WVXX (1050 AM) is a

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licensed to

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, serving

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. WVXX is owned and operated by

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is a Mexican

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is the dominant Class A station.

History

The station debuted in 1952 as the original

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. The station was licensed to broadcast only during daytime hours. When Rollins Broadcasting acquired then-WCAV on AM 850, the WRAP call letters and related format moved there on July 1, 1954.

WCMS

After Rollins acquired AM 850, Cy Blumenthal acquired AM 1050 and relaunched it as

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outlet WCMS. In the late 1990s, the station used to simulcast with

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WXEZ-FM 'Star 94.1'. On April 22, 2002, the station became

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"AM 1050 The Fog" WFOG. On November 25, 2003, WFOG dropped the standards format to simulcast classic country WCMS 100.5. Three days later, the simulcast ended when WCMS-FM flipped to Mainstream Rock and the classic country format was kept on 1050. Because of an error, the WXMM calls were assigned to 1050 and the WCMS calls stayed on 100.5 until the calls were finally swapped on December 18. On May 1, 2004, the station flipped to

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. In November 2004, Barnstable Broadcasting sold the station to Davidson Media and later changed the calls to WVXX on December 6, 2004. FOX Sports Radio was dropped on February 9, 2005, in anticipation of a Spanish format known as "Selecta 1050".HighBeam
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, WVXX simulcasted WFOG until "Selecta" was launched at 2 p.m. on February 26, 2005.

References

External links

Selecta 1050 Online

FCC History Cards for WVXX
(covering 1950–1981 as WRAP / WCMS)

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