Radio station in Galion, Ohio
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
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WFXN-FM began as WQLX on November 8, 1974.
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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 (nee 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
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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.
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References
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External links
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Active
and
Mainstream rock
radio stations in the state of
Ohio
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- Canton
- Celina
- Cincinnati
- Cleveland
- Columbus
- Mansfield/Mid-Ohio
- Toledo
- Youngstown
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