WXKX was a

radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...

Clarksburg, West Virginia Clarksburg is a city in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 16,039 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of municipalities in West Virginia, tenth-most populous city ...

, United States. WXKX broadcast from 1946 to 2023 and was last owned and operated by Burbach Broadcasting Co. The station closed in August 2023, with owner Burbach Broadcasting telling the

Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, wi-fi, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains j ...

that "expenses of operation as well as repairs and maintenance are no longer economically feasible". Burbach surrendered the station's license to the FCC on August 15, 2023, and it was cancelled on September 8.

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