WVXX is a
Spanish Contemporary
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formatted
broadcast
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radio station
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licensed to
Norfolk, Virginia
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, serving
Hampton Roads
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. WVXX is owned and operated by
Davidson Media Group The Davidson Media Group (DMG) is a Charlotte-based broadcaster specializing in multi-cultural, community focused formats. The company runs stations in a number of markets in 10 states and also specializes in selling large blocks of time on some of ...
.
1050 AM
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is a Mexican
clear-channel
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frequency.
XEG-AM
XEG-AM (1050 kHz) is a Class A clear channel radio station in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Its transmitter is in Guadalupe, Nuevo León. XEG was known as a border blaster in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. It now uses the name ''La Ranchera de Mon ...
is the dominant
Class A station.
History
WRAP
The 1050 frequency was the original home of
WRAP
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, which signed on in 1952. The station broadcast during the daytime hours only. When Rollins Broadcasting acquired the 850 frequency (then WCAV) in 1954, WRAP moved there on July 1, 1954.
WCMS
When Rollins acquired 850, Cy Blumenthal acquired the 1050 facility and relaunched it as
country music
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outlet WCMS.
In the late 1990s, the station used to simulcast with
urban gospel
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WXEZ-FM 'Star 94.1'. On April 22, 2002, the station became
easy listening
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"AM 1050 The Fog" WFOG. On November 25, 2003, WFOG dropped the standards format to simulcast
classic country
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Repertoire
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WCMS 100.5. Three days later, the simulcast ended when WCMS-FM flipped to Mainstream Rock and the classic country format was kept on 1050. Because of an error, the WXMM calls were assigned to 1050 and the WCMS calls stayed on 100.5 until the calls were finally swapped on December 18. On May 1, 2004, the station flipped to
FOX Sports Radio
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.
In November 2004, Barnstable Broadcasting sold the station to Davidson Media and later changed the calls to WVXX on December 6, 2004. FOX Sports Radio was dropped on February 9, 2005 in anticipation of a Spanish format known as "Selecta 1050".
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, WVXX simulcasted WFOG until "Selecta" was launched at 2 p.m. on February 26, 2005.[
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References
External links
Selecta 1050 Online
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Radio stations established in 1954
Spanish-language radio stations in the United States
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