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{{short description|Radio station in Rockville, Maryland, serving Washington, D.C.}}
{{Infobox Radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WLXE
| name = WLXE
| image =
| logo =
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| city = [[Rockville, Maryland]]
| area = [[Washington, D.C.]]
| city = [[Rockville, Maryland]]
| country = US
| branding =
| area = [[Washington metropolitan area]]
| slogan =
| branding = La Que Buena 1600
| airdate =
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1947|5|p=fy}}<ref name="hc">{{cite web |publisher=FCC Media Bureau |work=CDBS Public Access Database |title=FCC History Cards for WLXE|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=60956 |access-date=June 3, 2018}}</ref>
| frequency = 1600 [[kHz]]
| frequency = 1600 [[kHz]]
| format = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] [[Music]]
| format = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] music
| power = 1,000 [[watt]]s (day)<br>500 [[watt]]s (night)
| power = 1,015 [[watt]]s day<br>120 watts night
| erp =
| erp =
| class = B
| class = D
| facility_id = 54506
| facility_id = 54506
| callsign_meaning =
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = WINX
| former_callsigns = {{plainlist|
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| owner = [[Multicultural Broadcasting]]
* WOOK (1947–1951)
| webcast =
* WINX (1951–2000)
| website =
* WNNY (2000)
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| affiliations =
* WKDM (2000–2003)}}
| former_frequencies = 1590 kHz (1947–1951)<ref name="hc" />
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| owner = [[Multicultural Broadcasting]]
| licensee = Multicultural Radio Broadcasting Licensee, LLC
| webcast = [https://creativos10.net/players-c10/laquebuena/ Listen Live]
| website = [https://www.laquebuenadc.com/ laquebuenadc.com]
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| affiliations =
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}
}}


'''WLXE''' is a radio station broadcasting on 1600 kHz in the [[mediumwave]] [[AM broadcasting|AM]] band. Its studios and transmitters are located in [[Rockville, Maryland]], and it serves the [[Washington, D.C.]] metropolitan area. WLXE broadcasts music programming in the [[Spanish language]]. Its transmitter and antenna array are located off Frederick Road-Maryland Highway 355, just south of the border with Gaithersburg, Maryland. WLXE is under ownership of [[Multicultural Broadcasting]].
'''WLXE''' is a radio station broadcasting on 1600&nbsp;kHz in the [[medium wave]] [[AM broadcasting|AM]] band. Its studios and transmitters are located in [[Rockville, Maryland]], and it serves the [[Washington metropolitan area]]. WLXE broadcasts music programming in the [[Spanish language]]. Its transmitter and antenna array are located off Hungerford Drive ([[Maryland Route 355]]), near the northern border of the city of Rockville. WLXE is under ownership of [[Multicultural Broadcasting]].


==History==
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During the 1960s, the station carried the [[callsign|call letters]] [[WINX]] and broadcast a [[Top-40]] format. It was located on Baltimore Road off Church Street near the intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Rockville Pike. It was consistently the third-ranked Top 40 station in the ratings, following [[WPGC (AM)|WPGC]] and [[WZHF|WEAM]]. The station shifted to an oldies format in the 1990s (simulcast on FM 94.3 Warrenton), then followed by a short stint as top-40 again around 1998 in the FM dominated market. Sold to Mega then Multicultural, they converted to Spanish-language programming.

The station was established in 1947 as [[Silver Spring, Maryland|Silver Spring]]-based WOOK, the first station of Richard Eaton's United Broadcasting with African American programming.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/06/03/richard-eaton-pioneer-in-black-radio-with-station-wook-dies-at-age-81/34ed196a-3019-42d3-b03a-37bd96fa0a82/|newspaper=Washington Post|date=June 3, 1981|title=Richard Eaton, Pioneer in Black Radio With Station WOOK, Dies at Age 81|access-date=December 5, 2019}}</ref> Four years later, Eaton bought [[WOOK (AM)|WINX]], a station in Washington, D.C. proper. In order to retain both stations and meet multiple ownership rules, the Silver Spring station license was relocated to [[Rockville, Maryland]]—which under pre-1950 [[United States Census Bureau|Census Bureau]] guidelines was not part of the Washington metropolitan area—on 1600&nbsp;kHz. Additionally, Eaton switched the two stations' call letters, resulting in WOOK as the new 1340 in Washington, D.C., and WINX as the station at 1600 in Rockville.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1951/BC-1951-11-12.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=November 12, 1951|title=Closed Circuit|page=6|access-date=December 4, 2019}}</ref>

