WNTX is a

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licensed to

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, serving metro Fredericksburg. WNTX is owned and operated by Alpha Media LLC, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC.

History

It was known as WFLS and simulcast with WFLS-FM until 1996, when the calls were changed to WYSK and it started simulcasting WYSK-FM. On July 5, 2011, WYSK began carrying

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, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity talk shows during the day. On July 15, 2011, WYSK changed their call letters to WNTX. On January 23, 2015, Alpha Media "entered into a definitive agreement" to purchase WNTX and sister stations

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, WVBX, and

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from Free Lance-Star License, Inc. for an unknown sum. The purchase was consummated on May 1, 2015, at a price of $8.1 million.

Translator

In February 2010, WYSK began simulcasting on FM translator W243BS at 96.5 FM. On April 16, 2013, W243BS 96.5 dropped its simulcast of sister station WNTX for a simulcast of WFLS-HD2 carrying a Freeform format. The "FredFM" format was dropped in early March 2014, when W243BS resumed simulcasting sister station WNTX.

References

External links

News Talk Sports Radio 1350 AM & 96.5 FM Online
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