WFXD

Infobox Radio station
name = WFXD


city = Marquette, Michigan
area = [http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WFXD&service=FM&status=L&hours=U]
branding = 103.3 WFXD
slogan = Today's New Hit Country
airdate =
frequency = 103.3 MHz
format = Country
power = 100,000 watts
erp =
class = C1
callsign_meaning = Fox 103 (previous format)
former_callsigns = WRUP (6/17/85-9/1/90)
WUPB (6/17/85) [never used]
WUUN (?-6/17/85)
owner = Great Lakes Radio
webcast =
website = [http://www.wfxd.com/ http://www.wfxd.com/]
affiliations =

WFXD (103.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format in Marquette, Michigan.

The station began broadcasting in the 1970s at 100.1 FM as WUUN, a live-assist Top 40/adult contemporary music station known as "Stereo 100." In 1985, the station moved to its current 103.3 frequency and became WRUP "U.P. 103", programming a CHR format to compete with Magic 97 WGLQ and Q107 WMQT. The station's slogan and calls meant "We're UP on the U.P.!" [http://www.angelfire.com/wi/HotTips/UPMICH.html 1]

WRUP changed in 1990 to the WFXD calls and a satellite-fed oldies format, which continued for almost a decade until the station went country to compete with longtime market leader WJPD. Originally the station used the on-air identifier "B103" under its country format, even though it never changed its calls from WFXD; it now identifies simply with its calls and frequency.

Much of WFXD's broadcast day is satellite-fed from Jones Radio Networks using a format known as "CD Country" (identified on-air as "Today's New Hit Country").

Sources

* [http://www.michiguide.com/dials/rad-d/wfxd.html Michiguide.com - WFXD History]

External links

*FMQ|WFXD