WXLT (103.5 FM, "ESPN Southern Illinois") is a

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to serve

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, United States. The station is owned by Max Media and licensed to MRR License LLC. It airs a

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format.

History

WXLT was first assigned the call sign WUEZ on October 30, 1990. The station was assigned the WXLT call letters by the

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on March 19, 2001, and most recently broadcast an adult hits format as "

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". On February 2, 2009, WXLT switched formats to sports as "ESPN Southern Illinois". 103.5 ESPN is the radio home for Herrin Tiger football and basketball. The voice of the Tigers is Mike Murphy, and the color commentator during football season is Kenny Steelman, and during basketball season it is Jason Karnes.

Ownership

In December 2003, Mississippi River Radio, acting as Max Media LLC (John Trinder, president/COO), reached an agreement to purchase WCIL,

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, WXLT,

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from the Zimmer Radio Group (James L. Zimmer, owner). The reported value of this 17–station transaction was $43 million.

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References

External links

WXLT official website
* XLT Radio stations established in 1990 ESPN Radio stations Companies based in Franklin County, Illinois 1990 establishments in Illinois Max Media radio stations {{Illinois-radio-station-stub