WCDX

WCDX
City Mechanicsville, Virginia
Broadcast area Richmond, Virginia
Petersburg, Virginia
Branding "iPower 92-1 and 104-1"
Slogan "The 804's Source for Hip-Hop and R&B"
Frequency 92.1 FM MHz(also on HD Radio)
First air date October 7, 1985[1]
Format Mainstream Urban[2]
Power 4,500 Watts
HAAT 235 meters (771 ft)
Class B1
Facility ID 60473
Transmitter coordinates 37°36′52.0″N 77°30′56.0″W / 37.614444°N 77.515556°W / 37.614444; -77.515556
Callsign meaning W Compact Disc X
former branding
Former callsigns WPUF (1984-1985)
WZZR (1985-1987)
WCDX (1987-Present)[3]
Owner Radio One
(Radio One Licenses, LLC.)
Sister stations WKJM, WKJS, WPZZ, WTPS
Webcast WCDX Webstream
Website WCDX Online

WCDX is a Mainstream Urban formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Mechanicsville, Virginia, serving the Richmond/Petersburg area.[2] WCDX is owned and operated by Radio One.[4]

WCDX is licensed by the FCC to broadcast in the HD Radio format.[5][6]

Alumni

Juan Conde, who later became evening news anchor for local ABC affiliate WRIC-TV, was WCDX's morning man for most of the 1990s.[7]

Translator

In addition to the main station, WCDX is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.[8] The translator was launched on November 17, 2015 and is primarily directed at the Petersburg area.[9]

Call sign Frequency
(MHz)
City of license Facility
ID
ERP
W
Height
m (ft)
Class FCC info
W281AW 104.1 FM Petersburg, Virginia 139555 250 watts 86 m (282 ft) D FCC

References

  1. Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-567. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  3. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  4. "WCDX Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  5. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=60473
  6. http://hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=56 HD Radio Guide for Richmond, Virginia
  7. "Meet The Team - WRIC". Media General. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  8. "W281AW Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  9. Venta, Lance (November 17, 2015). "WCDX Richmond Adds Second Signal". Radio Insight. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
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