WFXF
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| City | Dundee, Illinois |
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| Broadcast area | Northwest Suburban Chicago / Fox Valley |
| Branding | 103.9 The Fox |
| Slogan | The Northwest Suburbs Classic Rock |
| Frequency | 103.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1967 (as WVFV) |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Audience share | 0.3 (Holiday 2016, Nielsen Audio[1]) |
| ERP | 2,550 watts |
| HAAT | 98 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 3135 |
| Former callsigns | WVFV (1967–1980) WCRM (1980–1989) WABT (1989–1996) WZCH (1996–2004) WWYW (2004–2013) |
| Owner | Peter Handy (Matrix Broadcasting, LLC) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | rockthefox.com |
WFXF (103.9 FM, "The Fox") is a radio station licensed to Dundee, Illinois. Its transmitter is located in Gilberts, Illinois and its studios are located in Crystal Lake, Illinois. The station serves the northwestern suburbs of Chicago. Its format consists of classic rock, from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.
The station is an affiliate of the syndicated Floydian Slip Pink Floyd show.
The present day station on 103.9 traces its history back to 1967 as WVFV-FM, as the Voice of the Fox Valley. The new station was the creation of Jim French, who operated out of a space above a Ben Franklin store in West Dundee. WVFV-FM's transmitter was built in Gilberts, Illinois, between Huntley and West Dundee. Originally operating between noon and midnight, the station featured a middle-of-the-road format, as well as broadcasts of local high school sports, and city council meetings. The station was sold in April 1970 to Richard Wilrett.
By February 1972, WVFV became a Top 40 rock station. By April 1980, the station was sold to CLW Communications, and became a Contemporary Christian formatted station under the calls WCRM-FM on May 27, 1980. The Christian format lasted for the decade, until flipping again on April 10, 1989. Under new calls as WABT-FM, 103.9 became an album orientated rock station, branded as "The Wabbit". WABT was first programmed by Randy McCarten until 1992, then Cara Carriveau (who went by the name Cara Simms at the time) until 1995 and then Dan Forthover until the format changed in June 1996.
Between June 1996 and March 2004, 103.9 was branded with the calls of WZCH-FM. In May 2004, NextMedia Group purchased the station from Entravision Communications for $5 million. By the end of the month, WZCH was stunting with television theme songs.
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