WCXL (104.1 FM) is a 100,000-watt radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary music format. It is licensed to Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, and serves the Outer Banks and Hampton Roads areas. The station is owned by JAM Media Solutions, LLC, which is currently undergoing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding. Its studios are located in Nags Head, North Carolina, and transmitter facilities are located in Powells Point, North Carolina, near the Outer Banks. It dropped most of its satellite programming for live and local jocks in 2004.

WCXL
Currently silent
Broadcast areaOuter Banks
Frequency104.1 MHz
BrandingBeach 104, Today's Hit Music
Programming
FormatSilent (formerly Hot adult contemporary)
Ownership
Owner
  • JAM Media Solutions, LLC
  • (Jeffrey T. Testa, Trustee of JAM Media Solutions, LLC)
WCMS-FM, WVOD, WFMZ (FM), WZPR
History
First air date
1991 (as WXAI)
Former call signs
WXAI (1991–1992)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID55248
ClassC1
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT296 meters (971 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
36°8′8″N 75°49′28″W / 36.13556°N 75.82444°W / 36.13556; -75.82444
Links
Public license information
Websitebeach104.com

The station has been showing up in Arbitron's ratings in the Hampton Roads market. It used to be owned by Ray-D-O Biz LLC. It was called WXAI from November 29, 1991 until was renamed on March 29, 1992. It had been known as "XL104." The 104.1 frequency had been tied up for eight years by three groups vying for it: East Carolina Radio, Coastal Broadcasting and Ray-D-O Biz. By the early 1990s, Ray-D-O Biz got the frequency.

On April 30, 2024, WCXL went silent and its hot adult contemporary format temporarily moved to WZPR 92.3 FM Nags Head.[2] Davis Media planned to buy WCXL and other stations but the deal is off.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCXL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Beach 104 Makes Temporary Move to WZPR Radioinsight - May 3, 2024
  3. ^ Davis Media Walks Away from Jam Media Solutions Acquisition Radioinsight - May 30, 2024
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