WXCZ (103.3

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) is a commercial FM

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licensed to

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. The station is owned by Betty Marcocci, through licensee WGUL-FM, Inc., and features a

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. It is

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on 104.3

WXZC WXZC (104.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Inglis, Florida, and covering much of Citrus County, Florida. The station is currently owned by the Citrus County Association For Retarded Citizens, which also owns and operates Class A ...

Inglis, Florida Inglis is a town in Levy County, Florida, United States. It is on U.S. Highway 19 near the Cross Florida Greenway. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 1,325. Geography Inglis is at 29°1'58" North, 82°40'0" West (29.032878, ...

. The two stations call themselves " Nature Coast Country."

History

The station was given a

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and was assigned the call letters WVNM on 1991-08-09. On 1995-08-01, the still-unbuilt station changed its call sign to WCQQ, on 1996-07-15 to WRGO, and on 2017-07-24 to the current WXCZ. The station

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the air in March 1996, as WCQQ, originally at 102.7 MHz.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1997 page B-85
/ref> It was owned by Stoehr Communications and aired an

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format. In the early 2010s, the station moved to 103.3 MHz.

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* XCZ Country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1996 1996 establishments in Florida {{Florida-radio-station-stub