WBSX

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WBSX
City of license Wilkes_Barre, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Wilkes Barre-Scranton, Pennsylvania
Branding 979X
First air date 1949
Frequency 97.9 (MHz)
Format Active Rock
ERP 6,000 watts
Class B
Owner Citadel Broadcasting
Website www.979x.com

WBSX is a commercial radio station in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, broadcasting to the Wilkes Barre-Scranton, Pennsylvania area on 97.9 FM.

WBSX airs an active rock music format branded as "X979".

  • Jim Bone and Michelle - 6:00-10:00 AM
  • Zoey - 10:00AM-3:00PM
  • McKay - 3:00PM-7:00PM
  • Cayden - 7:00PM-12:00AM
  • Lazy E - 7:00PM-12:00 AM (Saturdays)

Program director, Sausage ,left the station in September 2006 to accept a position in Long Island, New York. McKay, who was serving as Music Director, assumed Program Director responsibilities in October of 2006.

979X is known for being the first Northeastern Pennsylvania commercial station to play Breaking Benjamin, who started in local Wilkes-Barre.


FM Radio stations in the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania market (Arbitron #69)

By frequency: 88.3 | 88.5 | 89.9 | 91.3 | 91.7 | 92.1 | 92.9 | 93.7 | 94.3 | 95.7 | 96.5 | 97.1 | 97.9 | 98.5 | 99.5 | 100.1 | 101.3 | 102.3 | 103.1 | 104.9 | 105.9 | 106.9 | 107.7

By callsign: | WBHD | WBHT | WBSX | WCIG | WDMT | WEZX | WFEZ | WGGY | WGMF | WKRZ | WLNP | WMGS | WPEL | WPGP | WPZX | WQFM | WQFN | WRKC | WSJR | WUSR | WVIA | WVMW | WWRR

See also: Scranton (FM) (AM)

See also: List of FM stations in Scranton
Arbitron-Ranked Pennsylvania Radio Markets:

Allentown (FM) (AM) | Altoona | Erie (FM) (AM) | Harrisburg-Carlisle-Lebanon (FM) (AM) | Johnstown | Lancaster (FM) (AM) | Meadville-Franklin | Philadelphia (FM) (AM) | Pittsburgh (FM) (AM) | Reading | State College | Sunbury-Selinsgrove-Lewisburg | Wilkes Barre-Scranton (FM) (AM) | Williamsport | York (FM) (AM)

Non-Arbitron-Ranked Pennsylvania Radio Markets:
Northern Pennsylvania (includes DuBois, Kane, Punxsutawney, and St. Marys)

Markets that transcend New York and Pennsylvania:
Olean NY/Bradford PA | Jamestown NY/Warren PA

See also: List of radio stations in Pennsylvania and List of United States radio markets
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