WFXC

WFXC
WFXK

City	WFXC: Durham, North Carolina WFXK: Bunn, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Raleigh/Durham Research Triangle
Branding	"Foxy 107/104"
Slogan	Today's R&B and Classic Soul
Frequency	WFXC: 107.1 (MHz)(also on HD Radio) WFXK: 104.3 (MHz)(also on HD Radio)
First air date	WFXC: 1965 WFXK:
Format	Urban Adult Contemporary
ERP	WFXC: 8,000 watts WFXK: 100,000 watts
HAAT	WFXC: 146 meters WFXK: 299 meters
Class	WFXC: C3 WFXK: C1
Facility ID	WFXC: 36952 WFXK; 24931
Transmitter coordinates	WFXC: 35°58′39″N 78°48′58″W / 35.97750°N 78.81611°W / 35.97750; -78.81611 WFXK: 36°2′22″N 78°3′44″W / 36.03944°N 78.06222°W / 36.03944; -78.06222
Callsign meaning	FoXie; the C and K are fillers
Former callsigns	WFXC: WSRC-FM (1965-1971) WDBS (1971-1984) WFXK: WCPS-FM (1952-1976) WKTC (1976-1989) WAZO (1989-1990) WCAS (1990-1992)
Affiliations	Tom Joyner Morning Show
Owner	Radio One (Radio One Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WNNL, WQOK
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	foxync.com

WFXC (107.1 FM) and WFXK (104.3 FM) are a simulcasting urban adult contemporary station in the Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina market. Owned by Radio One along with K97.5 and The Light 103.9, "Foxy 107/104" plays "Today's R&B and Classic Soul" and airs the Tom Joyner morning show and the D.L. Hughley afternoon show. The station was ranked first in the Roanoke Rapids market in the Fall of 2006, Spring 2007 and Fall of 2007.^[1] Its studios are located in Raleigh; the WFXC transmitter tower is in Oak Grove, just east of Durham, while the WFXK transmitter is near Castalia, west of Rocky Mount.

WFXC and WFXK broadcast in the HD radio format.^[2]

History

107.1

WFXC signed on in 1965 as WSRC-FM, the sister station of Durham's WSRC, 1410 AM (now WRJD). In 1971, Duke University Broadcasting Service bought the station and renamed it WDBS. The new station was free-form with lots of progressive rock, folk, jazz and a daily classical music program. On the business side, WDBS operated as a non-profit commercial station. With WDBS's commercial dial position increasing in value, Duke sold the station to the Village Companies in 1983 and applied for a non-commercial license. Classic Ventures, Ltd. later bought WDBS, changing the format to easy listening. The call letters changed to WFXC in June 1984 with a format targeted at the black community. In 1986, WFXC became known as "Foxy 107-The Triangle's Strong Song Station", the first area FM to program urban contemporary music. In 1987, WQOK moved in from South Boston and went head-to-head with "Foxy" for the urban audience. Though WFXC had recently moved from Rose of Sharon Road in western Durham County to a more centrally located taller tower off NC 98, the station's signal, limited to a 3,000-watt facility, was still no match for the powerful 100,000-watt newcomer, prompting "Foxy" to switch to a rhythm and blues/urban adult contemporary format targeting an older, upscale audience in 1990. In the spring of 1992, WFXC found a fix for their coverage shortcomings in WCAS 104.3, a faltering 100,000-watt move-in from Tarboro programming adult contemporary. Owner Pinnacle Broadcasting quickly entered into a local marketing agreement with WCAS owner Osborn Communications and began airing at two dial positions as "Foxy 107/Foxy 104". WCAS later became WFXK and both stations are now owned by Radio One.^[3]^[4]

WFXC plans a power increase with a change to class C3. The station shares its eastern Durham County tower with WQOK.^[5]

104.3

WFXK began as WCPS-FM in Tarboro, North Carolina, the sister station of WCPS 760 AM. Both stations later became the property of Curtis Media and the frequency became home to a country music format as WKTC "Katie Country". In 1990, 104.3 FM was upgraded to serve the Raleigh market by new owner Osborne Communications, while the WKTC intellectual property moved to 96.9 FM in Goldsboro. Osborne debuted in Raleigh as WAZO, but later became WCAS "Class 104", an adult contemporary station. The "Class" format attracted some notable personalities from other area stations such as WRAL morning man "Famous" Bob Inskeep, but never really took off ratings wise. Class 104 gave way to a simulcast of WFXC called "Foxy 107/Foxy 104". WFXC and WFXK were purchased by Clear Channel in 1996 and were owned by Clear Channel Worldwide until 2000 when the two, along with WNNL and WQOK, were spun off to Radio One for Clear Channel to meet ownership caps following their acquisition of AMFM.^[6]

In 2012, WFXK was relicensed from Tarboro, North Carolina, to Bunn, North Carolina, but kept the same transmitter in Macclesfield.

