# WAQX-FM

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Radio station in Manlius, New York, United States

WAQX-FM Manlius, New York United States Broadcast area Syracuse metropolitan area Central New York Frequency 95.7 MHz Branding 95X Programming Format Alternative rock Affiliations Westwood One Ownership Owner Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC) Sister stations WNTQ, WSKO History First air date August 23, 1978 (1978-08-23) Call sign meaning Wax, slang for phonograph records Technical information[1] Licensing authority FCC Facility ID 52606 Class B1 ERP 25,000 watts HAAT 91 meters (299 ft) Transmitter coordinates 43°00′24.7″N 76°05′38.0″W / 43.006861°N 76.093889°W / 43.006861; -76.093889 Links Public license information Public file LMS Webcast Listen live Listen live (via iHeartRadio) Website www.95x.com

**WAQX-FM** (95.7 [FM](/source/FM_broadcasting)) is a commercial [radio station](/source/Radio_station) licensed to [Manlius, New York](/source/Manlius%2C_New_York), United States, featuring an [alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock) format known as "95X". Owned by [Cumulus Media](/source/Cumulus_Media), the station serves the [Syracuse metropolitan area](/source/Syracuse_metropolitan_area) of [Central New York](/source/Central_New_York).[2] Studios are located in [Downtown Syracuse](/source/Downtown_Syracuse), while the transmitter resides in [DeWitt](/source/DeWitt%2C_New_York).

In addition to a standard [analog transmission](/source/Analog_transmission), WAQX-FM is available online.

## History

On November 29, 1976, AGK Communications, Inc., a company owned by George Kimble, Craig Fox and Ted Utz applied to the [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) (FCC) for a new radio station on 95.3 MHz to serve Manlius.[3] The application competed against a bid from Manlius Broadcasting Co., which was owned by [Craig Fox](/source/Craig_Fox_(radio_host)) and Ted Utz, along with a small group of investors.[4] The Kimble and Fox/Utz bids merged and won the construction permit on May 10, 1978.[3] Construction immediately ensued on studios in the Market Place complex on [Route 92](/source/New_York_State_Route_92),[5] including Fox and Utz doing much of the construction Fox as chief engineer,[6] and with an [album-oriented rock](/source/Album-oriented_rock) (AOR) format, WAQX began broadcasting on August 23, 1978.[7] Fox, then 25, Utz then 24 and two friends of his from [Syracuse University](/source/Syracuse_University) felt that Syracuse could support a commercial AOR station; until then, [WAER](/source/WAER) at the university and [WOUR](/source/WOUR) in nearby [Utica](/source/Utica%2C_New_York) were the only AOR stations serving the market.[6]

The small WAQX, which went on the air with an [effective radiated power](/source/Effective_radiated_power) of 410 watts, had only been on the air a year when format competition came in the form of a much stronger station: [WSYR-FM 94.5](/source/WYYY), which dropped WAQX's ratings by a full point nearly immediately. An attempt at an "adult rock" format proved to be a disaster, but an upgrade to 3,000 watts and the sale of WSYR-FM and its flip to another format helped lead to a rebound.[8] Ratings rose to double-digit shares in 1984 and 1985, a feat the station would only accomplish one other time—in 1994, when it made its lone appearance as the highest-rated station in Syracuse.[9]

In 1988, after an upgrade in the station's transmitting facility and power prompted it to relocate from 95.3 to 95.7 MHz,[10] Kimble and Fox negotiated the sale of the station to Atlantic Ventures Corporation, a Massachusetts company formed by former executives of the recently sold American Cablesystems, for $4.5 million.[11] The deal also included a construction permit for a new radio station at 670 kHz which would have required a divestiture of a Fox station anyway; Fox owned [WOLF (1490 AM)](/source/WOLF_(AM)), which for five years had simulcast WAQX on the AM band.[12] New studios on James Street were built for WAQX.[13] However, Atlantic soon unloaded WAQX, selling it at a $500,000 loss to Pilot Communications in 1990 to focus on its stations in [Rochester](/source/Rochester%2C_New_York) and [Boston](/source/Boston). Neither of the partners in Pilot had owned a radio station before;[14] Pilot would own seven stations in Syracuse and [Augusta, Maine](/source/Augusta%2C_Maine), when Broadcasting Partners, a unit of [VS&A](/source/VS%26A), invested in the group in 1997.[15]

