WRXL

WRXL

City	Richmond, Virginia
Broadcast area	Central Virginia
Branding	XL 102
Slogan	Richmond's Alternative Rock
Frequency	102.1 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Translator(s)	98.5 W253BI (Richmond, relays HD2)
First air date	1949
Format	Alternative Rock HD2: Country "Big 98.5" HD3: Contemporary Christian "The Journey"
ERP	20,000 Watts
HAAT	241 Meters
Class	B
Facility ID	11961
Transmitter coordinates	37°36′52.0″N 77°30′56.0″W / 37.614444°N 77.515556°W / 37.614444; -77.515556
Callsign meaning	W (Richmond's) Radio XL-excellence
Affiliations	Elliot in the Morning Sixx Sense
Owner	iHeartMedia (CC Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	W241AP, W253BI, WBTJ, WRNL, WRVA, WRVQ, WTVR-FM
Webcast	WRXL Webstream WRXL-HD2 Webstream
Website	WRXL Online WRXL-HD2 Online (HD2)

WRXL is an Alternative Rock formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Richmond, Virginia, serving Central Virginia. WRXL is owned and operated by iHeartMedia.^[1]

History

On October 1, 2012 WRXL rebranded from "102.1 The X" back to "XL 102", WRXL's branding from 1976 to 2002.^[2]

WRXL also broadcasts two HD subchannels:

WRXL-HD2 carries a country station, called "Big 98.5 Country", which is designed to feed the translator W253BI at 98.5 FM. The station premiered July 27, 2015.
WRXL-HD3 retransmits "The Journey" (WRVL, Lynchburg), playing contemporary Christian music.^[3]

Radio stations in the Richmond/Petersburg market

By AM frequency	590 820 910 950 990 1140 1240 1290 1320 1340 1380 1430 1450 1480 1540 1590

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.1 90.1 91.1 91.3 92.1 92.5 93.1 93.7 94.5 95.3 96.1 96.5 97.3 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.3 99.9 100.3 100.5 100.9 102.1 103.1 103.7 104.3 104.7 105.7 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.3

By callsign	W223AZ W241AP W253BI W276BZ W282CA W291CL WAFX WARV-FM WBBT-FM WBTJ WBTK WCDX WCFC-LP WCLM WCVE-FM WDCE WDZY WFTH WHAN WHAP WHCE WJSR WKHK WKJM WKJS WKLR WKYV WLES WLFV WLRJ WNTW WONA WPZZ WREJ WRIH WRIR-LP WRNL WRVA WRVQ WRXL WTOX WTPS WTVR-FM WURV WVNZ WVST WWLB WXGI WYFJ WZEZ

Defunct stations	WHCK-LP

Virginia radio markets Bristol Fredericksburg Harrisonburg Norfolk–Newport News–Virginia Beach Richmond Roanoke–Lynchburg Winchester Other Virginia radio regions Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford–Pulaski Bluefield Charlottesville Eastern Shore Farmville Northern Neck Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Southside Southwest Virginia Virginia Highlands See also List of radio stations in Virginia

Modern rock radio stations in the state of Virginia

By frequency	96.1 102.1 106.1

By callsign	WCNR WROX-FM WRXL

By city	Keswick Norfolk Richmond

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Virginia See also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

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