WEXX (99.3 FM) is located in the

Tri-Cities, TN The Tri-Cities is the region comprising the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City, and Bristol and the surrounding smaller towns and communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. All three cities are located in Northeast Tennessee, ...

area and is owned by

Bristol Broadcasting Company "Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a radio station chain operating 29 stations in four Southern United States markets: the Tri-Cities area of upper-east Tennessee and southwest Virginia (receiving its name from the twin cities of Bristol, Virginia ...

. Known as "99.3 The X," it is an alternative rock music station with the slogan "Tri-Cities New Alternative."

History

In the late '80s and into the '90s the 99.3 frequency was country music-formatted WUSJ-FM "US99". In the late '90s, the station found popularity as "Electric 99.3," a Top 40 music station. In 2000, a format swap sent the "Electric" branding and format to 94.9

WAEZ WAEZ (94.9 FM) is a United States Mainstream Top 40 radio station serving the Tri-Cities TN-VA Metropolitan Statistical Area with an ERP of 100,000 watts. It is licensed to Greeneville, Tennessee. The station started out as a Top 40 station un ...

, where it still is today. 99.3 then became an adult contemporary station, known as "MIX 99.3" until 2001. The station then flipped to rhythmic oldies as WPJO-FM, a format that lasted until 2003 when the current format took over. Most recently, Mediabase has moved the station to the

active rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge o ...

panel, under the callsign WTZR (Z-Rock), but the default active rock station is

WRZK WRZK (95.9 FM broadcasting, FM, "95.9 The Hog") is a radio station broadcasting an active rock radio format, format. Licensed to Colonial Heights, Tennessee, United States, it serves the Tri-Cities TN / VA area. The station is owned by Glenwood ...

. The station continued to report on the alternative rock panel per Nielsen BDS. It was currently one of two alternative rock stations on Mediabase's

panel, the other being

KFRR KFRR (104.1 FM) is a commercial alternative rock music radio station in Woodlake, California, broadcasting to the Fresno, California area. Its studios are located at One Putt Broadcasting in Downtown Fresno, across from the historic Warnors Th ...

, but this changed in March 2012 when WTZR became the only alternative rock station on the Mediabase

panel; KFRR is now once again on Mediabase's alternative rock panel. By April 2012, WTZR flipped to

as it was moved to the BDS

panel. On February 21, 2015 WTZR changed their format from active rock to alternative rock, branded as "99.3 The X".WTZR Flips to Alternative
/ref> On February 23, 2015 WTZR changed their call letters to WEXX, to go with "The X".

Programming

Weekdays

*Mornings With Jay 6 AM-10 AM *Chris 10 AM-3 PM *Maxx 3 PM-8 PM

References

External links

Official The X Site99.3 The X Facebook
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Tri-Cities Radio Market @ Bristol Broadcasting
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