WMFX
| City of license | St. Andrews, South Carolina |
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| Broadcast area | Columbia, South Carolina |
| Branding | Fox 102.3 |
| Slogan | Columbia's Rock Station |
| Frequency | 102.3 MHz |
| First air date | January 23, 1985 (as WWGO) |
| Format | Mainstream rock |
| ERP | 6,000 watts |
| HAAT | 100 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 19471 |
| Callsign meaning | "W"e're the "M"idlands "F"o"X" |
| Former callsigns | WWGO (1985-1987) |
| Owner | Alpha Media (L&L Licensee, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WARQ, WHXT, WOIC, WWDM |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | fox102.com |
WMFX is a mainstream rock radio station licensed to St. Andrews, South Carolina and serves the Columbia, South Carolina market. The Alpha Media outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast at 102.3 MHz with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6 kW. The station goes by the name Fox 102.3 and its current slogan is "Columbia's Rock Station." Its studios and transmitter are located separately in Columbia.
Due to carrying the "Fox 102" branding, WMFX is not to be confused with unrelated television WACH channel 57, which carries the region's Fox TV affiliate.
History[edit]
102.3 first signed on January 23, 1985 as WWGO with a hybrid of Oldies and Adult Contemporary music under the "Go 102" handle. This format proved disastrous in the ratings and the station made a brief attempt at Top 40 before being sold in early 1987. New owners changed the format to album rock, with a lean musically toward classic rock as Fox 102 with the new call letters of WMFX. The changes paid off as the station was usually placed within the Top 5 of the Arbitron ratings since that time.
In 1994, the station adjusted its format further toward classic rock and added the syndicated John Boy and Billy show for mornings.
The station is owned by Alpha Media through L&L Licensee, LLC, which also owns Urban Contemporary WHXT, Urban AC WWDM, Alternative WARQ, and ESPN sports WOIC in the Columbia radio market.
In March 2014, WMFX changed to mainstream rock.
External links[edit]
- Fox 102's website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WMFX
- Radio-Locator information on WMFX
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WMFX
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Coordinates: 34°05′56″N 81°04′48″W / 34.099°N 81.080°W
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