WOLX-FM
Encyclopedia
WOLX-FM is a radio station
licensed to Baraboo, Wisconsin
, and serving the Madison, Wisconsin
, area. The station is owned and operated by Entercom Communications
, and airs a classic hits
format, concentrating on music from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. WOLX broadcasts from a transmitter in Devil's Lake State Park near Baraboo in Sauk County, Wisconsin
; it's signal can reach 33 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, reaching as far away as Tomah,WI, Rockford, IL, and West Suburban Milwaukee.
The station previously aired Adult Contemporary and Easy listening
formats prior to switching to oldies
music, initially concentrating on 50s and 60s music (as "Oldies 94.9") and transitioning over time to its current classic hits approach (under the simple "94.9 WOLX" branding). WOLX is noted in Madison for airing all-Christmas music, usually from Thanksgiving to Christmas, although the station has started playing holiday music as early as November 5 (doing so in 2009).
On-air personalities on WOLX include Scott Miller, who joined WOLX as its new morning host on November 9, 2010,http://www.wolx.com/pages/8505839.php? working alongside Heather Moore and newsreader Adam Elliott. (Moore and Elliott were previously teamed with longtime WOLX station personality Fletcher Keyes [Fletch], who left the station in August 2010.) National voices include midday personality Ken Merson (voicetracked from Baltimore, MD), afternoon drive host Willie B (voicetracked from Entercom's Memphis cluster), and nationally-syndicated host Tom Kent
at night.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Baraboo, Wisconsin
Baraboo, Wisconsin
Baraboo is the largest city in, and the county seat of Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA. It is situated on the Baraboo River. Its 2010 population was 12,048 according to the US Census Bureau...
, and serving the Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
, area. The station is owned and operated by Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications Corporation is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States. As of November 2009, Entercom operates 110 radio stations in 23 markets across the United States....
, and airs a classic hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
format, concentrating on music from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. WOLX broadcasts from a transmitter in Devil's Lake State Park near Baraboo in Sauk County, Wisconsin
Sauk County, Wisconsin
Sauk County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of 2000, the population was 55,225. Its county seat and largest city is Baraboo. Sauk County is included in the Baraboo Micropolitan Statistical Area and in the Madison Combined Statistical Area....
; it's signal can reach 33 of Wisconsin's 72 counties, reaching as far away as Tomah,WI, Rockford, IL, and West Suburban Milwaukee.
The station previously aired Adult Contemporary and Easy listening
Easy listening
Easy listening is a broad style of popular music and radio format that emerged in the 1950s, evolving out of big band music, and related to MOR music as played on many AM radio stations. It encompasses the exotica, beautiful music, light music, lounge music, ambient music, and space age pop genres...
formats prior to switching to oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
music, initially concentrating on 50s and 60s music (as "Oldies 94.9") and transitioning over time to its current classic hits approach (under the simple "94.9 WOLX" branding). WOLX is noted in Madison for airing all-Christmas music, usually from Thanksgiving to Christmas, although the station has started playing holiday music as early as November 5 (doing so in 2009).
On-air personalities on WOLX include Scott Miller, who joined WOLX as its new morning host on November 9, 2010,http://www.wolx.com/pages/8505839.php? working alongside Heather Moore and newsreader Adam Elliott. (Moore and Elliott were previously teamed with longtime WOLX station personality Fletcher Keyes [Fletch], who left the station in August 2010.) National voices include midday personality Ken Merson (voicetracked from Baltimore, MD), afternoon drive host Willie B (voicetracked from Entercom's Memphis cluster), and nationally-syndicated host Tom Kent
Tom Kent
Tom Kent ,is an American radio personality. As the head of the Tom Kent Radio Network, he hosts 105 hours of classic hits programming each week, which, as of February 2, 2009, is distributed through Cumulus Media Networks.-Biography:Prior to becoming syndicated, Kent worked on the air and in...
at night.