WXTG-FM (102.1

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, "Streetz 87.7 & 102.1") is a

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FM radio station

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, and serving the Southside of

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. It is owned and operated by Davis Media, LLC. WXTG-FM airs an

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. The

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for WXTG-FM is off Elbow Road in

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. Studios and offices are on Little Neck Road in Virginia Beach.

History

WXTG-FM

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in August 2001 as WANN. It later became

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as "Hot 102.1" under the WWHV call letters. WWHV's then owner, On Top Communications, went into bankruptcy in 2005. WWHV was bought by

Red Zebra Broadcasting Red Zebra Broadcasting was a sports marketing company headquartered in Rockville, Maryland. The company owned and operated four radio stations in the greater Washington, D.C. radio market, one in Hampton Roads, VA, and two stations in Richmond, ...

in 2007. The company had already owned WXTG, and began simulcasting the two stations beginning January 29, 2007. On the air, the stations usually only used the FM's dial position, except once per hour for the formal

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. Under Red Zebra, WXTG-AM-FM aired a

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format. "102.1 The Game" carried most of the

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lineup as well as all games of the

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(like Red Zebra, owned by

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). The station had one local weekday show, ''The 757 Club'', which is named for the region's area code. The hosts were John "Johnny D" Decandido and Bartley "Pretty Boy" Barefoot. Decandido was a former host on Fox Sports Radio, and Barefoot is a graduate of

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. On July 30, 2013, Red Zebra sold WXTG-AM-FM to

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-based Davis Media, LLC for $1.2 million. The sale was consummated on April 7, 2014. Davis Media, LLC, also owns

WTYD WTYD (92.3 FM) is an adult album alternative formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Deltaville, Virginia, serving the Northern Neck The Northern Neck is the northernmost of three peninsulas (traditionally called "necks" in Virginia) on ...

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and

WBQK WBQK (107.9 MHz) is a commercial country station licensed to West Point, Virginia, and broadcasting to Virginia Peninsula and the Middle Peninsula. It is owned by Local Daily Media, a subsidiary of Davis Media. It is one of three country-format s ...

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. On August 1, 2013, WXTG-FM began simulcasting WTYD's

adult album alternative Adult album alternative (also triple-A, AAA, or adult alternative) is a radio format. See pages 9 and 10Mills, Joshua. "A New Radio Music Format: Rock for Prosperous Adults" New York Times, Feb 28 1994, p. 2. ProQuest. Web. Accessed September 4, ...

(AAA) music format. On January 7, 2019, WXTG-AM-FM became a 24-hour news and business station, calling itself "All News 102." The AAA format continued on co-owned WTYD. On June 5, 2020, WXTG-AM-FM dropped the "All News 102" news format and switched back to a simulcast of AAA-formatted WTYD. On July 15, 2020, WXTG-FM flipped to urban contemporary, branded as "Streetz 87.7 & 102.1" (simulcasting low power TV station WMTO-LP channel 6, which airs at 87.75 MHz in anticipation of the latter frequency shutting down on July 13 of the next year, but did not).Streetz 87.7 Norfolk Begins Simulcasting On 102.1 WXTG-FM
Radioinsight - July 15, 2020

References

External links

Streetz 87.7 & 102.1 Online
* {{Urban Radio Stations in Virginia XTG-FM Radio stations established in 2001 Urban contemporary radio stations in the United States 2001 establishments in Virginia Mass media in Virginia Beach, Virginia