In 1999, [Citadel Communications](/source/Citadel_Broadcasting) purchased WAQX and three other Syracuse stations as part of a $190 million purchase of Broadcasting Partners involving 36 stations in 11 markets.[16] Citadel merged with [Cumulus Media](/source/Cumulus_Media) on September 16, 2011.[17]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FCC-LMS-52606_1-0)** ["Facility Technical Data for WAQX-FM"](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityTechDetails.html?facilityId=52606). *Licensing and Management System*. [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["WAQX Facility Record"](https://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WAQX). *[Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission), audio division*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20010910192157/http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WAQX) from the original on September 10, 2001. Retrieved August 6, 2008.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hc_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hc_3-1) ["History Cards for WAQX-FM"](https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=79656). [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission). ([Guide to reading History Cards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Radio_Stations/History_Cards))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Await Manlius Radio Ruling"](https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-dec-07-1977-3100201/). *Eagle-Bulletin*. December 7, 1977. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Wisniewski, John (August 8, 1978). ["WAQX Promises Variety, Fewer Commercials"](https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-aug-08-1978-3100204/). *Syracuse Post Standard*. p. 26.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dreams_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dreams_6-1) Gelb, Jeff (October 13, 1978). ["Dreams Come True"](https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1970s/1978/RR-1978-10-13.pdf) (PDF). *Radio & Records*. p. 42. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211001064925/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1970s/1978/RR-1978-10-13.pdf) (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via World Radio History.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["WAQX(FM)"](https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1980/1980-BC-YB.pdf#page=435) (PDF). *Broadcasting Yearbook*. 1980. p. C-154. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220220191931/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1980/1980-BC-YB.pdf#page=435) (PDF) from the original on February 20, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via World Radio History.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Feinstein, Steve (September 21, 1984). ["WAQX: The Little Station That Could"](https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1980s/1984/RR-1984-09-21.pdf) (PDF). *Radio & Records*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220305163001/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1980s/1984/RR-1984-09-21.pdf) (PDF) from the original on March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-duncan_9-0)** Duncan, Jr., James H. (2004). ["Syracuse"](https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Duncan-American-Radio/Duncan-1975-1992/Syracuse.pdf) (PDF). *Duncan's American Radio: The Markets*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210927075955/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Duncan-American-Radio/Duncan-1975-1992/Syracuse.pdf) (PDF) from the original on September 27, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via World Radio History.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Mulder, James T. (July 19, 1988). ["Rock station 95X sold for $4.5 million"](https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jul-19-1988-3100214/). *Syracuse Herald-Journal*. p. C5. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220317083301/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jul-19-1988-3100214/) from the original on March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Massachusetts Firm to Buy WAQX-FM for $4.5M"](https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jul-19-1988-3100208/). *Syracuse Post Standard*. July 19, 1988. p. B-5. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220317083243/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jul-19-1988-3100208/) from the original on March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["AM listeners of 95X 'Turn It Up' no more"](https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-oct-12-1989-3100216/). *Syracuse Herald-Journal*. October 12, 1989. p. C7. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220317083245/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-oct-12-1989-3100216/) from the original on March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Bruce, Caryn (April 29, 1989). ["WAQX-FM to Move Studios to James Street Site"](https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-apr-29-1989-3100211/). *Syracuse Post Standard*. p. C-8. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220317083245/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-apr-29-1989-3100211/) from the original on March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Kelly, J. Michael (July 3, 1990). ["School buddies buy 95X for $4 million"](https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jul-03-1990-3100220/). *Syracuse Herald-Journal*. pp. B5, [B7](https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jul-03-1990-3100221/). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220317083245/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jul-03-1990-3100220/) from the original on March 17, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Broadcasting Partners Lands Pilot Deal"](https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1997/RR-1997-01-24.pdf) (PDF). *Radio & Records*. January 24, 1997. p. 4. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20220305160342/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1997/RR-1997-01-24.pdf) (PDF) from the original on March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 17, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Citadel Ropes In Broadcasting Partners Properties"](https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1999/RR-1999-11-05.pdf) (PDF). *Radio & Records*. November 5, 1999. p. 6. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20211001125427/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1999/RR-1999-11-05.pdf) (PDF) from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Cumulus Now Owns Citadel Broadcasting"](http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2011/09/16/cumulus-now-owns-citadel-broadcasting.html). *Business Journal*. September 16, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2016.