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Through to the late 1970s, WINX broadcast a [[Top-40]] format. It was located at 8 Baltimore Road off Church Street near the intersection of [[Maryland Route 586|Veirs Mill Road]] and [[Maryland Route 355#Montgomery County|Rockville Pike]]. It was consistently the third-ranked Top 40 station in the ratings, following [[WJFK (AM)|WPGC]] and [[WZHF|WEAM]]. The station shifted to an oldies format in March 1993 (simulcast on [[WLZV|FM 94.3]] in [[Warrenton, Virginia]]), then followed by a short stint as top-40 again around 1998, in the FM-dominated market. During the 1990s, WINX was the flagship for [[American University]] Athletics; Chuck Timanus served as lead play-by-play announcer, with his blind son [[Eddie Timanus]], later a famous game show contestant and sportswriter, serving as a statistician.<ref name="goff">{{cite news|last=Goff|first=Steven|title=Timanus Paints the Picture by Numbers|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=1991-02-19}}</ref>

In December 1998, it was sold to Mega, then Multicultural. At that time, it converted to Spanish-language programming. The station was assigned the call sign WLXE in 2003.

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{AMQ|WLXE}}
{{AM station data|54506|WLXE}}
*{{AML|WLXE}}
*{{AMARB|WLXE}}


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Latest revision as of 18:18, 18 November 2024

WLXE
Broadcast areaWashington metropolitan area
Frequency1600 kHz
BrandingLa Que Buena 1600
Programming
FormatSpanish music
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
May 1947 (77 years ago) (1947-05)[1]
Former call signs
  • WOOK (1947–1951)
  • WINX (1951–2000)
  • WNNY (2000)
  • WKDM (2000–2003)
Former frequencies
1590 kHz (1947–1951)[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID54506
ClassD
Power1,015 watts day
120 watts night
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitelaquebuenadc.com

WLXE is a radio station broadcasting on 1600 kHz in the medium wave AM band. Its studios and transmitters are located in Rockville, Maryland, and it serves the Washington metropolitan area. WLXE broadcasts music programming in the Spanish language. Its transmitter and antenna array are located off Hungerford Drive (Maryland Route 355), near the northern border of the city of Rockville. WLXE is under ownership of Multicultural Broadcasting.

History

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The station was established in 1947 as Silver Spring-based WOOK, the first station of Richard Eaton's United Broadcasting with African American programming.[3] Four years later, Eaton bought WINX, a station in Washington, D.C. proper. In order to retain both stations and meet multiple ownership rules, the Silver Spring station license was relocated to Rockville, Maryland—which under pre-1950 Census Bureau guidelines was not part of the Washington metropolitan area—on 1600 kHz. Additionally, Eaton switched the two stations' call letters, resulting in WOOK as the new 1340 in Washington, D.C., and WINX as the station at 1600 in Rockville.[4]

Through to the late 1970s, WINX broadcast a Top-40 format. It was located at 8 Baltimore Road off Church Street near the intersection of Veirs Mill Road and Rockville Pike. It was consistently the third-ranked Top 40 station in the ratings, following WPGC and WEAM. The station shifted to an oldies format in March 1993 (simulcast on FM 94.3 in Warrenton, Virginia), then followed by a short stint as top-40 again around 1998, in the FM-dominated market. During the 1990s, WINX was the flagship for American University Athletics; Chuck Timanus served as lead play-by-play announcer, with his blind son Eddie Timanus, later a famous game show contestant and sportswriter, serving as a statistician.[5]

In December 1998, it was sold to Mega, then Multicultural. At that time, it converted to Spanish-language programming. The station was assigned the call sign WLXE in 2003.

References

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  1. ^ a b "FCC History Cards for WLXE". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLXE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ "Richard Eaton, Pioneer in Black Radio With Station WOOK, Dies at Age 81". Washington Post. June 3, 1981. Retrieved December 5, 2019.
  4. ^ "Closed Circuit" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 12, 1951. p. 6. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  5. ^ Goff, Steven (1991-02-19). "Timanus Paints the Picture by Numbers". The Washington Post.
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