- WPFX
Infobox Radio station
name = WPFX
city =North Baltimore, Ohio
area =Toledo, Ohio
branding = "The Fox"
slogan =
airdate =June 1 ,1989
frequency = 107.7mHz
format = Silent
ERP = 3000 watts
class = A
facility_id = 7821
coordinates = coord|41|07|04.00|N|83|32|38.00|W|region:GB_type:city
callsign_meaning = "WP" "F"o"X"
former_callsigns =
owner = BAS Broadcasting
licensee =
sister_stations =WFRO-FM ,WTTF -AM,WOHF-FM
webcast =
website =
affiliations =WPFX is an American FM radio station, licensed to
North Baltimore, Ohio . WPFX is owned and operated by BAS Broadcasting, and operates at the assigned frequency of 107.7 mHz, with an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts.History
This radio station was first issued a construction permit in March of 1988, and initially assigned the call letters WIZD. However, these call letters were not used and the station went on the air June 1, 1989 as WHMQ. WHMQ, though licensed to North Baltimore, maintained its studios and offices along Tiffin Avenue in Findlay, another small market.
For most of its existence as WHMQ, the station was known as "Jumpin' Country", with a frog likeness and a contemporary country programming fomat.
The station opererated under the callsign of WIMJ from 1999 to 2002, and acquired the current WPFX callsign in 2002, according to FCC records. [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=7821&Callsign=WPFX-FM]
According to FCC filings [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101260138&formid=910&fac_num=7821] , the current license holder claims the station went off the air in August of 2008 because the prior owner of the license failed to transfer the lease for the studio facilties to the new owners. The license holder is searching for new studio facilities. The FCC has granted a temporary "Stay Silent" order which gives the owners up to 6 months to acquire an appropriate facility and resume broadcasting.
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*FMQ|WPFX
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