## External links

- [95X Online](http://www.95X.com/)

- [Facility details for Facility ID 52606 (WAQX-FM)](https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=52606) in the [FCC](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) Licensing and Management System

- [WAQX-FM](https://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU26&band=fm&callLetter=WAQX-FM) in [Nielsen Audio](/source/Nielsen_Audio)'s FM station database

v t e Radio stations in the Syracuse, New York, metropolitan area By AM frequency 570 620 1070 1200 1260 1300 1340 1390 1440 1490 1540 1670 By FM frequency 87.71 88.3 88.7 88.9 89.1 89.9 90.1 90.3 90.5 WBXL WMVQ 91.3 92.1 93.1 94.1 94.5 95.3 95.7 96.7 99.5 100.3 100.9 101.7 102.1 102.9 103.9 104.7 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.5 106.9 107.9 LPFM 103.3 Translators 93.7 94.1 95.3 96.5 97.7 98.3 98.9 99.1 99.7 101.3 103.5 106.1 106.3 107.5 NOAA Weather Radio frequency 162.550 Digital radio by frequency & subchannel 88.3-1 88.3-2 91.3-1 91.3-2 92.1-1 92.1-2 92.1-3 94.5-1 94.5-2 99.5-1 99.5-2 100.3-1 100.3-2 100.3-3 104.7-1 106.9-1 106.9-2 107.9-1 By call sign W229CU W231CS W237AY W243AB W249BC W252AC W255DC W256AC W259DJ W267AL W278AH W291CV W292EY W298DC WAER HD2 WAQX-FM WBBS WBXL WCIO WCIS-FM WCNY-FM HD2 WERW WFBL WGKV WHEN WJPZ-FM WKRH WKRL-FM WKLZ WMBO WMHR WMVN HD2 HD3 WMVQ WNTQ WNYO WOLF WOLF-FM HD2 HD3 WOSW WRCU-FM WRVD WRVO WSEN WSGO WVOA WSKO WSPJ-LP WSYR WSYR-FM HD2 WTKV WTKW HD2 WTLA WTMI WQSE-LD1 WWHT WYYY HD2 WZUN WZUN-FM Internet SGNL Defunct WBVG (1050 AM) WJBS Radio stations in Central New York Ithaca Syracuse Utica-Rome Other nearby regions Binghamton Elmira-Corning Rochester Watertown See also List of radio stations in New York Notes 1. Audio from channel 6 TV station

v t e Modern rock radio stations in the state of New York Stations WAQX - Manlius/Syracuse WBER – Rochester WBNY – Buffalo WBTZ – Plattsburgh WEDG – Buffalo WGSU – Geneseo WINS-HD2 - New York City WRRB – Arlington WRRV – Middletown WVBR-FM – Ithaca WZNE – Brighton See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York See also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

