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WEXX
Elizabethton, Tennessee; United States;
Broadcast area	Tri-Cities
Frequency	99.3 MHz
Branding	99.3 The X
Programming
Format	Alternative rock
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner	Bristol Broadcasting Company
Sister stations	WAEZ; WFHG-FM; WLNQ; WNPC; WWTB; WXBQ-FM;
History
First air date	1968
Former call signs	WUSJ (1/1986–3/1986); WUSJ-FM (1986–1994); WAEZ (1994–2000); WPJO (2000–2003); WTZR (2003–2015);
Call sign meaning	The X
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	18036
Class	C3
ERP	4,400 watts
HAAT	243.8 meters (800 ft)
Translator(s)	106.1 W291AP (Kingsport)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen LIve
Website	993thex.com

WEXX (99.3 FM) is located in the Tri-Cities, Tennessee area and is owned by Bristol Broadcasting Company. Known as "99.3 The X", it is an alternative rock music station with the slogan "Tri-Cities New Alternative".

History

In the late '80s and into the '90s, the 99.3 frequency was country music-formatted WUSJ-FM "US99". In January 1997, the station found popularity as "Electric 99.3", a top 40 music station.^[2] In 2000, a format swap sent the "Electric" branding and format to 94.9 WAEZ, where it still is today. 99.3 then became an adult contemporary station, known as "MIX 99.3" until 2001. The station then flipped to rhythmic oldies as WPJO-FM, a format that lasted until 2003, when the current format took over.

Most recently, Mediabase has moved the station to the active rock panel, under the callsign WTZR (Z-Rock),^[3] but the default active rock station is WRZK. The station continued to report on the alternative rock panel per Nielsen BDS. It was currently one of two alternative rock stations on Mediabase's active rock panel, the other being KFRR, but this changed in March 2012, when WTZR became the only alternative rock station on the Mediabase active rock panel; KFRR is now once again on Mediabase's alternative rock panel. By April 2012, WTZR flipped to active rock as it was moved to the BDS active rock panel.

On February 21, 2015, WTZR changed their format from active rock back to alternative rock, branded as "99.3 The X".^[4] On February 23, 2015, WTZR changed its call letters to WEXX, to go with the "The X" branding.