WXTG

Infobox Radio Station
name = WXTG


city = Virginia Beach
area = Norfolk/Virginia Beach
branding = "102.1 FM and 1490 AM The Game"
slogan =
airdate = 1999 (102.1 FM) 1948 (1490 AM)
frequency = 102.1 (MHz) 1490 (kHz)
format = Sports Talk
erp = 6,000 watts(102.1 FM) and 1,000 watts (1490 AM)
haat = 100 meters (102.1)
class = A (102.1) C (1490)
facility_id = 14327
owner = Red Zebra Broadcasting
website = [http://www.1021thegame.com/ http://www.1021thegame.com]
callsign_meaning = WX The Game (station name)

WXTG, known on the air as "102.1 FM and 1490 AM The Game", are a pair of Sports Talk radio stations in Hampton Roads, Virginia. It is the radio home of The Washington Redskins and the affiliate of Fox Sports Radio. WXTG covers all of the Hampton Roads area especially Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Hampton. WXTG's tower is located just over the border in Chesapeake at 100 meters with 6kW of power (Class A licensed).WLRT's Tower is in Hampton and points east with good coverage on the Virginia Peninsula. Their studio is located at 545 S Birdneck Rd Suite 100 in Virginia Beach. Plans are underway to move the offices of WXTG from Birdneck Rd to downtown Virginia Beach -- Town Center.

History of WXTG-FM

The station signed on as WANN on June 11, 1999. Rumor has it that owner Craig Siebert chose those calls because he lived in ANNapolis, MD until changed to WWHV on July 5, 2001. He originally held the "CP" then Virginia Faith Broadcasting (Bishop L E Willis), going through several owners until early 2001 when Willis sold the "CP" to Steve Hegwood's On Top Communications, Inc. for $3 million dollars. In mid-August 2001, WANN flipped to WWHV, "HOT 102.1" (callsign meaning: We're Hot in Virginia) carrying the Mainstream Urban genre, focusing on hip-hop and R&B and was home to the nationally syndicated "Russ Parr Morning Show". During its tenure, WWHV was in a four way competition with WOWI, WBHH (later changed formats) and WNVZ. WWHV later simulcasted on Winner Broadcasting's WWBR 107.9 FM in West Point (a TSA for $11,000/mo) from February 2, 2003 to January 7, 2005 and known as "Hot 102.1 & 107.9"."

On March 29, 2004 WWHV dropped for the local Supreme Team Morning Show when they were dumped by WOWI for Doug Banks. Russ Parr returned to station after the Supreme Team was dumped again just one year later.

Since June 2005, On Top Communications has been in bankruptcy. It owned three other stations similar to WWHV's current format in New Orleans (now silent), Albany, Georgia and Jackson, Mississippi (now owned by a TV media outlet). So Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder's Red Zebra Broadcasting agreed to purchase the station from On Top in July 2006 for a $4.25M. On January 5, 2007, Red Zebra announce that WWHV will end the Mainstream Urban format. The writing was on the wall January 29th when it signed off for good; the next day it changed the format to WXTG as a sports format. The last song WWHV played was Diddy w/ Keyshia Cole's "Last Night".

History of WXTG-AM

On 7/31/2007, Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder's Red Zebra Broadcasting announced that it agreed to purchase the station from Hampton Radio II, Inc for $950,000 and immediately entered into a LMA to start simulcasting WXTG/102.1 Virginia Beach at 8:30 p.m. the same day. Before Sports, it did Classic Country/Racing/NASCAR and was known as "1490 The Outlaw" WLRT.

Lost Imus in the Morning after network cancellation April 2007. Lost FOX Sports to WTAR/850 Norfolk on January 30, 2006. Dropped Oldies for Classic Country October 2005. Picked up FOX Sports Radio (2/2005) when AM1050 dropped it. Dropped Southern Rock/Racing/Classic Country on December 8, 2003 at 10PM for 50s-70s Oldies. Previously known as "America's Country 1490 The Goldmine" WBYM until July 7, 2003. Used "Classic Hit Country AM 1490 - The Gold Mine" up to September 2002. Carried the Washington Redskins football games (2002-2005). Used to be WVEC and was co-owned with Channel 13. It featured easy listening music in the 1960s and early 1970s. An FM outlet was started - WVEC-FM -, which later became WWDE. 1490 also used to be WOJY playing a country/gospel mix but flipped to contemporary Christian and took the new calls of WXRE (X15) in July 1996. In November 1997 flipped to standards 'The Bay' WBYM. The WPEX calls have also resided here when the station simulcast WWDE, 101.3 FM, and later with a country music format. This station dates back to 1948.

External links

* [http://www.1021thegame.com/ Offical Site]
* [http://www.tonybrunoshow.com Tony Bruno Show]
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