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WFXM
Broadcast area
Macon and Vicinity
Frequency107.1 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingPower 107.1
Programming
FormatMainstream urban
Subchannels
Ownership
Owner
  • Christopher Murray
  • (Georgia Radio Alliance, LLC.)
History
First air date
1976 (1976)
Former call signs
  • WKOG-FM (1974–1979)
  • WIZY-FM (1979–1984)
  • WQXM-FM (1984–1990)
  • WYGO (1990)
  • WYGO-FM (1990)
  • WMRW (1990–1992)
  • WNEX-FM (1992–1994)
  • WQXM-FM (1994)
  • WALJ (1994–2000)
Call sign meaning
"Foxie Macon" (after old branding)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
25387
ClassA
ERP3,000 watts
HAAT142 meters (466 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
32°50′56″N 83°28′29″W / 32.84875°N 83.47461°W / 32.84875; -83.47461
TranslatorHD4: 94.7 W234CQ (Macon)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.power1071macon.com

WFXM (107.1 FM) is a radio station serving the Macon, Georgia, area with a mainstream urban format. This station is licensed to Georgia Radio Alliance, LLC.

History

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The station began operation as WKOG-FM. The FCC authorized WKOG-FM in Gordon to begin program operation on 107.1 MHz on March 30, 1976, with an effective radiated power of 3 kW and an antenna height above average terrain of 98 feet.[2] The FCC granted the license covering the new FM station the following year.[3]

The station went through several call-letter changes in its early decades. In 1979, Broadcasting listed an application to change WKOG-FM's call sign to WIZY-FM.[4] In 1984, Broadcasting listed WQXM-FM as the new call sign sought by WIZY-FM.[5] In 1990, FMedia! listed the Gordon station on 107.1 as WYGO, formerly WQXM-FM, and later as WMRW, formerly WYGO-FM.[6]

In late 1991, The M Street Journal reported that WMRW, then listed with an adult contemporary/jazz format, would become WNEX-FM with a contemporary hit radio format in January 1992.[7] Broadcasting confirmed the WNEX-FM call letters in 1992, listing the change from WMRW and identifying Quality Broadcasting Inc. as the licensee.[8]

The station briefly returned to the WQXM-FM call sign in 1994, with FMedia! listing WQXM-FM as formerly WNEX-FM.[9] By 1997, the station was operating as WALJ. That year, The M Street Journal reported that WALJ had changed from smooth jazz to urban adult contemporary and had entered a local marketing agreement with intent to purchase with Roberts Communications, Inc.[10]

The WFXM call letters moved to 107.1 in 2000. The M Street Journal reported paired call-letter changes in which WFXM-FM on 100.1 in Forsyth became WQMJ, while WALJ on 107.1 in Gordon became WFXM-FM on March 20, 2000. The station was then using the "Foxy 107" branding.[11] The station would later flip to its current hip-hop format under the Power 107.1 branding.[12]

Notable DJ

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References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFXM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. April 19, 1976. p. 59. Retrieved May 14, 2026 – via World Radio History.
  3. ^ "For the Record" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 28, 1977. Retrieved May 14, 2026 – via World Radio History.
  4. ^ "For the Record: Call Letters" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 15, 1979. p. 80. Retrieved May 14, 2026 – via World Radio History.
  5. ^ "For the Record: Call Letters" (PDF). Broadcasting. January 2, 1984. p. 96. Retrieved May 14, 2026 – via World Radio History.
  6. ^ "Call Letters Assigned" (PDF). FMedia!. 1990. Retrieved May 14, 2026 – via World Radio History.
  7. ^ "Format Changes" (PDF). The M Street Journal. December 1991. p. 22. Retrieved May 14, 2026 – via World Radio History.
  8. ^ "For the Record: Call Letters" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 3, 1992. p. 58. Retrieved May 14, 2026 – via World Radio History.
  9. ^ "Call Letters Assigned" (PDF). FMedia!. 1994. Retrieved May 14, 2026 – via World Radio History.
  10. ^ "Format Changes" (PDF). The M Street Journal. March 12, 1997. p. 12. Retrieved May 14, 2026 – via World Radio History.
  11. ^ "Call Letter Changes" (PDF). The M Street Journal. March 29, 2000. p. 5. Retrieved May 14, 2026 – via World Radio History.
  12. ^ "Power 107.1 Macon". Power 107.1 Macon. Georgia Radio Alliance. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
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