WOLX-FM

WOLX-FM

City	Baraboo, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Madison, Wisconsin
Branding	94.9 WOLX
Slogan	Classic Hits
Frequency	94.9 MHz
First air date	1945 (as WWCF)
Format	Classic Hits Christmas music (Nov.-Dec.)
ERP	37,000 watts
HAAT	396 meters (1300 feet)
Class	B
Facility ID	60236
Transmitter coordinates	43°25′40″N 89°39′14″W / 43.42778°N 89.65389°W / 43.42778; -89.65389
Former callsigns	WWCF (1945-19??) WLVE (19??-1984) WNLT (1984-1985) WILV (1985-1989)
Owner	Entercom Communications (Entercom License, LLC)
Sister stations	WMHX, WMMM-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wolx.com

WOLX-FM (94.9 FM) is an American radio station licensed to Baraboo, Wisconsin, that serves the Madison, Wisconsin, area. The station is owned and operated by Entercom Communications, and airs a classic hits format, concentrating on music from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. WOLX broadcasts from a transmitter in Devil's Lake State Park near Baraboo in Sauk County, Wisconsin; They used to use the slogan "High atop the Baraboo Bluffs in Greenfield Township". Its signal can reach 33 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, reaching as far away as Tomah, Wisconsin, Rockford, Illinois, and West Suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin. WOLX-FM is a Grandfathered "Superpower" Class B, FM station; under U.S. Federal Communications Commission rules, a Class B FM station using an antenna height of 396 meters would be allowed a maximum power of 6,700 watts.^[1]

The station used to air adult contemporary and easy listening formats before to switching to oldies music, initially concentrating on 1950s and 1960s music (as "Oldies 94.9") and transitioning over time to its current Classic Hits approach (under the "94.9 WOLX" branding). WOLX airs all-Christmas music, usually from Thanksgiving to Christmas, although the station has started playing holiday music as early as November 5 (in 2009). Christmas music started on November 25 in 2014.

References

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

External links

WOLX official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WOLX

Radio-Locator information on WOLX

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WOLX

Radio stations in the Madison, Wisconsin market

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By AM frequency	810 970 1070 1190 1240 1310 1350 1480¹ 1550 1580¹ 1670

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NOAA Weather Radio	162.550

Nearby radio markets Dubuque Fox Cities Janesville–Beloit–Jefferson County La Crosse Milwaukee–Racine Rockford Wisconsin Dells–Baraboo See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin ¹Broadcast in Spanish (fulltime)

Classic Hits radio stations in Wisconsin

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By callsign	WATK WAUH WBIZ WBOG WHTL WIBD WISM-FM WISS WJBL WKFX WLMX-FM WMDC WMQA-FM WNXR WOGB WOLX WOWN WQDC WPRE WRIT-FM WRKU WRPN WSPT WVBO WXXM WYDR

By city	Altoona/Eau Claire Antigo Balsam Lake Baraboo Berlin Eau Claire Forestville Iron River Ladysmith Mayville Milwaukee Minocqua Neenah-Menasha Prairie du Chien Reedsville Rice Lake Ripon Shawano Stevens Point Sturgeon Bay Sun Prairie Tomah Wautoma West Bend Whitehall Winneconne

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

Entercom

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FM radio stations	K242CC KALC KAMX KBLX-FM KBZT KDGS KDND KEYN-FM KFBZ KGMZ KGON KHTP KISW KKDO KKMJ-FM KKWF KMBZ-FM KNDD KNRK KNSS-FM KOIT KQKS KQMT KQRC-FM KRBQ KRBZ KRSK KRXQ KSEG KSON KSOQ-FM KSWD KUDL KUFX KWJJ-FM KXSN KYCH-FM KZPT WAAF WBEE-FM WBT-FM WBZA WCMF-FM WDAF-FM WEEI-FM WEZB WFBC-FM WGGI WGGY WILK-FM WJMH WKAF WKBU WKRF WKRZ WKSE WKTK WLFP WLKK WLMG WLNK WLYF WMC-FM WMFS-FM WMHX WMMM-FM WMQX WMXJ WMYX-FM WNTR WNVZ WOLX-FM WPAW WPTE WPXY-FM WQMG WROQ WRVR WSFS WSKY-FM WSMW WSPA-FM WSTR WTPT WTSS WVEI-FM WVKL WWDE-FM WWEI WWL-FM WXSS WYRD-FM WZPL

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