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| Broadcast area | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| Branding | The X |
| Slogan | Pittsburgh's Rock Alternative / Pittsburgh's Metal Station |
| Frequency | 105.9 (MHz) |
| First air date | 1996 |
| Format | Modern Rock / Metal / Heavy Metal |
| ERP | 72,000 watts |
| HAAT | 131 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 60153 |
| Owner | Clear Channel |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1059TheX.com |
WXDX-FM (The "X" at 105.9), is a modern rock radio station based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Owned by Clear Channel Communications, the station broadcasts at 105.9 MHz with an ERP of 72kw.
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History
WXDX was originally at 106.7 FM and known as The Force until 1996 when it swapped signals with WAMO-FM, giving it better signal coverage. It was also one of six stations in the Clear Channel roster that dropped Howard Stern in February 2004 (however, Stern would show up on WRKZ later that year). Howard began airing on WXDX in November 1995. Since October 2006, WXDX has been the radio flagship station of the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Former on-air personalities
- Alan Cox - The Alan Cox Radio Show. Alan Cox had a small following and was let go due to poor ratings in 2006. Cox currently hosts The Morning Fix at WKQX in Chicago. Cox Released 3 CD's while on the air at WXDX-FM Pittsburgh, Alan Cox Sells Out, Alan Cox - Ribbed, and Alan Cox - Shadyside (a small part of Pittsburgh) Bathroom Wall Blues. He also performed at numerous comedy clubs within the area, and a portion of the proceeds from his CD's were donated to local charities.
- Debbie "Buck" Wilde - She was the nighttime DJ in 1996 when the force and the x was on.
- Mike Bocan - He was fired from the station on Monday March, 12, 2007 after an incident during a phone call to Bob Grove, host of the Pittsburgh Penguins postgame show. During the post-game from the Pittsburgh Penguins game broadcasting from The X, Bocan thought he was supposed to be monitoring calls and a caller was reported to have spoken an expletive on air (calling Bob Grove a "cunt" [sic]). Bocan claimed he didn't know he was supposed to be monitoring the calls, but he was subsequently fired from The X because of the incident. Bocan claims that the producer of the Pittsburgh Penguins post-game show was to monitor calls, that he was just there "to run the 10-second ads that say the station name and call letters", and claims he had no phone monitoring capabilities. Bocan now "hosts" his own rant "show" on youtube.com.[1]. He also teams up with his friend Tom Larkin to host his own podcast on myspace called "Aggressive Observations". [2].
Former station employees
- Steve Stone (voice actor), a nationally known television and radio promo announcer. Steve Stone worked as the in-house creative director for WXDX-FM from 1996 to the end of 1999. He went on to work at New York's WXRK-FM "92.3 K-Rock" after his time at "The X". Stone Voiceovers website.
WXDX HD2
On April 25, 2006, Clear Channel announced that WXDX's HD2 subchannel will carry a format focusing on Adult Album Alternative (Triple-A) music.
External links
- WXDX-FM official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WXDX
- Radio Locator information on WXDX
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WXDX
