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| Broadcast area | Atlantic City -Cape May |
| Frequency | 100.7MHz |
| Branding | 100.7 WZXL |
| Programming | |
| Format | Mainstream Rock |
| Ownership | |
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| WAYV,WTTH,WZBZ | |
| History | |
First air date | December 17, 1959; 65 years ago (1959-12-17) |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 70260 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 38,000watts |
| HAAT | 101 meters (331 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°07′28.4″N74°45′54.6″W / 39.124556°N 74.765167°W /39.124556; -74.765167 (WZXL) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1007wzxl.iheart.com |
WZXL (100.7FM, "100.7 ZXL") is acommercialradio station known as "South Jersey's Rock Station". It is owned byiHeartMedia and airs amainstream rockformat. WZXL islicensed toWildwood, New Jersey, with studios on Black Horse Pike inWest Atlantic City, part ofEgg Harbor Township.[2]
Operating with 38,000watts, WZXL serves much ofSouth Jersey includingAtlantic City,Cape May,Long Beach Island, andCumberland County. WZXL's signal also reachesSussex County, Delaware, and theEastern Shore of Maryland. Thetransmittertower is on Avalon Boulevard, near theGarden State Parkway, just east ofSwainton.[3]
The 100.7 frequency was originally used in the 1940s by the owners of 1490WBAB as 100.7 WBAB-FM. However, WBAB-FM was gone by the early 1950s and the frequency was silent in the Atlantic-Cape May market for nearly a decade.
On December 17, 1959, the owners ofWCMC 1230 in Wildwoodsigned on the 100.7 frequency as WCMC-FM.[4] WCMC-FM was only powered at 3,500 watts, a fraction of its current output. WCMC-AM-FM mostlysimulcast amiddle of the road (MOR) format of popular adult music, news and sports. The FM frequency did break away from the AM station at times during thebaseball season by broadcastingPhiladelphia Phillies games.
In 1981, WCMC-FM changed itscall sign to WNBR and began playingadult contemporary music. The WCMC-FM call letterseventually wound up on a station inNorth Carolina.
On November 26, 1986, WNBR switched to WZXL, playing analbum rock format that continues to this day, although the style of rock music has changed over the years.
Once a year, WZXL has a listener appreciation party known as the "Bike Bash." Recent Bike Bashes have been held at theGolden Nugget casino and theHouse of Blues atShowboat Atlantic City.
On August 7, 2023, Equity Communications announced that it would sell WZXL, along with its three other FM stations in the Atlantic City-Cape May market, to iHeartMedia.[5] The acquisition was completed later that year on December 5.[6]
JoJo and Scotty host the local wake up show. Outside of morningdrive time, the station airsvoicetrackedDJs from other cities.
In 2013, 100.7 WZXL became the South Jersey radio home ofPhiladelphia Phillies baseball. In 2024, longtime DJ and program director Steve Raymond was laid off as part of corporate downsizing.
WZXL is short-spaced to two otherClass B stations operating on 100.7 MHz:WLEV100.7 WLEV (licensed toAllentown, Pennsylvania) andWZBA100.7 The Bay (licensed toWestminster, Maryland). The distance between WZXL's transmitter and WLEV's transmitter is only 106 miles (171 km), while the distance between WZXL's transmitter and WZBA's transmitter is only 110 miles (180 km), as determined byFCC rules.[7] The minimum distance between two Class B stations operating on the same channel according to current FCC rules is 150 miles.[8]