WEXX (99.3 FM) is located in the Tri-Cities, TN area and is owned by

Bristol Broadcasting Company "Bristol Broadcasting Company" is a radio station chain operating 29 stations in four Southern United States markets: the Tri-Cities area of upper-east Tennessee and southwest Virginia (receiving its name from the twin cities of Bristol, Virginia ...

. Known as "99.3 The X," it is an

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from mainstream or commerci ...

music station with the slogan "Tri-Cities New Alternative."

History

In the late '80s and into the '90s the 99.3 frequency was

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-formatted WUSJ-FM "US99". In the late '90s, the station found popularity as "Electric 99.3," a

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music station. In 2000, a format swap sent the "Electric" branding and format to 94.9 WAEZ, where it still is today. 99.3 then became an

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...

station, known as "MIX 99.3" until 2001. The station then flipped to

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as WPJO-FM, a format that lasted until 2003 when the current format took over. Most recently,

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has moved the station to the active rock panel, under the callsign WTZR (Z-Rock), but the default active rock station is WRZK. The station continued to report on the

panel per

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. It was currently one of two

stations on

's active rock panel, the other being KFRR, but this changed in March 2012 when WTZR became the only

station on the Mediabase active rock panel; KFRR is now once again on

panel. By April 2012, WTZR flipped to active rock as it was moved to the BDS active rock panel. On February 21, 2015 WTZR changed their format from active rock to alternative rock, branded as "99.3 The X".WTZR Flips to Alternative
/ref> On February 23, 2015 WTZR changed their call letters to WEXX, to go with "The X".

Programming

Weekdays

*Mornings With Jay 6 AM-10 AM *Chris 10 AM-3 PM *Maxx 3 PM-8 PM

References

External links

Official The X Site99.3 The X Facebook
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Tri-Cities Radio Market @ Bristol Broadcasting
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