WXTA

WXTA
City	Edinboro, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Erie, Pennsylvania
Branding	Nash FM 97.9
Slogan	Erie's Country Music Station
Frequency	97.9 MHz
First air date	1989
Format	Country
ERP	10,000 watts
HAAT	154 meters
Class	B1
Facility ID	72892
Former callsigns	WMYJ-FM (1988-1989)
Owner	Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC)
Sister stations	WRIE, WQHZ, WXKC
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	979nashfm.com

WXTA (97.9 FM) is a commercial radio station located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, broadcasting to the Erie, Pennsylvania, area. WXTA airs a country music format branded as "Nash FM".

History

Signing-on in October 1988 as WMYJ, the station operated with an Adult Contemporary format for a year as "Y-98."

WMYJ was purchased by Bob Winters (WinCapp Broadcasting) over the summer of 1989. The format switch to country happened at noon on September 11, 1989 and the station took the calls WXTA.

WXTA was sold to Media One Group in 1996, Regent Communications in 1999, Citadel Broadcasting in 2004, and Cumulus Media in 2011.

Former air personalities at WXTA include "Uncle Fred" Horton, Bobby Reed, Ron Kline, Mike McKay, Natalie Massing, John Cunningham, "Big John" Jacobs, Ed Beeler, Bobbi Weston, Brian Williams, Rick Shigo, Chris Atkins, Dale Thompson, Chet Price, Bill Shannon, Laura Luke, Jim Mirabello, Adam Reese, John Gallagher, Tom Lavery, Sammy James, Jay Foyst, Herb Palmer, Dan "Shoeless" Sheldon, Ellie McVay, Truckin' Tom, Cindy Wear, Becca Lynn and the syndicated "Big D & Bubba."

Former syndicated programming on WXTA includes "After Midnite with Blair Garner", "Country Gold Saturday Night" and "Neon Nights with Lia".

Morning Personality "Uncle Fred" Horton died on March 4, 2008.

Current on-air personalities include Mike Sheffield, Jim Griffey, Nicole Dohoda and Chuck Stevens. Stevens is also the stations Program Director.

On Air features include Sheffield in the Morning (Mike Sheffield), Country Cartunes at 5, Kickin' it with Kix (Kix Brooks), and Retro Country.

On February 3, 2014 WXTA along with 9 other Cumulus owned country music stations, made the switch to going under the Nash FM branding.^[1]

Former logos

References

↑ Cumulus-adds-11-more-nashfms

External links

WXTA official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WXTA

Radio-Locator information on WXTA

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WXTA

Radio stations in the Erie, Pennsylvania market

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By AM frequency	1260 1330 1360 1370 1400 1450 1530

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.475

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Country radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania

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Defunct	WKZV – Washington

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania

Cumulus Media

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Radio networks	Arkansas Radio Network CBS Sports Radio* Titans Radio Network Westwood One (see navpage)

Online assets	iHeartRadio¹

Television-related assets	Nash TV

Other assets	Broadcast Software International CumulusJobs.com San Francisco Giants (minority interest in LP)

See also	Citadel Broadcasting Cumulus Media Networks Susquehanna Radio Corporation

¹ = Owned by iHeartMedia; operated by Cumulus under an LMA. ² = Co-owned with Champlin Broadcasting under an LMA. ³ = Operated by the Mohegan Sun under an LMA. AaBbCc = Owned by The Walt Disney Company; operated by Cumulus under an LMA. * = Owned by CBS Radio, operated by Cumulus.

Coordinates: 41°57′58″N 80°06′40″W / 41.966°N 80.111°W / 41.966; -80.111

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