WCXZ
Encyclopedia
WCXZ is a radio station
licensed
to serve Harrogate, Tennessee
, USA. The station is owned by Lincoln Memorial University
, a private four-year co-educational liberal arts college.
It broadcasts a Country
/Bluegrass
/Americana
format to the Harrogate, Tennessee
and Middlesboro, Kentucky area.
on October 20, 1980. WSVQ received its license to cover
from the FCC on January 8, 1981.
In June 1986, Appalachian Communications reached an agreement to sell this station to Pine Hills of Tennessee, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 15, 1986, and the transaction was consummated on September 2, 1986.
The station was assigned new call letters WRWB by the FCC on July 5, 1994.
From February 1997 to February 2007, WRWB was operated by Lincoln Memorial University
as part of the Sigmon Communications Center under a time brokerage agreement
with license holder Pine Hills of Tennessee, Inc. The agreement stipulated that Pine Hills would apply, at the university's expense, to have the station's callsign changed to "WLMU" to match LMU's existing non-commercial FM station, WLMU
(which would have become "WLMU-FM"), but FCC records show no such application was ever made.
In July 2007, Pine Hills of Tennessee, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station outright to Lincoln Memorial University. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 8, 2008, and the transaction was consummated on March 28, 2008.
The station was assigned the current WCXZ call letters by the FCC on December 14, 2007.
Radio station
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licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Harrogate, Tennessee
Harrogate, Tennessee
Harrogate is a city in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States. The community has been known as "Harrogate" since the 19th century, but did not incorporate as a city by that name until 1993....
, USA. The station is owned by Lincoln Memorial University
Lincoln Memorial University
Lincoln Memorial University is a private four-year co-educational liberal arts college located in Harrogate, Tennessee.LMU's campus borders on Cumberland Gap National Historical Park....
, a private four-year co-educational liberal arts college.
It broadcasts a Country
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...
/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...
/Americana
Americana (music)
Americana is an amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles...
format to the Harrogate, Tennessee
Harrogate, Tennessee
Harrogate is a city in Claiborne County, Tennessee, United States. The community has been known as "Harrogate" since the 19th century, but did not incorporate as a city by that name until 1993....
and Middlesboro, Kentucky area.
History
The new station was assigned the call letters WSVQ by the Federal Communications CommissionFederal Communications Commission
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on October 20, 1980. WSVQ received its license to cover
Broadcast license
A broadcast license or broadcast license is a specific type of spectrum license that grants the licensee the privilege to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes. The licenses are generally straddled with additional restrictions that...
from the FCC on January 8, 1981.
In June 1986, Appalachian Communications reached an agreement to sell this station to Pine Hills of Tennessee, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 15, 1986, and the transaction was consummated on September 2, 1986.
The station was assigned new call letters WRWB by the FCC on July 5, 1994.
From February 1997 to February 2007, WRWB was operated by Lincoln Memorial University
Lincoln Memorial University
Lincoln Memorial University is a private four-year co-educational liberal arts college located in Harrogate, Tennessee.LMU's campus borders on Cumberland Gap National Historical Park....
as part of the Sigmon Communications Center under a time brokerage agreement
Local marketing agreement
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...
with license holder Pine Hills of Tennessee, Inc. The agreement stipulated that Pine Hills would apply, at the university's expense, to have the station's callsign changed to "WLMU" to match LMU's existing non-commercial FM station, WLMU
WLMU
WLMU is a radio station licensed to Harrogate, Tennessee, USA. The station is currently owned by Lincoln Memorial University....
(which would have become "WLMU-FM"), but FCC records show no such application was ever made.
In July 2007, Pine Hills of Tennessee, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station outright to Lincoln Memorial University. The deal was approved by the FCC on February 8, 2008, and the transaction was consummated on March 28, 2008.
The station was assigned the current WCXZ call letters by the FCC on December 14, 2007.