WXTK
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| City | West Yarmouth, Massachusetts |
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| Broadcast area | Cape Cod |
| Branding | "Newsradio 95 WXTK" |
| Slogan | Cape Cod's #1 source for news, weather and traffic |
| Frequency | 95.1 MHz |
| First air date | May 2, 1948 (as WOCB-FM on 94.3) |
| Format | News/Talk |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 80 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 6250 |
| Callsign meaning | W eXtreme TalK (proposed, but never used, station branding) |
| Former callsigns | WOCB-FM (1948–1978) WSOX-FM (1978–1984) WRZE (1984–1985) WJFK (1985–1987) WOCB-FM (1987–1990) WJIB (1990–1991) WOCB-FM (1991) |
| Former frequencies | 94.3 MHz (1948–1962) 94.9 MHz (1962–1997) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C.) |
| Sister stations | WCIB, WCOD-FM, WEII |
| Webcast | Listen Live (via iHeartRadio) |
| Website | www.95wxtk.com |
WXTK (95.1 FM; "Newsradio 95 WXTK") is a news/talk radio station licensed to West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and headquartered in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.. It is the direct descendant of Cape Cod's first commercial radio station, WOCB.
WOCB first signed on as an AM station October 2, 1940; the station was originally owned by the Cape Cod Broadcasting Company. It originally operated at 1210 kHz, but moved to 1240 in 1941 as a result of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement. WOCB shut down in May 1943 after running out of money, resulting in its license being canceled by the FCC on November 30. E. Anthony and Sons, owner of WNBH in New Bedford and publisher of the New Bedford Standard-Times and the Cape Cod Standard-Times, bought the station's equipment and relaunched WOCB under a new license on May 6, 1944 as an affiliate of the Blue Network, broadcasting mostly network programming (soap operas, radio drama, newscasts, etc.) with some local programming, remaining affiliated with that network after it became ABC. When ABC broke into four sub-networks in 1968, WOCB AM and FM became affiliated with ABC's American Entertainment Network.
Its FM signal, for years a simulcast of its AM signal, signed on May 2, 1948 on 94.3 MHz (becoming the Cape's first FM commercial station as well), and in 1962, moved to 94.9 MHz. (The 94.3 frequency is now used on Cape Cod by WZAI, the Brewster repeater for WCAI.)
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