WAXM
Encyclopedia
WAXM is a Country
and Bluegrass
formatted broadcast
radio station
licensed to Big Stone Gap, Virginia
, serving Southwest Virginia
. Studios are located in Norton
.
WAXM simulcasts its signal on 250 watt translator W223AA broadcasting on 92.5. W223AA is licensed to and serves Big Stone Gap, Virginia
. Both WAXM and W223AA are owned and operated by Valley Broadcasting, Inc.
began to build a new FM in the Spring of 1975. The station was completed in early Summer of 1975 and began broadcasting on frequency 93.5 FM. The new station initial format was beautiful music
.
The first music director for the new FM station was Russell Fig, who had helped build the station. The FM station began broadcasting in stereo with 150 watts of power.
In August 2008, WAXM began streaming live online. They are the first Southwestern Virginia station to broadcast online.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
and Bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...
formatted broadcast
Broadcasting
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radio station
Radio station
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licensed to Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Big Stone Gap is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The population was 5,643 at the 2010 census.-History:The community was formerly known as "Meneral City" and "Three Forks." The "Big Stone Gap" refers to the valley which has been created on the Appalachia Straight, located between...
, serving Southwest Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Southwest Virginia, often abbreviated as SWVA, is a mountainous region of Virginia in the westernmost part of the commonwealth. Southwest Virginia has been defined alternatively as all Virginia counties on the Appalachian Plateau, all Virginia counties west of the Eastern Continental Divide, or...
. Studios are located in Norton
Norton, Virginia
Norton is an independent city within the confines of Wise County in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,958, making it the smallest city in the state by population...
.
WAXM simulcasts its signal on 250 watt translator W223AA broadcasting on 92.5. W223AA is licensed to and serves Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Big Stone Gap, Virginia
Big Stone Gap is a town in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The population was 5,643 at the 2010 census.-History:The community was formerly known as "Meneral City" and "Three Forks." The "Big Stone Gap" refers to the valley which has been created on the Appalachia Straight, located between...
. Both WAXM and W223AA are owned and operated by Valley Broadcasting, Inc.
History
WLSDWLSD
WLSD is a Southern Gospel and Religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Big Stone Gap, Virginia, serving Big Stone Gap/Norton. WLSD is owned and operated by Valley Broadcasting and Communications, Inc.-History:...
began to build a new FM in the Spring of 1975. The station was completed in early Summer of 1975 and began broadcasting on frequency 93.5 FM. The new station initial format was beautiful music
Easy listening
Easy listening is a broad style of popular music and radio format that emerged in the 1950s, evolving out of big band music, and related to MOR music as played on many AM radio stations. It encompasses the exotica, beautiful music, light music, lounge music, ambient music, and space age pop genres...
.
The first music director for the new FM station was Russell Fig, who had helped build the station. The FM station began broadcasting in stereo with 150 watts of power.
In August 2008, WAXM began streaming live online. They are the first Southwestern Virginia station to broadcast online.