Facility ID 40456 Website 959waxo.com Branding 95.9 WAXO | Webcast Listen Live City of license Lewisburg Affiliation Westwood One | |
ERP 1,000 watts day
144 watts night Frequency AM: 1220 kHz, FM: 95.9 MHz Format Country music, Classic rock Owner Marshall County Radio Corporation Former affiliations America One, Gospel Broadcasting Network, Independent station | ||
WAXO (1220 AM/95.9 FM) is a radio station formerly broadcasting a Country music & Classic rock format. Licensed to Lewisburg, Tennessee, USA, the station, prior to its bankruptcy, was owned and operated by Marshall County Radio Corporation and featured programming from Westwood One. It also operated a low-power television station on Digital Channel 29 (Formally seen on Analog Channel 34).
The WAXO call letters were previously used by the present-day WWDV in Zion, Illinois, when it was located in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
WAXO radio and television carried a wide selection of local sports including Marshall County sports, Forrest High School sports, and Cornersville High School sports. The station is also an affiliate of the Tennessee Titans radio network.
On June 1, 2016, WAXO AM, FM & TV went off the air due to owners, Marshall County Radio Corporation, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as there were no funds to continue operations of the stations. An STA has been filed with the FCC to keep all three of the stations silent for up to one year. It is unknown if the television and radio stations will either be put up for sale, or if broadcast operations will be totally liquidated.
WAXO television
The television side has the legal call letters of W29DM-D (But it was identified on air as WAXO-TV), and was an Independent Station. The station also served as an affiliate & broadcast programming from America One in the mid-morning hours (Until that network was discontinued in September 2014 & merged with Youtoo TV), and as a Gospel Broadcasting Network (GBN) affiliate until 2015. Local programming and replays of the local high school sports are also seen on the station, Otherwise showing a slideshow of local events with audio from sister radio station WAXO playing in the background. The station was seen over the air (via a Digital Low Powered Translator) on Channel 29. The Station was also streamed online via WAXO's Website, until it was removed sometime in 2013. It is unknown if the stream for the television station will return or not. The television station was taken off the air along with the radio stations on June 1, 2016 due to the owners, Marshall County Radio Corporation, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as noted above.