| Broadcast area | Upstate South Carolina |
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| Frequency | 98.5 MHz |
| Branding | X98.5 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Alternative rock |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| Operator | SummitMedia |
| History | |
First air date | March 27, 2007 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 156113 |
| Class | D |
| ERP | 200 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°56′07″N 82°24′18″W / 34.9352°N 82.4051°W |
| Repeater(s) | 107.3-2 WJMZ-HD2 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | x985fm.com |
W253BG (98.5 FM) is an alternative rock radio station located in Arial, South Carolina area. Although licensed as a broadcast translator prohibited from carrying its own programming, it broadcasts under a legal loophole allowed by the Federal Communications Commission, by simulcasting on HD Radio channel 2 of WJMZ FM 107.3, allowing such stations to sidestep the restriction on translators, as well as regulations regarding the excessive concentration of media ownership by a single company in a given media market.