WXZZ | |
City: | Georgetown, Kentucky |
Area: | Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Area |
Branding: | Z-Rock 103 |
Frequency: | 103.3 MHz |
Airdate: | September 10, 1973 (as WAXU-FM at 103.1) |
Format: | Active rock |
Erp: | 6,000 watts |
Haat: | 100 meters (328 ft) |
Class: | A |
Facility Id: | 32425 |
Callsign Meaning: | W LeXington's Z-Rock Z |
Former Callsigns: | WAXU-FM (1973–1984) WRMA (1984–1986) WMGB (1986–1989) WTKT (1989–1991) WTKT-FM (1991–1995) |
Former Frequencies: | 103.1 MHz (1973–1992) |
Affiliations: | Compass Media Networks United Stations Radio Networks |
Owner: | Cumulus Media |
Licensee: | Cumulus Licensing LLC |
Sister Stations: | WLTO, WLXX, WVLK, WVLK-FM |
Website: | zrock103.com |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WXZZ (103.3 FM, "Z-Rock 103") is a commercial radio station. It is licensed to Georgetown, Kentucky and serves the Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Area. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and airs an active rock radio format. Cumulus uses the Z Rock name as a moniker for WXZZ, as a way to keep the trademark active following the closure of the Z Rock satellite network of the same name in 1996.[1] Studios and offices are located at Kincaid Towers on West Vine Street in Lexington.[2] The transmitter is off Russell Cave Road, also in Lexington.[3]
WXZZ begins each weekday with the comedy and music program theTwitch & MJ Morning Show. They have "Monkey Boy" doing the drive home from 3–7.
The station first signed on the air on September 10, 1973, as WAXU-FM.[4] It was originally at 103.1 MHz, and it simulcast its co-owned AM station, 1580 WAXU (now WWTF).