WFNX (FM)
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| City | Athol, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | North County, Pioneer Valley |
| Branding | The River |
| Slogan | Independent Radio |
| Frequency | 99.9 MHz |
| First air date | December 4, 1989 (as WCAT-FM) |
| Format | AAA (WXRV simulcast) |
| ERP | 1,850 watts |
| HAAT | 124 meters (407 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 51124 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°35′39.00″N 72°12′2.00″W / 42.5941667°N 72.2005556°W |
| Callsign meaning | former call letters of WBWL, which was once owned by the Boston Phoenix |
| Former callsigns | WCAT-FM (1989–2002) WAHL (2002–2003) WNYN-FM (2003–2008) WXRG (2008–2013) |
| Owner | Northeast Broadcasting Company, Inc. (County Broadcasting Company, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WFAT |
| Webcast |
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| Website | www |
WFNX (99.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult album alternative music format. Licensed to Athol, Massachusetts, USA, it serves the North County and Pioneer Valley areas. The signal for WFNX can be heard in north central Massachusetts, southern New Hampshire, and southern Vermont. It first began broadcasting in 1989 under the call sign WCAT-FM. The station is owned by Northeast Broadcasting Company.
The station first signed on December 4, 1989 as WCAT-FM, a contemporary hit radio station owned by P&S Broadcasting along with WCAT (700 AM, now WFAT). By 1992, the station had shifted to an adult contemporary format, then to hot adult contemporary a year later.
In 1998, P&S sold WCAT-FM and WCAT to CAT Communications Corporation (a company controlled by Jeff Shapiro), who in turn sold the stations to Citadel Broadcasting in 2000. Citadel operated the WCAT stations as part of its Worcester group of stations, even though Arbitron considered the stations to be within the Boston market. That September, WCAT-FM changed to an oldies format; from 2001 until 2002, this was simulcast on the AM sister station. On April 19, 2002, the call letters were changed to WAHL, after Citadel moved the WCAT-FM call sign to a Cat Country-branded station on 106.7 FM in Hershey, Pennsylvania (WCAT-FM is now assigned to 102.3 FM in Carlisle, Pennsylvania).
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