WZOX (1660 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed by the

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(FCC) to operate on 1660 kHz from facilities located in

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History

The station began as the "expanded band" twin to a station operating on the standard AM band. On March 17, 1997, the FCC announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available " expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with then-WQSN in Kalamazoo authorized to move from 1470 to 1660 kHz."FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations"
(FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997. A construction permit for the expanded band station was assigned the call letters WQSN on October 1, 1998, concurrent with the call sign of the original WQSN on 1470 AM, changing to WKLZ. The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency, although this deadline was extended multiple times. It was ultimately decided to transfer full operations to the expanded band station, and on February 20, 2006, the original station on 1470 AM, now WKLZ, was deleted. The station had been licensed to Fairfield Broadcasting as WQSN. It was sold to

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in 2006. The FCC approved a callsign change on March 26, 2007, to WQLR, the former callsign of

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, an existing FM music station owned by Midwest Communications in Kalamazoo. The station flipped from

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on December 1, 2020. On December 18, 2020, the station became WTOU, after exchanging call letters with a station on

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. On April 2, 2025, the station became WZOX, after exchanging call letters with a station on

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."Form 380 - Exchange Request"
File Number:0000268609, Granted March 31, 2025.

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FCC History Cards for WKLZ (1470 AM)
(covering 1955–1981 as WKLZ / WYYY) 1998 establishments in Michigan Midwest Communications radio stations Radio stations established in 1998 TOU (AM) Urban adult contemporary radio stations in the United States {{Michigan-radio-station-stub