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WCLX (102.9 FM) is a radio station owned by Westport Broadcasting located in Westport, New York, USA, serving the Burlington, VT - Plattsburgh, NY market. WCLX currently programs a unique mix of AAA and progressive album cuts, blues, jazz, R&B and folk, including local artists and listener requests.

History

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The station was granted the call letters WVZP on September 2, 1992, but initiated broadcasting as WADQ (for "Adirondack"), and then for a period with a Classical Music format as WMEX, "Where classic call letters mean great Classical Music." In the late 90s, WMEX gradually morphed into Burlington's Album Station, adopting the present call letters in Feb 1999 when the historic "WMEX" call letters were relinquished to Boston's 1060 AM. The WMEX calls subsequently moved to New Hampshire and, more recently, to Martha's Vineyard.

The licensee chose the WCLX call letters from a Dataworld printout of unused call letters upon discovering that they had been dropped by a station in Boyne City, Michigan. In Boston, one of the first FM stations to adopt a "classic rock" format in the 80s wanted to use the call letters "WCLX" for their new format, but because they were in use in MI at the time, they chose "WZLX" instead.

From 1999 to September 2009 WCLX featured a Classic Album Rock format known as 'The Album Station', programmed by husband and wife team Diane Desmond and Russ Kinsley. Kinsley is a veteran of the Vermont radio industry, having been involved in past album rock stations WEXP (105.1 Burlington), WKLZ (92.1 Port Henry, NY) and WIZN (Vergennes, 106.3 in the mid-80s, now 106.7). During the ten-year period, WCLX focused on modern-day Blues-influenced bands and progressive rock bands of the 60's and 70's . The Album Station also aired many regional musical acts that couldn't be heard on other area radio stations. 'The Album Station' incarnation of WCLX was unique due to its focus on non-hit album tracks and b-side songs by artists of the Classic and Progressive Rock eras. Desmond and Kinsley ran the station and also hosted regular on-air shows. The Album Station featured The House of Blues Radio Hour hosted by "Elwood Blues" (popular actor Dan Aykroyd) and other regular programs Rock and Roll Birthdays, Blues Breaks, The British Invasion, The Sunday morning Blue Sky Cafe, and the Beatle Brunch. Chip Hobart was also heard on The Album Station format. The Album Station format ceased broadcasting on 102.9 WCLX on September 9, 2009.

Today, WCLX is known as Farm Fresh 102.9 FM, programmed by Chip and Kathy Morgan who also created WMUD-LP 89.3 FM broadcasting from Moriah, NY into central Vermont.

References

1. http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_list.pl?Facility_id=72034 FCC FM query for WCLX Ownership
2. http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapgen/gif?lon=-73.409722&lat=44.220556&iwd=750&iht=750&mark=-73.409722,44.220556,bluestar,WCLX_WESTPORT_NY&on=water,miscell,counties,places,CITIES,&off=streets,GRID,shorelin&ht=1.5&wid=1.5 Census.gov map incl. WCLX station

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