Triple X ESPN Radio

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WWXT, WWXX, WXTR
Broadcast area	Washington, DC
Branding	Triple X ESPN Radio
Slogan	Home of the Redskins
First air date	July 17, 2006
Frequency	92.7 FM, 94.3FM, 730AM
Format	Sports
ERP	AM station: 8,000 watts day/25 watts night
Class	AM Station: B
Callsign meaning	All three frequencies use the X: WWXT, WWXX, WXTR
Owner	Red Zebra Broadcasting Licensee, LLC
Website	http://www.triplexespnradio.com/

Triple X ESPN Radio is the on-air name for a three-station sports radio simulcast in the Washington, D.C. radio market. The three signals are WWXT 92.7-FM in Prince Frederick, Maryland, WWXX 94.3-FM in Warrenton, Virginia and WXTR 730-AM in Alexandria, Virginia.

The stations are owned by Red Zebra Broadcasting, which was created to be the radio arm of Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder. Naturally, "Triple X ESPN Radio" has the radio flagship rights to Redskins games. Triple X also airs George Mason Patriots men's basketball.

Contents 1 History 1.1 92.7 and 94.3 FM 1.2 730 AM 2 Triple X Schedule 2.1 Monday-Friday 3 External links

[edit] History

[edit] 92.7 and 94.3 FM

Until November 17, 2005, WBZS-FM 92.7/WBPS-FM 94.3 aired a Spanish tropical format under the positioning of "La Nueva Mega". However, due to strong competition from Infinity Broadcasting-owned and SBS-programmed WLZL "99.1 El Zol", Mega Communications changed the station to "Mega Clasica", a format consisting of a mixture of Latin Contemporary and Oldies.

WBZS-FM along with sister stations WBPS-FM and WKDL were sold in 2006 to Red Zebra Broadcasting. On July 17, 2006, the Mega Clasica format ended to make way for the English-language format sports radio format.

[edit] 730 AM

WXTR itself signed on as WPIK back in the 1940's. For many years this station operated as the AM side to country station WXRA 105.9-FM, and for another period as WPKX "Kix Country." For a time 730 simulcasted 105.9's next incarnation, classic rock, as WCXR. For a short while in the mid-80's, 730 was WCPT and featured a soul oldies format. It was also WRMR with a nostalgia format for a very short while (calls which were later used in the Cleveland, Ohio market). In the late 1980's the station flipped to a CNN news format, which was soon followed by a business news (a la the WBZS calls), brokered financial advice format which lasted until April 1999.

Then, Mega Communications bought the station and installed a Mexican/tropical music format as "Radio Capital." The call letters changed again in October 2000 to WKDL, calls that were previously held on what is currently WFED-AM. This format, along with its' FM sisters, lasted until the launch of "Triple X" in July 2006. The WXTR calls were installed at this point; the call letters were used in the past on different stations in the Washington area on two different stations (at 104.1-FM and 820-AM).

On October 24, 2006, Red Zebra filed an application to increase daytime power of WXTR to 28,000 watts in the daytime, with 20,000 watts in the night hours. In addition, Red Zebra planned to acquire WGYS 103.9-FM in Braddock Heights, Maryland and WGMS 104.1-FM in Waldorf, Maryland via a recent acqusition with Bonneville International, but called the deal off weeks later.

[edit] Triple X Schedule

[edit] Monday-Friday

Eastern	Pacific	Program
2 a.m.	5:30 a.m.	AllNight with Jason Smith
5:30 a.m.	6 a.m.	Pardon the Interruption
6 a.m.	10 a.m.	Mike and Mike in the Morning
10 a.m.	12 p.m.	The Herd with Colin Cowherd
12 p.m.	1 p.m.	The Bram Weinstein Show
1 p.m.	4 p.m.	The Dan Patrick Show
4 p.m.	7 p.m.	The John Riggins Show
7 p.m.	7:30 p.m.	Pardon the Interruption
7:30 p.m.	10 p.m.	The Pulse
10 p.m.	2 a.m.	GameNight

[edit] External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for WXTR
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WWXT
• Query the FCC's FM station database for WWXX