrban. However, it had better success with its Urban Contemporary direction. In 1974, WAMO-FM and WAMO began separate programming. WAMO aired gospel programming aired on weekdays, while on weekends, it simulcasted WAMO-FM. WAMO-FM was formatted as an Urban contemporary station with gospel programming on Sunday.

On April 10, 1996, at 3 PM, WAMO swapped frequencies with WXDX, and moved to the 106.7 frequency, with WXDX moving to 105.9 FM.

WXDX was six stations in the Clear Channel roster that dropped Howard Stern in February 2004 (however, Stern would show up on WRKZ later that year). Howard began airing on WXDX in November 1995 (when it was still on 106.7 FM).

Former on-air staff

WXDX-FM HD2

WXDX broadcasts on its HD2 subchannel dates back to 2006, when the subchannel launched a format focusing on Adult Album Alternative (Triple A) music.

In May 2009, as part of WXDX's renewal of Pittsburgh Penguins radio rights, WXDX and the Penguins announced that the HD2 subchannel would become a 24-hour channel devoted to Penguins coverage, billed as "Pittsburgh Penguins Radio." Plans for the channel (which launched October 1, 2009) include local and nationally-originated Penguins and hockey coverage (including "NHL Live" and league commissioner Gary Bettman’s weekly “NHL Hour"), rebroadcasts of classic Penguins games, and game broadcasts of the team's top farm club in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The move will make the Penguins the second North American professional sports team (the first NHL team) with their own terrestrial radio channel (after the NFL's Dallas Cowboys and their HD2 relationship with KRLD-FM).[6]

In the fall of 2015, WXDX-HD2 dropped Penguins Radio 24/7 with music WXDX normally plays on their station (but still simulcast pens games) until late march 2016 when they replaced the format altogether with iheart 2000s (which was moved over by WKST-HD2, and was replaced with Pride Radio).

References

  1. from www.rjdiscousa.com
  2. "The X changes things around". pbrtv.com. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  3. "Benz New England bound". pbrtv.com. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  4. "WLTJ names Joanna Campbell for middays, Debbie Wilde for nights". Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  5. "WAMO and X Play Hide-and-Seek with Listeners Today". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (John Robinson Block). April 10, 1996. WXDX is shepherding in this new stage of growth with a revamped on-air lineup, bringing Max Logan over from WDVE to host afternoon drive...
  6. Taylor, Tom (May 11, 2009). "The NHL Pittsburgh Penguins get a full-time HD-2 channel from "The X."". Taylor on Radio-Info. Radio-Info.com.

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Coordinates: 40°29′38″N 80°01′08″W / 40.4940°N 80.0190°W / 40.4940; -80.0190

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