WPXC (102.9

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, "Pixy 103") is an FM

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, the station serves the

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area with its studios located on South Street in Hyannis and its transmitter in West Barnstable.

History

In February 2005, Ernie Boch, Sr. sold WPXC, WTWV, WDVT,

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, and

WXTK WXTK (95.1 FM broadcasting, FM; "Newsradio 95 WXTK") is a commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and serving Cape Cod. It has a talk radio radio format, format and is owned by iHear ...

to Qantum Communications. Due to the FCC's rules on ownership caps, Qantum had to put WTWV, WDVT, and WPXC up for a pending sale. In March 2005,

Nassau Broadcasting Partners Nassau Broadcasting Partners LP was a company based in Princeton, New Jersey that owned radio stations in New England and the Mid-Atlantic United States. Nassau's stations, which included both AM and FM frequencies, were located in Maryland, New J ...

bought the three stations from Qantum Communications. WPXC's sister stations WTWV and WDVT became

WFRQ WFRQ (93.5 FM broadcasting, FM) — branded as 93.5/94.7 Frank FM — is a radio station licensed to Harwich Port, Massachusetts. It serves the Cape Cod market with an classic hits radio format, format. The station is also heard on 102.9 WPXC ( ...

and WFQR. Over the past seven years, WPXC has played more Classic Rock music than Active Rock while being owned by Nassau. On May 4, 2012, Nassau Broadcasting and its lenders auctioned off all of their Cape stations to John Garabedian. John Garabedian has made no change WPXC's format or staff, but CodComm has designed new logos and websites for Pixy 103 and Frank FM. On May 1, 2014, WPXC started transmitting an

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digital signal. WPXC started simulcasting

on the HD2, and

WKFY WKFY (101.5 FM) – branded as Koffee FM – is a radio station licensed to East Harwich, Massachusetts. WKFY signed on August 16, 2013 at 98.7 MHz with a stunt loop of "Old Cape Cod" by Patti Page. The official format debuted on August ...

on the HD3 to feed the translators on 94.7 (W230AW, now W234DP) and 100.5/103.5 (W263CU)/(W278DW) respectively.

References

External links

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CodComm website
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