WXOF (96.7
MHz
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) is a
commercial
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FM radio station
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licensed
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to
Yankeetown, Florida
Yankeetown is a town in Levy County, Florida, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 588.
History
Yankeetown was founded in 1923 by the Indiana politician and lawyer Armanis F. Knotts, who moved to the area because of his great ...
. The station is owned by WGUL-FM, Inc. It airs a
classic rock
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radio format
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. It sometimes describes itself on the air as "
classic hits
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" but it plays popular classic rock tracks from the 1970s and 80s, with no pop or dance songs. WXOF carries the
syndicated ''
Nights with Alice Cooper
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'' classic rock radio show on weekday evenings.
History
The station went on the air as WAZN on 1998-04-20. On 1998-07-10, the station changed its
call sign
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to WBKX, on 1999-01-11 to the current WXOF. Before switching to classic hits, it was a
country music
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station.
On December 7, 2012 WXOF upgraded its signal by moving from 96.3 FM to 96.7 FM and raising
effective radiated power
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from 3,500
watt
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s to 14,500 watts.
WXOF Moves to 96.7
Radionight, December 7, 2012
References
External links
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Radio stations established in 1998
1998 establishments in Florida
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