WCFX

WCFX

City	Clare, Michigan
Broadcast area	Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Branding	95-3 CFX
Slogan	Today's Best Music
Frequency	95.3 MHz
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	100 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	39546
Callsign meaning	FoXy 95 (former branding)
Former callsigns	WRNN-FM (6/11/79-11/15/80) WCRM-FM (?-6/11/79)
Owner	Grenax Broadcasting
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wcfx.com

WCFX is an FM radio station broadcasting at 6,000 watts in Clare, Michigan. The station primarily serves Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, the home of Central Michigan University, with a Top 40 format as "Today's Best Music, 95-3 CFX." The station has operated with its current calls and format since 1980.

What is now WCFX was originally WCRM-FM, co-owned with the now-defunct WCRM/990 (the calls stood for Crossroads of Michigan, referring to the station's being located near the geographic center of the state). It became WRNN-FM on June 6, 1979. Later that year, both AM 990 and 95.3 FM went off the air. In 1980 the silent 95.3 FM was purchased by legendary Detroit broadcaster Paul Christy and returned to the air with Top 40 programming in November of that year as WCFX, originally known as "Foxy 95."

Christy obtained the call letter of the station he had previously consulted in Detroit, WABX (now WYCD), and parked the WABX calls on the former WCRM AM 990. During the AM station's hours of operation, it was simulcast with WCFX, and the stations were identified as "WCFX-FM and WABX-AM". WABX ceased operation in 1988, and its license and frequency allocation were forfeited to the FCC.

In August 2003, Grenax Broadcasting purchased the property for $2.875 million. Previous to that, the station had been owned by Jackson Radio Works, owners of WKHM (AM), WKHM-FM, and WIBM radio in Jackson, Michigan.

References

Michiguide.com - WCFX History

External links

WCFX official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WCFX

Radio-Locator information on WCFX

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WCFX

Radio stations in North Central Michigan, including Alma, Mount Pleasant, Big Rapids and Cadillac

By FM frequency	89.5 90.7 90.9 91.1 91.5 91.9 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.5 95.3 95.9 96.7 97.3 98.5 100.9 102.3 103.9 104.3 104.9 (Alma) 104.9 (Lake City) 107.1 107.9

By AM frequency	830 1240 1280 1370 1460 1520

By callsign	WAIR WATT WBHL WBRN WBZX WCDY WCEN-FM WCFX WCKC WCMU-FM WCZY-FM WDEE-FM WFYC WGCP WJZQ WKAD WLJW WLJW-FM WLXV WMHW-FM WMLM WMMI WOLW WQBX WQAC WTWS WUPS WWBR

Defunct	WBSQ-LP 105.9 WDEE 1500

Nearby radio markets Alpena–Tawas City Detroit Flint Grand Rapids Lansing Muskegon Tri-Cities Traverse City–Petoskey See also List of radio stations in Michigan

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Michigan

By frequency	92.9 94.9 95.3 95.5 96.9 97.1 97.5 98.7 99.5 99.9 100.7 102.5 102.7 103.3 104.5 105.3 105.3 105.5 105.9

By call sign	WBTI WCFX WDZH WGLQ WHTS WKHM-FM WIOG WJIM-FM WJZQ WKFR-FM WKHQ-FM WKQI WMOM WOBE WQLQ WSNX-FM WUPZ WWCK-FM WYSS

By city	Battle Creek/Kalamazoo Bay City/Saginaw/Midland Benton Harbor Brooklyn/Jackson Cadillac/Traverse City Charlevoix/Traverse City Chocolay Township/Marquette Clare/Mt. Pleasant Coopersville/Grand Rapids Crystal Falls/Iron Mountain Detroit (WKQI) Detroit (WDZH) Escanaba/Marquette Flint Lansing Lexington/Port Huron Muskegon/Grand Rapids Pentwater/Ludington Sault Ste. Marie

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Michigan See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

Coordinates: 43°44′42″N 84°48′11″W / 43.745°N 84.803°W / 43.745; -84.803

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