Knowing almost nothing about the Columbus market, we present to you this just over five minute scope of Baltazar on WXGT. The station calls itself the NEW 92X, so it may have undergone a recent format change as of this recording.
More 80s CHR courtesy of Robyn Watts.
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92X was the FM side of WCOL, the top forty giant of the day. 92X was essentially an attempt to keep the format going on FM after the days of top forty AM were over. 92X had competition for the contemporary hit format in Columbus and sometimes needed to overhaul the format to play catch up with more powerful WNCI, the first FM top forty in Columbus. Ironically, when station ownership restrictions were loosened, both stations wound up under the same owner and remain so to this day. 92X now uses its original calls, WCOL and plays country, WNCI is still the Adult Hit Contemporary leader in the market.
Hi Steve,
92X (WXGT) was a great mainstream CHR during the 80s, but for one reason or another had always played second-fiddle against CHR jagaunaunt WNCI. In late 1989, 92X went Rock 40 based on the success of Pirate Radio/LA. However, the format adjustment didn’t last and the station went back to CHR before throwing in the towel in late 1990 and switching to Oldies as WCOL.
Baltazar had wound up in Boston at WJMN at some point in the 1990’s, but i don’t know is he is still there or not.
Robyn