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WZLX <tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Image:WZLX-FM.jpg</td></tr><tr><th>Broadcast area</th><td>Boston, MA</td></tr><tr><th>Branding</th><td>100.7 WZLX</td></tr><tr><th>Slogan</th><td>"Boston's Classic Rock"</td></tr><tr><th>First air date</th><td>1948</td></tr><tr><th>Frequency</th><td>100.7 (MHz)</td></tr>

Format	Classic Rock <tr><th>ERP</th><td>21,500 watts</td></tr><tr><th>Class</th><td>B</td></tr>
Owner	CBS Radio <tr><th>Website</th><td>www.wzlx.com</td></tr>

WZLX (100.7 FM, Boston) is a prominent classic rock radio station in the Boston market. WZLX was one of the first classic rock FM stations in America. Originally WCOP-FM, a classical music station notable for being one of the first FM stations to break simulcasting with its AM partner. The station went through a number of format changes (and later callsign changes), including oldies (as “Total Gold 101, WCOP-FM”) country (with part of the day being a simulcast of sister station WCOP-AM), Album Oriented Rock (as WTTK "TK101"), beautiful music (as WHUE), and Top 40 (as WKKT "The Cat"). The station is currently located on the 24th floor of the Prudential Tower in downtown Boston, which is also the location of its transmitter.

100.7 FM finally settled on the current format and callsign, WZLX, in October of 1985. Station owners, First Media Corporation, hired Gary Guthrie to design and implement a format aimed at people who experienced adolescence in either the 1960s and 1970s and enjoyed the music of those eras, but did not care for the then current heavy metal or top 40 'hot hits' of the 1980s. People whose mindset was getting too old for AOR and top 40 radio formats, yet were too young or not interested in the oldies radio format. The classic rock radio format then made its debut in Boston.

The most prominent personality on WZLX is probably Carter Alan, best known as the disc jockey who, during his time at WBCN, helped the rise of the band U2 in the United States, and later wrote one of the definitive biographies on the band; he also hosts "Sunday Morning Blues", some of the week's most popular programming. 15-year veteran Chuck Nowlin handles one of the most successful afternoon drive shows in Boston featuring the "Attitude Adjustment Hour". Kenny Young, the Night Rocker, rounds out the day schedule from 7pm to Midnight.

There have been a few morning shows on the station in recent history. With the coming of Howard Stern to WBCN in the early 90s, the Boston legend Charles Laquidara and his show, The Big Mattress, took up residence at 'ZLX. With Charles' retirement, the short-lived "Mornings with Tai and Steve Sweeney" eventually gave way to "Steve Sweeney's Neighborhood," (co-hosted by Lance Norris) which ended its 5-year run in 2005. Long time morning team Karlson and McKenzie took over on August 1, 2005.

In the latter half of 2006, WZLX will become the first station in the country to broadcast programming in surround sound. This flagship effort coincides with the recent move of the industry to implement the HD Radio format.

A series of ownership changes made it a part of Cook-Inlet Radio, then Infinity Broadcasting in late 1992. Currently it's owned and operated by CBS Radio.

[edit] External links

• WZLX home page