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| Broadcast area | Richland County Crawford County Morrow County |
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| Frequency | 102.3MHz |
| Branding | 102.3 The Fox |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Format | Mainstream rock |
| Affiliations | Premiere Networks United Stations Radio Networks |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | November 8, 1974 (1974-11-08) (as WQLX) |
Former call signs | WQLX (1974–1997) WGLN (1997–2002) WFXN (2002–2003) WXFN-FM (2003) |
Call sign meaning | WFoXN |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 39730 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,500 watts |
| HAAT | 131 meters (430 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°45′26.00″N82°47′23.00″W / 40.7572222°N 82.7897222°W /40.7572222; -82.7897222 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live (viaiHeartRadio) |
| Website | wfxnthefox |
WFXN-FM (102.3FM) – branded as102.3 The Fox – is a commercialmainstream rockradio station licensed to serveGalion,Ohio. Owned byiHeartMedia, Inc., WFXN-FM primarily services the Mid-Ohio counties ofRichland,Crawford, andMorrow, and is the local affiliate forRover's Morning Glory andThe House of Hair with Dee Snider. The WFXN-FM studios are located inMansfield, while the station transmitter resides in Galion. Besides a standardanalog transmission, the station is available online viaiHeartRadio.
WFXN-FM began as WQLX on November 8, 1974.[2] At first, WQLXsimulcast WGLX (1570 AM) under the ownership of Harry Gray's Radio Galion. After only owning the station for one year, Gray had a heart attack at the age of 58, the control of the station was transferred to Joseph Billow until a sale could take place. In 1976, Maumee Valley Broadcasting owned by Ray Malone for $166,000. Malone would own the station along with sister WGLX andWNDH inNapoleon before selling in 1996 to Dean Stampfli's Ashland/Knox Broadcasting for $161,000. In 1997, Ohio Radio Group (née Ashland/Knox) changed the station's callsign to WGLN. On October 2, 2000, Clear Channel purchased Ohio Radio Group which includedWQIO andWMVO inMount Vernon, Ohio,WWBK inFredericktown, Ohio, WBZW inLoudonville, Ohio, andWNCO andWNCO-FM inAshland, Ohio. Over the next two years, the station callsign changed three times: in 2002 to WFXN; in 2003 to WXFN-FM; and again in 2003, to WFXN-FM.
On Labor Day 2017, an EF-2 tornado caused the broadcast tower for WFXN in Galion to collapse.[3]
WFXN-FM also extended its signal by using a single full-powerrepeater. Licensed to Loudonville,WXXF (107.7 FM, the former WBZW) provided additional coverage to the Mid-Ohio counties ofHolmes,Ashland, andWayne. On November 6, 2019, WXXF split from the simulcast with WFXN-FM and began stunting with Christmas music as "Christmas 107.7";[4] it switched to a soft adult contemporary format that December.
In addition to itsmainstream rock format, WFXN-FM airsRover's Morning Glory on weekday mornings, andThe House of Hair with Dee Snider on Sunday night.[5][6]