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WNNX FM ("99X") is a radio station in the city of Atlanta that plays modern rock. Its frequency is 99.7MHz.
99X is owned by Susquehanna Radio . Their sister station in Atlanta is Q100 (WWWQ FM 100.5), broadcasting from the same building.
History
In 2004 the station underwent a change, moving from strictly modern rock to "New Rock and 90's Alternative", a reference to their days in the early 1990s when they played alternative rock.
This station is broadcasting in IBOC digital radio, using the HD Radio system from iBiquity.
Morning show
99X's morning show features Fred Toucher , Jimmy Baron , and Leslie Fram. When this morning show started in late October 2003, the name of this show was the "Don Miller Morning Show". The show was later renamed to "The Toucher Show with Toucher and Jimmy", but is now called "Toucher, Jimmy, and Leslie in the Morning". The full morning show runs from 5:30a - 9:00a, and Leslie takes the 9a - 10a hour to play music from the history of 99X.
While the name of the show has changed over the course of the program, the content and on-air personalities haven't. The hosts are Fred Toucher, Jimmy Baron, Leslie Fram, show director Wally, traffic reporter Chris "Crash" Clark, phone-screener Chris Calandro, and "Fat Kid". They also have frequent appearances from "Hot Chick", "Boobs McGillicutty", "Donche","wade the drunk" and the 99X Green-Asses.
Disc jockeys
"Toucher, Jimmy, and Leslie in the Morning":
Midday:
- