WCFX is an FM radio station broadcasting at 6,000 watts in
Clare, Michigan
Clare is a city mostly in Clare County in the U.S. State of Michigan. A small portion of the city extends south into Isabella County. The population was 3,254 at the 2020 census.
Clare was settled as early as 1870 and contains two listings on ...
. The station primarily serves
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, the home of
Central Michigan University
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, with a
Top 40 (CHR) format as "Today's Best Music, 95-3 CFX." The station has operated with its current calls and format since 1980.
What is now WCFX was originally WCRM-FM, co-owned with the now-defunct WCRM/990 (the calls stood for ''Crossroads of Michigan'', referring to the station's being located near the geographic center of the state). It became WRNN-FM on June 6, 1979. Later that year, both AM 990 and 95.3 FM went off the air. In 1980 the silent 95.3 FM was purchased by legendary Detroit broadcaster
Paul Christy
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and returned to the air with
Top 40
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programming in November of that year as WCFX, originally known as "Foxy 95."
Christy obtained the call letter of the station he had previously consulted in Detroit,
WABX (now
WYCD
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), and parked the
WABX calls on the former WCRM AM 990. During the AM station's hours of operation, it was simulcast with WCFX, and the stations were identified as "WCFX-FM and WABX-AM". WABX ceased operation in 1988, and its license and frequency allocation were forfeited to the FCC.
In August 2003, Grenax Broadcasting purchased the property for $2.875 million. Previous to that, the station had been owned by
Jackson Radio Works, owners of
WKHM (AM)
WKHM (970 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Jackson, Michigan. It is owned by Jamie McKibbin, through licensee McKibbin Media Group, Inc., and broadcasts a talk radio format. Studios, offices and the transmitter are on Glensh ...
,
WKHM-FM
WKHM-FM ("Jackson's Hit Music, K105.3") is a Top 40/CHR FM radio station licensed to Brooklyn, Michigan, United States, serving the Jackson area.
History
The WKHM callsign has a long Jackson tradition and is based on the names of the origina ...
, and
WIBM
WIBM (1450 AM) is a country music station in Jackson, Michigan owned by Jamie McKibbin, through licensee McKibbin Media Group, Inc.. This company also owns news/talk WKHM AM 970 and hot AC WKHM-FM "K105.3". WIBM's programming is also heard on ...
radio in
Jackson, Michigan
Jackson is the only city and county seat of Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 33,534, down from 36,316 at the 2000 census. Located along Interstate 94 and U.S. Route 127, it is approxi ...
.
References
Michiguide.com - WCFX History
External links
WCFX official website*
CFX
Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States
Radio stations established in 1979
1979 establishments in Michigan
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