WAFX
title: "WAFX" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1983-establishments-in-virginia", "classic-rock-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "radio-stations-established-in-1983", "radio-stations-in-virginia", "radio-stations-in-the-hampton-roads-tidewater-area"] topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAFX" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | WAFX |
| logo | WAFX-FM 2015.png |
| city | Suffolk, Virginia |
| area | Hampton Roads |
| Northeastern North Carolina | |
| branding | 106.9 The Fox |
| frequency | |
| airdate | |
| format | Classic rock |
| erp | 100,000 watts |
| haat | 300 m |
| class | C |
| facility_id | 67082 |
| coordinates | |
| callsign_meaning | FX for "The Fox" |
| former_callsigns | WTID (1981–1987) |
| WSKX (1987–1989) | |
| owner | Saga Communications |
| licensee | Tidewater Communications, LLC. |
| sister_stations | WNOR |
| webcast | Listen Live |
| website | 1069thefox.com |
| :: |
| name = WAFX
| logo = WAFX-FM 2015.png
| city = Suffolk, Virginia | country = US
| area = Hampton Roads
Northeastern North Carolina
| branding = 106.9 The Fox
| frequency =
| airdate =
| format = Classic rock
| erp = 100,000 watts
| haat = 300 m
| class = C
| facility_id = 67082
| coordinates =
| callsign_meaning = FX for "The Fox"
| former_callsigns = WTID (1981–1987)
WSKX (1987–1989)
| affiliations =
| owner = Saga Communications
| licensee = Tidewater Communications, LLC.
| sister_stations = WNOR
| webcast = Listen Live
| website = 1069thefox.com
WAFX (106.9 FM, "106.9 The Fox") is a commercial radio station licensed to Suffolk, Virginia. It serves the Hampton Roads (Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News) radio market. WAFX is owned and operated by Saga Communications. It airs a classic rock radio format.
WAFX broadcasts in the HD Radio (hybrid) format. Studios and offices are on Greenbrier Circle in Chesapeake. Most FM stations in the market are powered at 50,000 watts or less, but WAFX runs at 100,000 watts. It is a Class C FM station, with its transmitter off U.S. Route 258 in Windsor, Virginia, just far enough west to be in the Class C zone. Eastern Virginia is in the Class B zone, which limits the effective radiated power of FM stations closer to the Atlantic coast. WAFX's signal covers most of Southeastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, and is audible from the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia, to Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
History
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/WAFX_Station_on_HD_Radio.jpg" caption="signed on]] the air in November 1982.[http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1984/B-Radio-NE-Ter-BC-YB-1984.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1984 page B-271] WTID aired a [[Christian radio]] format. In April 1985, the station was sold to Southern Starr Broadcasting Group, Inc., of Altamonte Springs, Florida."] ::
In 1987, Downs Radio, Inc., acquired WTID. Its call letters were changed to WSKX and it aired a country music format. The KX in the call sign stood for "Kicks." The station struggled against the market's long-time country leader, 100.5 WCMS-FM (now urban adult contemporary WVBW-FM). WSKX left the country format in 1989, becoming classic rock WAFX "The Fox."
Radio Ventures, Inc., acquired the station for $10 million in 1990. In 1994, Saga Communications bought WAFX for $4 million. Saga, which already owned album rock WNOR, continued WAFX's classic rock format, while moving WNOR-FM to a more current-based, harder-edged active rock format. As of today, "The Fox" has updated their playlist to expand and play popularly iconic 1990s alternative and grunge into their playlist but not all that frequently, in order to retain their classic rock format to distinguish from their sister station, WNOR. WNOR which is known as "FM99" has recently tweaked their active rock format to be more like mainstream rock in comparison, giving WAFX room to play even broader classic rock to avoid overlapping.
References
References
- https://hdradio.com/stations/ Radio Guide for Norfolk, Virginia Beach and Newport News
- [http://fm99.com/contact-us/ FM99.com/contact-us]
- [https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=WAFX-FM Radio-Locator.com/WAFX-FM]
- [http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1984/B-Radio-NE-Ter-BC-YB-1984.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1984 page B-271]
- (July 9, 1990). "RADIO VENTURES I MAKES A PLAY FOR AIRWAVES". The Washington Post.
- [http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/Broadcasting-2001-Yearbook-Page-Range-Guide.htm Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2001 page D-477]
- (2010). "Broadcasting Yearbook 2010". ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V..
- "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". [[Nielsen Audio]]/[[Nielsen Holdings]].
- "Call Sign History". [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.
- "WAFX Facility Record". [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division.
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