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WLZX-FM

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WLZX-FM
Broadcast areaSpringfield, Massachusetts
Frequency99.3 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingLazer 99.3 & 98.5
Programming
FormatActive rock
Subchannels
Ownership
Owner
  • Saga Communications
  • (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
History
First air date
November 1, 1965 (60 years ago) (1965-11-01) as WHMP-FM
Former call signs
  • WHMP-FM (1965–2000)
  • WLZX (2000–2017)
Call sign meaning
"Lazer"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID46963
ClassA
ERP5,800 watts
HAAT101 meters (331 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
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Translators
  • HD2: 94.3 W232BW (Amherst)
  • HD3: 96.9 W245BK (Amherst)
Repeater102.1 WAQY-HD2 (Springfield)
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Website
Former simulcast
WLZX
Frequency1600 kHz
Ownership
Owner
  • Saga Communications
  • (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
History
First air date
1949 (77 years ago) (1949) as WSFL
Last air date
May 2025 (1 year ago) (2025-05)
Former call signs
  • WSFL (1949–1951)
  • WJKO (1951–1957)
  • WTYM (1957–1977)
  • WIXY (1977–1991)
  • WAQY (1991–1997)
  • WMRE (1997)
  • WAQY (1997–1999)
  • WPNT (1999–2000)
  • WHNP (2000–2017)
Technical information[2]
Facility ID58546
ClassD
Power2,500 watts daytime
Transmitter coordinates
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Translator98.5 W253CD (East Longmeadow)
Links
Public license information

WLZX-FM (99.3 MHz) is a radio station in Northampton, Massachusetts. The station has an active rock format, and is owned by Saga Communications. WLZX-FM is also simulcast on the second HD Radio channel of WAQY (102.1 FM) in Springfield, as well as translator station W253CD (98.5 FM) in East Longmeadow. From 2017 to 2025, it was also simulcast on WLZX (1600 AM), also in East Longmeadow.

Programming

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WLZX-FM airs an active rock format. The station also carries Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics games.

History

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What is now WLZX-FM went on the air November 1, 1965, as WHMP-FM.[3] In 2000, Saga Communications purchased WHMP-FM and WHMP from Clear Channel,[4] which operated WHMP-FM as the "Rock Alternative".[5] Lazer 99.3 went live on September 11, 2000.[6]

On February 3, 2017, WLZX-FM rebranded as "Lazer 99.3 & 105.1" and began simulcasting on WLZX (1600 AM, formerly WHNP) and FM translator W286DB (105.1 FM) in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. As WHNP, the 1600 AM facility had simulcast the talk format of sister station WHMP.[7] The station subsequently rebranded as "Lazer 99.3 & 98.5", in reflection of the translator's move to 98.5 FM as W253CD.[8]

The WLZX stations switched to an alternative rock format in the summer of 2017, but returned to the active rock format at 6:00 a.m. on February 4, 2020. The stations added The Toucher and Rich Show, a syndicated morning show based at WBZ-FM in Boston, on May 9, 2022;[9] they dropped the program in 2023.[10]

Saga Communications surrendered the WLZX AM license in May 2025. Translator W253CD now receives "Lazer" programming from the second HD Radio channel of WAQY.[11]

Translators

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In addition to W253CD (98.5), which is fed by WAQY-HD2, WLZX-FM has two translators: W232BW (94.3) in Amherst at 250 watts, which simulcasts its HD2 channel, a classic hits station branded as "Rewind 94.3";[12] and W245BK (96.9), also a 250-watt facility in Amherst, which simulcasts WLZX-FM's HD3 channel, an oldies station branded as "Pure Oldies 96.9".[13]

Broadcast translator for WAQY-HD2
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W253CD 98.5 FM East Longmeadow, Massachusetts 156452 250 D Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. LMS
Broadcast translators for WLZX-FM
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info Notes
W232BW 94.3 FM Amherst, Massachusetts 84372 250 D Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. LMS Relays HD2
W245BK 96.9 FM Amherst, Massachusetts 84114 250 D Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. LMS Relays HD3

References

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  7. ^ Lazer 99.3 Adds Second Signal Radioinsight - February 3, 2017
  8. ^ "Lazer 99.3 & 98.5" Logo
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  12. ^ Saga Goes in Rewind in Amherst Radioinsight - January 1, 2021
  13. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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