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| Broadcast area | State College, Pennsylvania |
| Frequency | 98.7MHz |
| Branding | Sports Radio 98.7 - The Fox |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | December 1995; 29 years ago (1995-12) |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Fox Sports" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 30445 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 2,200watts |
| HAAT | 168 meters |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | sportsradio987thefox.com |
WFXS (98.7MHz) is asportsFMradio station that is located inPleasant Gap, Pennsylvania.
98.7 was originally licensed toMill Hall, Pennsylvania, as WZRZ in December 1995. Engineer Jack (Jay) Kennedy found this available frequency and sold theconstruction permit to Sabatino Cupelli. Cupelli built it out and put it on the air playingclassic hits as Eagle 98.7 FM.
Later on, the station was sold to Forever Broadcasting and the community of license was changed to Pleasant Gap. The station adopted the call letters WLTS-FM in late 2000. During Forever's ownership, the station carried several formats includingsmooth jazz under the calls WOJZ,adult rock as WQWK andcountry as WSGY, a repeater ofFroggy 98 fromAltoona, Pennsylvania. 98.7 was sold to 2510 Associates who also operated State College stationsWBHV-FM (B94.5) andWOWY 97.1. 2510 broadcast asoft adult contemporary format programmed by Nick Ferrara using the handle 98.7 Wish-FM and the call letters WWSH. The Wish Wake-Up Show was hosted by State College Radio veteran Ruth O'Brien.
On August 18, 2011, WWSH changed its format tomainstream rock, branded as "Eagle 98.7" under new call letters, WEMR. The Eagle lineup included the "Morning Drive" with Wentz and The Drive Home "Overdrive" with Bickel.
On July 3, 2015, WEMR changed its format toadult album alternative (AAA), branded as "98.7 The Freq", and was granted the WFEQ call letters.[2]
On March 19, 2019, WFEQ moved "The Freq" to online only[3] and began stunting with a loop ofAlan Jackson’s "Gone Country" ahead of a country format switch. Between playing of the songs were effects of grunts and something eating a frog, which was a reference to Forever Media’sWFGE. It was expected that this station would become "Bigfoot Country" after stunting.[4]
On March 21, 2019, at noon, WFEQ ended stunting and launched aclassic country format, branded as "Bigfoot Country Legends" under new WLEJ call letters, with the first song being "Bigfoot Song" byGary Nicholson.[4]
On December 30, 2022, it was announced that the format would move toWQWK andWPHB within days.[5] On January 3, 2023, WLEJ dropped its classic country format and began stunting, simultaneously changing its call sign to WWJL.[6] As this resulted in the station erroneously duplicating a call sign already assigned to another station, the call sign was changed to WLEJ-FM on March 1.[7] On June 23, 2023, WLEJ-FM changed its call sign to WFXS.
On July 17, WFXS launched a sports radio format known as 98.7 the Fox, featuring programming fromFox Sports Radio andMotor Racing Network, under new operator SkyWave Broadcasting Inc., headed by former owner Sabatino Cupelli.
Inseason 6, episode 26 ofthe American version ofThe Office,Michael Scott mentions the radio station "Froggy 98.7".
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