WZRX (1590 AM, "Fox Sports 1590") was a

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. WZRX aired programming from

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. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the station was called "W1" (WWUN). It was a

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rock-and-roll station, but it was not as popular as WRBC-AM. The station changed formats to the big-band sound in 1985, later changing the call letters to WYHT-AM (Your Hit Tunes). The hours were expanded to 24 hours a day. John Friskello was the major local announcer. It remained with that format until it changed again in the 1980s. Later, the call letters were changed to WZRX. For a while, it was a blues station, but in 2005 the format turned to all black gospel music as "Glory 1590". The format changed again in 2006 to an all-news, CNN Headline News affiliate. The station also broadcast talk shows hosted by

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and Lou Dobbs. The CNN Headline News talk and discussion programs hosted by

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and Jane Velez-Mitchell plus ''Showbiz News'' were also broadcast each evening. On October 3, 2011, WZRX changed their format to sports, with programming from

. The station went silent on January 1, 2012. On July 31, 2012, WZRX's license was cancelled by the

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(FCC) and the WZRX call sign was deleted from the FCC's database.

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