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| Broadcast area | Burlington -Plattsburgh -Champlain Valley |
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| Frequency | 96.7MHz |
| Branding | 96.7 MeTV FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Soft oldies |
| Network | ABC News Radio |
| Affiliations | MeTV FM |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Vox AM/FM, LLC |
| WCPV,WEAV,WEZF,WVMT,WVTK,WXXX | |
| History | |
First air date | July 1996; 28 years ago (1996-07) |
Former call signs | WWGT (1992–1996) WXPS (1996–2001) |
Call sign meaning | "Zone" (previous format) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 36422 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 1,000watts |
| HAAT | 243 meters (797 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°24′11″N73°25′59″W / 44.403°N 73.433°W /44.403; -73.433 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 967me |
WXZO (96.7MHz "MeTV FM") is acommercialFMradio stationlicensed toWillsboro, New York. Owned by Vox AM/FM, it primarily serves theChamplain Valley, includingBurlington, Vermont, andPlattsburgh, New York. Its studios are located inColchester, Vermont. The station broadcasts asoft oldiesradio format using thesyndicated music service known as "MeTV FM." In morningdrive time, the station carriesIntelligence for Your Life with John Tesh.ABC News Radio provides news updates.
WXZO is aClass A station with aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 1,000watts. Thetransmitter is off Empire State Trail (New York State Route 22) in Willisboro.[2]
The stationsigned on the air in July 1996; 28 years ago (1996-07). As aconstruction permit, itscall sign was WWGT. Once it began broadcasting, the station changed its call letters to WXPS. Thecity of license was originallyVergennes, Vermont.[3] WXPS aired analternative rock format and called itself "The Pulse". Subsequently, it aired asports radio format along withsister stationWEAV (960 AM) inPlattsburgh, New York.
Capstar Broadcasting purchased WXPS in 1998.[4] On December 14, the sports talk format, which by then also incorporated somehot talk programs, was abandoned. The new format wascountry music and the new moniker was "Kix 96.7".
Around the same time, WXPS moved its city of license and transmitter from Vermont to Willsboro, New York.[5] This move improved the station's signal in Burlington, the largest city in the region.[5] Plans for anFM translator at 97.3 MHz were abandoned and the construction permit canceled two months earlier.[6] The following April, WEAV left the sports talk simulcast and implemented a separatetalk format.[7]
In 1999, WXPS changed formats again, this time tosmooth jazz.[8] It played mostly instrumental jazz-flavored tracks with some softR&B vocals.
In April 2001,Clear Channel Communications, which acquired the station after a series of mergers, migrated the smooth jazz format to sister station WLCQ (92.1 FM; nowclassic hitsWVTK). Upon the completion of this move, WXPS resumed simulcasting with WEAV, this time airing its talk format under the "Zone" branding. It switched its call letters to WXZO.[9][10]
Clear Channel announced on November 16, 2006, that it would sell its Champlain Valley stations after the company was bought by several private equity firms.[11] This prompted a sale to Vox Communications in 2008.[12]
On September 17, Vox again ended the simulcast with WEAV (except forFirst Light andImus in the Morning). WXZO adopted anoldies format, branding itself "96.7 DOT-FM" in reference to former localTop 40 station WDOT (1390 AM; laterWCAT). Much of the station's on-air staff under this format had once worked for WDOT. (Despite this branding, the call letters were not changed. The oldies format was previously heard on WVTK.[13]
On September 17, 2010, the oldies format was replaced with acontemporary hit radio format, branded "Planet 96.7".[14] At that time, the remaining simulcasts with WEAV ceased. WXZO competed againstWXXX (95.5 FM) andAdult Top 40 rival WYZY (106.3 FM, nowWNBZ-FM). On August 25, 2017, WXZO flipped torhythmic contemporary as "The New Hot 96.7".[15]
In early January 2019, following Vox's acquisition of rival Top 40 station WXXX, WXZO beganstunting with a promotional loop of oldies music. It also airedliners, read in thefirst-person, that emphasized the word "Me". The last song on WXZO asHot 96.7 was "Love Lies" byKhalid.[16]
On January 11, 2019, WXZO ended stunting and launched aSoft Oldies format, branded as "96.7 MeTV FM."[17] The station said it would play a "variety of classic hits, deep tracks and softer sounds from the '60s, 70s, '80s, and beyond."[18] The name "MeTV FM" refers to the popularMe-TVdiginet television service that runs classic TV shows. Its music service also plays softer songs from the same era.
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