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WFXN-FM - Wikipedia

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WFXN-FM
Galion, Ohio

Broadcast area	Richland County Crawford County Morrow County
Frequency	102.3 MHz
Branding	102.3 The Fox
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Mainstream rock
Affiliations	Premiere Networks United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (iHM Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WMAN WMAN-FM WNCO WNCO-FM WSWR WXXF WYHT
History
First air date	November 8, 1974 (1974-11-08) (as WQLX)
Former call signs	WQLX (1974–1997) WGLN (1997–2002) WFXN (2002–2003) WXFN-FM (2003)
Call sign meaning	W FoX N
Technical information^[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	39730
Class	A
ERP	3,500 watts
HAAT	131 meters (430 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°45′26.00″N 82°47′23.00″W / 40.7572222°N 82.7897222°W / 40.7572222; -82.7897222
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	wfxnthefox.iheart.com

WFXN-FM (102.3 FM) – branded as 102.3 The Fox – is a commercial mainstream rock radio station licensed to serve Galion, Ohio. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., WFXN-FM primarily services the Mid-Ohio counties of Richland, Crawford, and Morrow, and is the local affiliate for Rover's Morning Glory and The House of Hair with Dee Snider. The WFXN-FM studios are located in Mansfield, while the station transmitter resides in Galion. Besides a standard analog transmission, the station is available online via iHeartRadio.

History

WFXN-FM began as WQLX on November 8, 1974.^[2] At first, WQLX simulcast WGLX (1570 AM) under the ownership of Harry Gray's Radio Galion. After only owning the station for one year, Gray had a heart attack at the age of 58, the control of the station was transferred to Joseph Billow until a sale could take place. In 1976, Maumee Valley Broadcasting owned by Ray Malone for $166,000. Malone would own the station along with sister WGLX and WNDH in Napoleon before selling in 1996 to Dean Stampfli's Ashland/Knox Broadcasting for $161,000. In 1997, Ohio Radio Group (née Ashland/Knox) changed the station's callsign to WGLN. On October 2, 2000, Clear Channel purchased Ohio Radio Group which included WQIO and WMVO in Mount Vernon, Ohio, WWBK in Fredericktown, Ohio, WBZW in Loudonville, Ohio, and WNCO and WNCO-FM in Ashland, Ohio. Over the next two years, the station callsign changed three times: in 2002 to WFXN; in 2003 to WXFN-FM; and again in 2003, to WFXN-FM.

On Labor Day 2017, an EF-2 tornado caused the broadcast tower for WFXN in Galion to collapse.^[3]

WFXN-FM also extended its signal by using a single full-power repeater. Licensed to Loudonville, WXXF (107.7 FM, the former WBZW) provided additional coverage to the Mid-Ohio counties of Holmes, Ashland, and Wayne. On November 6, 2019, WXXF split from the simulcast with WFXN-FM and began stunting with Christmas music as "Christmas 107.7";^[4] it switched to a soft adult contemporary format that December.

Current programming

In addition to its mainstream rock format, WFXN-FM airs Rover's Morning Glory on weekday mornings, and The House of Hair with Dee Snider on Sunday night.^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WFXN-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "1980-BC-YB-for-OCR-Page-0457" (PDF). americanradiohistory.com. Retrieved January 26, 2024.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Reed, George (September 12, 2017). "Radio Tower Destroyed by Storms…in Ohio". insidetowers.com. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
^ "BREEZE BLOWS IN TO MANSFIELD". radioinsight.com. December 26, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
^ "Ohio Stations - the Bob & Tom Show". Archived from the original on 2012-06-28. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
^ "House of Hair with Dee Snider | House of Hair Stations List by State". Archived from the original on 2012-06-20. Retrieved 2012-06-03.

External links

Official website
Facility details for Facility ID 39730 (WFXN-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
WFXN-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

Radio stations in the Mid-Ohio region

This region includes the following cities: Mansfield

Ashland

Bucyrus

Mt. Vernon

LPFM	95.7 97.5 104.1
Translators	88.9 91.1 91.5 92.5 94.7 95.7 97.3 99.3 100.9 102.1 102.7 106.7 107.5

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Defunct

Nearby regions: Akron; Canton; Cleveland; Columbus; Lima-Findlay; Vacationland; Toledo

See also: List of radio stations in Ohio

v t e Active and Mainstream rock radio stations in the state of Ohio
Canton WRQK-FM Celina WKKI Cincinnati WEBN WFTK Cleveland WMMS Columbus WRKZ Mansfield/Mid-Ohio WFXN-FM Toledo WIOT Youngstown WNCD
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Ohio See also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

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