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WBLX-FM

Radio station in Mobile, Alabama

Summary

Radio station in Mobile, Alabama

Field	Value
name	WBLX-FM
logo	WBLX.png
logo_size	230px
city	Mobile, Alabama
area	Lower Alabama/Florida Panhandle
branding	93BLX
frequency	92.9 MHz
airdate
format	Urban contemporary
erp	100,000 watts
haat	520.5 m
class	C
facility_id	2540
licensing_authority	FCC
coordinates
callsign_meaning	A play on "Blacks", its target audience; see KBLX
former_callsigns	WBLX (1973–1988)
affiliations	Premiere Networks
owner	Cumulus Media
licensee	Cumulus Licensing LLC
sister_stations	WABD, WDLT-FM, WGOK, WXQW
webcast
website	thebigstation93blx.com

WBLX-FM (92.9 MHz, "93BLX") is an American urban contemporary music-formatted radio station that serves Mobile, Lower Alabama, and Pensacola, Florida. The station has served the Gulf Coast for more than 50 years. Owned by Cumulus Media, its studios are on Dauphin Avenue in Midtown Mobile, and its transmitter is near Robertsdale, Alabama.

The station was assigned the WBLX-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 4, 1988. In 2006, WBLX began broadcasting in IBOC digital radio, using the HD Radio system from iBiquity.

History

WBLX began in October 1973 as FM counterpart to gospel station WMOO (1550 AM). As WBLX, with the CHUrban format and then as an Urban Contemporary format, has been one of the market's leading stations with the same calls and format for 45 years. In 1998, Cumulus acquired competitor WDLT-FM, and skewed it to being an Urban Adult Contemporary. This has allowed WBLX to skew its programming towards a younger audience as a Mainstream Urban. For many years, WBLX also carried "The Beat of the Bay 93BLX!" and "93BLX Jamz!" brandnames, however in 2000 they changed their current slogan to "The Big Station 93BLX".

Cumulus Broadcasting began upgrading its stations to HD Radio broadcasting in 2005. One of the first ten stations to be upgraded was WBLX-FM.

WBLX is one of the most powerful radio stations in the Gulf region. It can be heard from New Orleans, Montgomery, AL, South Georgia, Panama City, Fl, and 100 miles out in the Gulf of Mexico.

References

"Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
Harnett, Mary Beth. (2006-04-24). "Harris Corporation Announces Multi-Deal Agreement as Exclusive HD Radio(TM) Supplier to Cumulus Broadcasting". EE Times.

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