v t e Cumulus Media AM radio stations KAAY KABC KAOK KARN KBOI KCMO KCSF KCUB KESP KFAY KFOG KFRU KKAT KKOB KKOH KLIF KLIK KMAJ KMJ KNBR KNML KPUR KSFO KTBL KTCK KTCT KTIK KTOP KTUC KUGN KVOR KWPN KZAC KYNG WAAV WAPI WARM WAYS WBAP WBBF WBBW WCOA WDUZ WEEX WFAS WFNC WFTW WGOC WGOK WGOW WGPC WHGB WHLD WJBC WJCW WJOX WJR WJRW WKY WLBY WLS WMAC WMSP WNAM WNML WOSH WPIC WPRO WPRV WRQX WRIE WSBA WSBN WSKO WTKA WTMA WUMP WVEL WVLK WVNN WWCK WXLM WXNT WXOK WXQW WXSM WYNN FM radio stations K279BI KAMO-FM KARN-FM KARX KATC-FM KATM KATT-FM KAYD-FM KBBM KBBQ-FM KBBY-FM KBCY KBEE KBER KBIU KBOI-FM KBUL-FM KBXR KCDD KCFX KCHZ KCJK KCMO-FM KDJK KDRF KDVV KEHK KENZ KGGO KHAY KHKI KHKK KHOP KHTB KHXS KHYT KIIM-FM KIPR KIZN KJJY KJMO KJOY KKEG KKFM KKGB KKGL KKMG KKND KKOB-FM KKPK KKWD KLAL KLUR KMAJ-FM KMCK-FM KMEZ KMGA KMGV KMJ-FM KMJJ-FM KMJK KNBR-FM KNEK-FM KNEV KNRQ KNSH KOBQ KOLI KOMS KOQL KPLA KPLX KPUR-FM KQFC KQHN KQIZ-FM KQLK KQRS-FM KQSM-FM KQXC-FM KQXL-FM KQXY-FM KRBE KRMD-FM KRMW KRRQ KRST KRUZ KSAN KSCS KSKS KSMB KSZR KTCK-FM KTCX KTLT KTOP-FM KUBL-FM KUJZ KURB KVMA-FM KVYB KWIC KWIN KWNN KWQW KWYE KWYL KXKC KXXR KYIS KYKZ KYYI KZEL-FM KZJF KZRK-FM WABD WAOA-FM WAQX-FM WARM-FM WBAP-FM WBHD WBHT WBLX-FM WBNQ WBSX WBWN WBZE WBZF WCMG WCTO WDAI WDEN-FM WDLT-FM WDUZ-FM WDVD WDZZ-FM WEAN-FM WEAS-FM WEDG WEMX WFBE WFMS WFTK WFYR WGFX WGKX WGLF WGLO WGNI WGOW-FM WGRF WGRR WGVX WHBX WHHY-FM WHKR WHNN WHOT-FM WHRP WHTS WHTT-FM WILZ WIOG WIOV-FM WIVK-FM WIWF WIXO WIXV WJCL-FM WJEZ WJJK WJOX-FM WJQX WJTQ WKDF WKHX-FM WKIM WKKO WKLQ WKOR-FM WKOS WKQX WKQZ WKRU WKSM WKXS-FM WLAV-FM WLCS WLEV WLFF WLLF WLS-FM WLTO WLUP WLWI-FM WLXC WLXX WLZN WMAL-FM WMDH-FM WMEZ WMGB WMGL WMGS WMGU WMIM WMNX WMOS¹ WMXS WMXT WMXU WNCV WNDX WNKT WNML-FM WNMQ WNNF WNNK-FM WNNX WNTQ WNTR WODE-FM WOFX-FM WOGB WOGT WOKI WOMG WORC-FM WPEZ WPKR WPRO-FM WQGN-FM WQHZ WQKL WQLH WQPD WQQK WQQO WQSM WQUT WQXA-FM WQXK WRBO WRCQ WRKN WROK-FM WRQN WRQQ WRRM WRRX WSEA WSJR WSKZ WSM-FM WSMS WSOX WSSX-FM WSYN WTCB WTNR WTPA-FM WTYB WUHT WVBO WVIB WVLK-FM WVNN-FM WWCK-FM WWFF-FM WWFN-FM WWFX WWIZ WWKI WWKL WWKX WWLD WWLI WWLS-FM WWWM-FM WWQQ-FM WWSN WWTN WWWQ WWWW-FM WWWX WWWZ WWYY WXBM-FM WXFX WXKC WXKR WXKR-HD2/W264AK WXLO WXMX WXTA WXZZ WYFM WYNN-FM WYZB WZNS WZPL WZPW WZRH WZRR WZYP Radio networks Arkansas Radio Network Titans Radio Network v t e Westwood One Programming News and talk America in The Morning America's Most Wanted The Ben Shapiro Show The Chris Plante Show The Clark Howard Show First Light The Jonathon Brandmeier Show The Larry Kudlow Show The Mark Levin Show Real Estate Today Red Eye Radio The Todd and Tyler Radio Empire Music and entertainment American Country Countdown Backtrax USA The Bob & Tom Show Country Gold Elwood Blues's BluesMobile Cafe Mocha1 Flashback/Flashback Pop Quiz The John Tesh Radio Show The Kidd Kraddick Morning Show Loveline The Countdown/The Urban AC Countdown/Gospel Traxx Zach Sang Show Radio networks Adult Contemporary Adult Standards Classic Country Classic hip-hop Classic Hits - Rock Classic Rock CNBC Business Radio1 CNN News Wire1 Hot AC Hot Country Jack FM Lite AC Nash Icon Real Country The Touch Westwood One Sports1 Defunct Good Time Oldies Mainstream Country NBC Sports Radio1 Westwood One News See also Cumulus Media Networks Satellite Music Network Westwood One (1976–2011) 1 = Distribution only; produced by another company. Last Bastion Station Trust** KOKY KPZK-FM Online assets Country Weekly Forerunner companies Citadel Broadcasting Cumulus Media Networks Susquehanna Radio Corporation ** Last Bastion is a divestiture trust, with stations de facto managed by Cumulus.

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