WXLO is a Hot Adult Contemporary radio station

Radio station

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 that serves the Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston....

 market, broadcasting on the FM

FM broadcasting

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 band at a frequency

Frequency

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 of 104.5 MHz. The station is licensed in Fitchburg

Fitchburg, Massachusetts

Fitchburg is the third largest city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,318 at the 2010 census. Fitchburg is home to Fitchburg State University as well as 17 public and private elementary and high schools.- History :...

, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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 to Cumulus Media

Cumulus Media

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. The studio is located in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts, and its transmission tower is located in the Leominster State Forest

Leominster State Forest

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 in Leominster

Leominster, Massachusetts

Leominster is a city in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the second-largest city in Worcester County, with a population of 40,759 at the 2010 census. Leominster is located north of Worcester and west of Boston. Both Route 2 and Route 12 pass through Leominster. Interstate 190,...

, Massachusetts.

The call sign WXLO was chosen in 1984 by station management in tribute to the former New York station now known as WRKS-FM

WRKS-FM

WRKS , known by its on-air branding 98.7 Kiss FM, is an Urban Adult Contemporary radio station in New York City, owned by Emmis Communications...

. In 1991, the call sign was changed to WXLO-FM, when WFGL

WFGL

WFGL is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format and licensed to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA. The station is currently owned by Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa.-History:The station went on the air February 15, 1950 as WFGM at 1580 AM...

 960 briefly changed their call sign to WXLO. The station was reassigned the WXLO call sign by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 on June 5, 1997.

WXLO formerly aired Dick Clark's U.S. Music Survey, a top-20 adult contemporary countdown. It aired throughout the '90s until 2001, when it was replaced with Rick Dees' Weekly Top 40

Rick Dees Weekly Top 40

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. Airbound, a Citadel Communications

Citadel Broadcasting

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-owned new music program hosted by Tony Bristol, also aired in the 2000s, but was canceled in 2007.

Former Personnel

AJ Crozby

Amy Navarro

Annie

Antoine

Becky Nichols (Music Director)

Bill O'Brien

Bruce Gammon

Chase Murphy (Program Director)

Chris Zito (Host, Morning Show)

Dave Adams

Dave Newfell

Doug Taylor

Emily Zizza (Producer, Morning Show)

Frank Foley (News, Host, Morning Show)

Gary Trust

Geno (aka, Gene Knight)

Gina (aka, D.B. Cooper) (Traffic)

Gordon Smith (Program Director)

Greg Andrews (aka, Gregg Daniels) (Traffic, Morning Show)

Greg Hillier

Harry Jacobs

Jag

Jason Wright

Jay Bailey (Producer, Morning Show)

Jay Deane

JayBeau Jones (Program Director)

J.D. Page (weekends/Awesome 80's)

Jeff Alexander

Jeff Jordan

Jessica

Jill Monson

Jim McKenna

Joanie (Morning Show)

Joe Rossetti

Jon Holiday Program Director

Joni Siani (Host, Morning Show)

John Taylor (Host, Morning Show)

John Stevens

Keith Stevens

Kristina Rae

Lana Jones

Lida Anderson

Louie The Truck Driver (Morning Show)

Lynne McNamee (News, Morning Show)

Marty McNeil

Mike Castano

Mike Osborne (aka, Mighty Mike)

Patti Ford

Pete Falconi (Program Director)

Rob Poulin

Rob Walker

Roger X (Traffic, Morning Show)

RJ (aka, Rick Cabral)

Scott Mallory

Steve Ciaccio

Steve Kelly

Tim Hall

Toni Kayumi

Vinnie McCoy

Zip (aka, Peter Zipfel)

Current On-Air Personalities

Jen Carter (Morning Show Host)

Stephen Donovan (Morning Show Host)

Franklin Siplas (Morning Show Producer)

Mary Knight (Queen of the Midday, also "It's Your Time")

Rick Brackett (Afternoon Delight)

Nancy Hall (Night Vixen)

King Kong (Fictional Gorilla Monster)

Lady D (Host, Friday Night Fix)

Chuck Perks (Host, Awesome 80's)

Frank Foley (Weekends)

External links

• WXLO station website
• Tribute site to the original WXLO and its predecessor, WOR-FM