WXLO
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WXLO
| logo = WXLO 104.5 XLO logo.png
| city = Fitchburg, Massachusetts
| country = US
| area = Worcester–Boston, Massachusetts
| branding = 104.5 XLO
| airdate = {{start date and age|1960|8}}{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999|year=1999|page=D-215|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-AL-NE-BC-YB-1999..pdf|format=PDF|access-date=March 17, 2015}}
| frequency = 104.5 MHz
| format = Hot adult contemporary
| erp = 37,000 watts
| haat = {{convert|172|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = B
| facility_id = 43557
| licensing_authority = FCC
| coordinates = {{coord|42.508|N|71.826|W|type:landmark_region:US-MA_source:FCC|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WFGM-FM (1960–1964)|WBNE-FM (1964–1967)|WFMP (1967–1984)|WXLO (1984–1991)|WXLO-FM (1991–1997)}}
| former_frequencies = 104.7 MHz (1960–1964)
| affiliations = Westwood One
| owner = Cumulus Media
| licensee = Radio License Holding CBC, LLC
| sister_stations = {{hlist|WORC-FM|WWFX}}
| webcast = {{listenlive|https://player.listenlive.co/26711}}
| website = {{URL|https://www.wxlo.com/}}
}}
WXLO (104.5 FM; "104.5 XLO") is a hot adult contemporary radio station owned by Cumulus Media, licensed to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and serving the Worcester and Boston markets.{{cite web|url=https://www.wxlo.com/station-information/|title=XLO Station Information|access-date=2023-09-11}} The station broadcasts on the FM band on a frequency of 104.5 MHz. The studio is located in downtown Worcester, and its main transmission tower is located in the Leominster State Forest in Leominster; three other repeaters boost the signal on the same frequency throughout Greater Boston.{{cite web|url=http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=FM&tabSearchType=Appl&sAppIDNumber=164919|title=FCCInfo Results|website=www.fccinfo.com}}
History
The station has been running an adult contemporary format since 1979, and the call sign WXLO was chosen in January 1984 by station management in tribute to the former New York station (which is now WEPN-FM). In 1991, the call sign was modified to WXLO-FM when its then-sister station WFGL (960 AM) became WXLO as part of a maintenance simulcast of the FM's programming while its owners looked to sell the AM off, which was done in 1994.{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=8418&Callsign=WFGL|title=Call Sign History (WFGL)|website=licensing.fcc.gov}} The station was reassigned the WXLO call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on June 5, 1997.{{cite web |title=Call Sign History (WXLO) |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=43557&Callsign=WXLO}}
WXLO is often the most listened-to adult radio station in the Worcester market. WXLO also has a substantial audience in the Boston metro area, especially the area known as MetroWest. Outside the station's hot AC format, WXLO airs specialty programming, and the Awesome '80s Saturday Night. WXLO also spotlights that decade of music with an annual event called the "Awesome '80s Prom". WXLO also hosts an annual Acoustic Christmas event at Mechanics Hall in Worcester that has featured artists such as Train, Guster, Lee Dewyze, Daughtry, Delta Rae, Steven Page, Gavin DeGraw, Andy Grammer, and the Goo Goo Dolls.
On-air personalities include Jen Carter and Frank Foley in the Morning, Laura St. James, Rick Brackett, Diana "Lady D." Steele, and Tim Brennan.
Booster signals
On January 15, 2019, WXLO launched three boosters, in Boston (with a transmitter at the John Hancock Tower), Lexington, and Waltham, to help improve its signal in the Greater Boston area.
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = WXLO
| width =
| call1 = WXLO-FM1
| freq1 = 104.5
| city1 = Boston, Massachusetts
| fid1 = 201850
| watts1 = 10
| haat1 = 0
| class1 = D
| coord1 = {{coord|42|20|57.4|N|71|4|29.2|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark|name=WXLO-FM1}}
| notes1 = {{nbsp}}
| call2 = WXLO-FM2
| freq2 = 104.5
| city2 = Lexington, Massachusetts
| fid2 = 201849
| watts2 = 150 (Horizontal)
450 (Vertical)
| haat2 = 0
| class2 = D
| coord2 = {{coord|42|24|51.1|N|71|12|37.2|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark|name=WXLO-FM2}}
| notes2 =
| call3 = WXLO-FM3
| freq3 = 104.5
| city3 = Waltham, Massachusetts
| fid3 = 201847
| watts3 = 230 (Horizontal)
700 (Vertical)
| haat3 = 0
| class3 = D
| coord3 = {{coord|42|22|42.3|N|71|16|3.2|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark|name=WXLO-FM3}}
| notes3 =
}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.wxlo.com/}}
{{FM station data|43557|WXLO}}
{{Worcester Radio}}
{{Boston Radio}}
{{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in Massachusetts}}
{{Cumulus Media}}
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Category:Cumulus Media radio stations
Category:Radio stations established in 1960
Category:Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Category:Hot adult contemporary radio stations in the United States