WXZO
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| City | Willsboro, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Champlain Valley |
| Branding | Planet 96.7 |
| Slogan | All The Hits |
| Frequency | 96.7 MHz |
| Translator(s) | W242BK 96.3 Colchester, Vermont |
| First air date | July 1996 |
| Format | Rhythmic-leaning contemporary hit radio |
| ERP | 1,000 watts |
| HAAT | 243 meters (797 ft) |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 36422 |
| Callsign meaning | W X ZOne (previous format) |
| Former callsigns | WWGT (1992-1996) WXPS (1996-2001) |
| Affiliations | Premiere Radio Networks |
| Owner | Vox AM/FM, LLC |
| Sister stations | WEZF, WCPV, WEAV, WVTK |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | theplanet967.com |
WXZO (96.7 FM; "Planet 96.7") is an English-language American radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format with a rhythmic contemporary lean, located in Burlington, Vermont. (The station's city of license is actually Willsboro, New York, but its studios are in Colchester.)
Owned and operated by Vox AM/FM, it broadcasts on the FM band on 96.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 1,000 watts (class A) using an omnidirectional antenna.
WXZO signed on in July 1996 with a modern rock format; although the station conducted intermittent test operations in late June with this format under the call letters WWGT, the station ultimately went with the call letters WXPS on July 5, upon formally beginning operations; the callsign reflected its "Pulse" branding. Initially licensed to Vergennes, Vermont, WXPS's signal had trouble reaching Burlington, forcing the station to apply for a translator on 97.3 FM in late 1996; after only a year, however, the station decided to drop the format, and following a brief silent period WXPS switched to sports talk. Soon afterward, WXPS leased out WEAV (960 AM) as a simulcast.
Capstar Broadcasting purchased WXPS in 1998. On December 14, the sports talk format, which by then also incorporated some hot talk programs, was abandoned in favor of country music; around the same time, WXPS moved its city of license and transmitter to Willsboro. This move improved the station's Burlington signal, and the plans for the 97.3 translator were abandoned and the construction permit canceled two months earlier. The following April, WEAV left the simulcast and implemented a separate talk format. A year later, WXPS itself changed formats again, this time to smooth jazz.
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