WLXX
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WLXX is an FM
FM broadcasting
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 radio station
Radio station
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  broadcasting a Country music
Country music
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 format. Licensed to Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...

, USA, the station serves the Lexington Metro Area and all of Central Kentucky. The station arguably has the largest coverage area of all of the FM radio stations in the Lexington area, with a 100+ mile radius broadcast and service area. It can be listened to in Louisville and beyond if traveling west on Interstate 64
Interstate 64
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 and well past Morehead, Kentucky
Morehead, Kentucky
As of the census of 2010, there were 6,845 people, households, and families residing in the city. The population density was 726.2 people per square mile. There were 2,356 housing units at an average density of 253.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 93.2% White, 3.2% African...

 if traveling east. It can also be picked up in Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
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 and Corbin, Kentucky
Corbin, Kentucky
- Economy :Originally formed by L&N Railroad, rail transport was the backbone of the local economy in the first half of the twentieth century. While the railroad continues to play an important role, the decline of the rail industry in the latter half of the twentieth century, as well as the loss...

. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media
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History

The station went on the air as WVLK-FM on April 2, 1979. On September 29, 2003, the station changed its call sign to the current WLXX.

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