WYXL

Infobox Radio Station
name = WYXL


area = Ithaca, NY
branding = "Lite Rock 97.3"
slogan = "The best variety of yesterday and today"
airdate = 1948
frequency = 97.3 (mHz)
format = light rock
erp = 26kilowatts
class = B
owner = Saga Communications
website = [http://www.literock973.com/ literock973.com]
callsign_meaning = unknown

WYXL (97.3 mHz) is a radio station in Ithaca, New York that programs a light rock format. The station has been owned by Saga Communications since the early 2000s. It is co-owned with WHCU. It is known as "Lite Rock 97.3." It was known as just "Lite 97" for at least two decades.

History

The station signed on in 1948 as WYFC, broadcasting at 95.1 mHz. It was a charter member of the Rural Radio Network. [http://www.fybush.com/site-020116.html] Early on, it was obtained by Cornell University. Cornell changed the call letters to WHCU-FM to match those of the AM station it already owned. The station was known as WHCU-FM as early as March 1951. [http://members.aol.com/jeff1070/70.html] . At some point in its early history, the station moved to its current frequency.

Cornell built new studios for the stations in downtown Ithaca in 1957.

Cornell University sold WYXL and WHCU to Eagle Communications in 1985. Six years later, the stations moved into a new complex on Hanshaw Road, northeast of Ithaca in the town of Lansing.

The station has broadcast a light rock format since at least since the mid 1980s, often ranking at or near the top of the Ithaca market's ratings.

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