WXRX

WXRX
Broadcast areaRockford, Illinois
Frequency104.9 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding104.9 The X
Programming
FormatActive rock
SubchannelsHD2: Classic hits "Rockford's Greatest Hits, 100 FM"
Ownership
Owner
WGFB, WNTA, WRTB
History
First air date
February 27, 1971 (1971-02-27) (as WKWL)
Former call signs
  • WKWL (1971–1976)
  • WYBR (1976–1979)
  • WYBR-FM (1979–1990)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID672
ClassA
ERP4,000 watts
HAAT122 meters (400 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
42°19′21.1″N 88°57′14.4″W / 42.322528°N 88.954000°W / 42.322528; -88.954000
Translator(s)HD2: 100.5 W263BJ (Loves Park)
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Website

WXRX (104.9 FM, commonly known as "The X") is a radio station. Licensed to Belvidere, Illinois, the station serves the Rockford, Illinois area. Originally created by a company called "Radio Works" run by David McAley and Robert Rhea Jr., it is now owned by Mid-West Family Broadcasting. WXRX started as a classic rock station.

WXRX broadcasts two channels in the HD format.[3]

Popular disc jockeys that have worked for WXRX include Jonathon Brandmeier, Tim Crull, Cheryl Jackson as K.C. Meadows, Sky Drysdale, Alan Cox, Jamie Markley, Mark Zander Jim Stone, as Mark Edwards, Lori Hastings, and Pete McMurray.

In the 1992 motion picture Batman Returns, WXRX is a fictional television station in Gotham City.

  1. ^ "Maverick Media Sells EAU Claire & Rockford Clusters". April 12, 2013.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WXRX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "HD Radio station guide for Rockford, IL". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2023.