WEZX (106.9 FM, "Rock 107") is a commercial radio station licensed to serve

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. The station is owned by

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, through licensee Times Shamrock Media, L.P., and broadcasts a

classic rock Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on comm ...

format. WEZX programming is simulcast on WPZX (105.9 FM) in Pocono Pines, WLGD (107.7 FM) in

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, WFUZ (1240 AM) in

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, and on seven translators. The station's programming is also available via streaming on the station's website. WEZX uses

HD Radio HD Radio (HDR) is a trademark for in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio broadcast technology. HD radio generally simulcast, simulcasts an existing analog radio station in digital format with less noise and with additional text information. HD R ...

, and

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s sister station WQFM on its HD2 subchannel and an alternative rock format (as Fuzz 96.1) on its HD3 subchannel. The HD4 subchannel is leased to JMJ Catholic Radio, a regional

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network.

History

The station signed on for the first time in 1967. In the early 1970s, Times-Shamrock branded the station "FM 107" with a

soft rock Soft rock (also known as light rock or mellow rock) is a form of rock music that originated in the late 1960s in the United States and the United Kingdom which smoothed over the edges of singer-songwriter and pop rock, relying on simple, mel ...

format. The format was changed to rock in 1980 and the station rebranded as "Rock 107". In 2000, sister station WPZX began simulcasting WEZX programming, followed by WVZX (now WHNB) in 2007. WEZX celebrated 30 years as "Rock 107" in 2010. The station commenced digital broadcasting on August 15, 2011. In May 2021, Times-Shamrock purchased WLGD and made it a simulcast of WEZX.

Simulcasts and translators

Two full-power stations are licensed to

the programming of WEZX: WEZX programming is broadcast on the following

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: On July 10, 2024, WEZX-HD3 ended the simulcast of

WEJL WEJL (630 AM) is a radio station broadcasting in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The station, known on-air as "Sports Radio WEJL", carries sports radio programming from Fox Sports Radio. WEJL is owned by Times-Shamrock Communications, former publishe ...

and flipped the subchannel and its translators to alternative rock as "Fuzz 96.1", thus returning a format heard on then-WFUZ until 2020, with Times-Shamrock citing listener demand. WEZX-HD4 and W283BE began carrying JMJ Catholic Radio in February 2023 as a replacement for

WQOR WQOR may refer to: * WQOR (FM), a radio station (90.5 FM) licensed to serve Laceyville, Pennsylvania, United States; see List of radio stations in Pennsylvania * WGMF (AM), a radio station (750 AM) licensed to serve Olyphant, Pennsylvania, w ...

, which had become a simulcast of WGMF; W283BF had previously been a WGMF translator.

References

External links

* EZX Classic rock radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1967 1967 establishments in Pennsylvania Mass media in Scranton, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-radio-station-stub