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WCXS is a commercial
radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...
in
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, broadcasting on 1480 AM with a
classic country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on innov ...
format. The station previously ran a slate of syndicated talk programing including Doug Stephan, Todd Starnes and
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, as well as the shows of financial councilo
Dave Ramsey
and news/talk personality Tom Sullivan, and hourly news updates from
CBS Radio News CBS News Radio, formerly known as CBS Radio News and historically known as the CBS Radio Network, is a radio network that provides news to more than 1,000 radio stations throughout the United States. The network is owned by Paramount Global. It ...
. Weekends featured a combination of news and
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programming. The station changed its call sign from WFLN to WCXS on March 3, 2020. In late May 2020, WCXS changed its format from news/talk to classic country, branded as "Classic Country 104.5".


Historic WFLN

The call sign WFLN was originally assigned in 1949 to a Philadelphia FM radio station located at 95.7 MHz. The station operated primarily a classical music format. In 1956, WFLN (900 kHz) was started as a simulcast of the FM programming. WFLN was sold in 1985 and became
WDVT WDVT (94.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock music format branded as "Rock 94.5." Licensed to Rutland, Vermont, United States, the station serves the Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction area. The station is currently owned by P ...
. WFLN-FM continued operations until 1997 when it was sold, changed format and was renamed WXXM. As of 2020 the Philadelphia 95.7 MHz station is identified by the call sign
WBEN-FM WBEN-FM (95.7 MHz, "95.7 Ben FM") is a commercial radio station licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station is owned by Beasley Broadcast Group and broadcasts an adult hits radio format. The studios and offices are in Bala Cynwyd and t ...
.


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Station website
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