References

↑ "Roanoke Rapids Market Ratings". Radio & Records.
↑ http://www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=91
↑ "Raleigh-Durham Radio Dial". Archived from the original on 2003-02-01. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
↑ C.E. Yandle, "WFXC Owner Takes Over WCAS Airwaves," News & Observer, April 9, 1992, p. c12.
↑ "Application for Construction Permit". Retrieved 2010-05-05.
↑ "Clear Channel to sell 4 Triangle stations". Triangle Business Journal. 2000-03-13. Retrieved 2011-11-03.

External links

WFXC Official Website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WFXC

Radio-Locator information on WFXC

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WFXC

Query the FCC's FM station database for WFXK

Radio-Locator information on WFXK

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WFXK

Radio stations in the Raleigh–Durham market

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By callsign	WAUG WBBB WCHL WCKB WCLY WCMC-FM WCOM-LP WCPE WDCG WDNC WDRU WDUR WEAD-LP WFNL WFXC WFXK WHPY WKIX-FM WKJO WKNC-FM WKRP WLLQ WMPM WNCB WNCU WNNL WPJL WPLW WPTF WPTK WPYB WQDR-FM WQOK WRAL WRDU WRJD WRLY WRSV WRTG WRTP WSHA WTIK WTKK WTSB WUNC WVRD WWPL WXDU WXYC WYFL WYMY

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Radio stations in the Rocky Mount–Wilson, North Carolina market

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By callsign	WBIC-LP WBKU WCPE WCPS WDWG WEED WERO WFXK WJQY-LP WLQC WLXB WNCT-FM WPWZ WQDR-FM WRAL WRDU WRHD WRMT WRQM WRSV WRTP WTKK WUBN-LP WVOT WVRA WWPL WYFL WZAX WZRU

Defunct	WGTM/590

North Carolina radio markets Asheville Charlotte Fayetteville Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Greenville–New Bern–Jacksonville Raleigh–Durham Other North Carolina radio regions Elizabeth City–Nags Head Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Rocky Mount–Wilson Wilmington See also List of radio stations in North Carolina

Radio stations in the Roanoke Rapids/South Hill market

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By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.3 90.1 90.1 90.5 90.9 91.1 91.7 92.5 93.5 94.3 97.9 98.3 98.3 99.5 100.7 101.9 102.3 104.3 104.7 105.5 106.9 107.3 107.7

By callsign	WAFX WARR WBBC-FM WBKU WCBT WDLZ WEVA WFXK WHNC WHLQ WHRL WJYA WJYK WKSK-FM WLUS-FM WMVE WPEX WPTM WPZZ WRDU WRTP WRTP WSHV WSMY WTRG WVRA WVRH WVRP WWDW WYFL WYTT WZRN WZRU

Virginia radio markets Bristol Fredericksburg Harrisonburg Norfolk–Newport News–Virginia Beach Richmond Roanoke–Lynchburg Winchester Other Virginia radio regions Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford–Pulaski Bluefield Charlottesville Eastern Shore Farmville Northern Neck Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Southside Southwest Virginia Virginia Highlands North Carolina radio markets Asheville Charlotte Fayetteville Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Greenville–New Bern–Jacksonville Raleigh–Durham Other North Carolina radio regions Elizabeth City–Nags Head Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Rocky Mount–Wilson Wilmington See also List of radio stations in Virginia List of radio stations in North Carolina

Urban Contemporary Radio Stations in the state of North Carolina

Stations	WBAV - Gastonia WCCG - Hope Mills WFXC - Durham WFXK - Tarboro WMGU - Southern Pines WCCG - Hope Mills WPEG - Concord WPWZ - Pinetops WQMG - Greensboro WQNC - Harrisburg WQOK - Carrboro WUKS - Saint Pauls

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

Radio One

Key people

Cathy Hughes (Chairman and CEO)

Radio shows

The Tom Joyner Morning Show (via Reach Media under contract)
Russ Parr Morning Show (via AURN)
The Yolanda Adams Morning Show
The Donnie Simpson Show

Radio stations

Mainstream urban	KBFB KBXX WCDX WCKX WENZ WERQ-FM WGPR¹ WHHL WHTA WIZF WKYS WQNC WQOK

Urban adult contemporary	KMJQ WAMJ WBMO WDMK WFXC WFXK WKJM WKJS WMMJ WRNB WTLC-FM WUMJ WWIN-FM WXMG WZAK

Urban gospel	WJMO WJYD WNNL WPPZ-FM WPRS-FM WPZE WPZR WPZS WPZZ WTLC WWIN WYCB

Urban talk	WCHB WDBZ WERE WOL WOLB WTPS

CHR	WNOW-FM

Rhythmic CHR	WHHH

Rhythmic Oldies	WFUN-FM WOSF WOSL

Classic hip hop	KROI KSOC WPHI-FM W275BK

China Radio International	WILD

Other

WDNI-CD (Telemundo) TV One Interactive One

¹ Owned by International Free and Accepted Modern Masons and operated by Radio One under an LMA.

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