Broadcast area | Lower Alabama/Florida Panhandle |
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Frequency | 92.9 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | 93BLX |
Programming | |
Format | Urban contemporary |
Affiliations | Premiere Networks |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WABD, WDLT-FM, WGOK, WXQW | |
History | |
First air date | October 1, 1973 |
Former call signs | WBLX (1973–1988)[1] |
Call sign meaning | A play on "Blacks", its target audience; see KBLX |
Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 2540 |
Class | C |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 520.5 meters (1,708 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 30°36′45″N 87°38′43″W / 30.61250°N 87.64528°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | thebigstation93blx.com |
WBLX-FM (92.9 MHz, "93BLX") is an American urban contemporary music-formatted radio station that serves Mobile, Lower Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida. The station has served the Gulf Coast for more than 50 years. Owned by Cumulus Media, its studios are on Dauphin Avenue in Midtown Mobile, and its transmitter is near Robertsdale, Alabama.
The station was assigned the WBLX-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 4, 1988.[1] In 2006, WBLX began broadcasting in IBOC digital radio, using the HD Radio system from iBiquity.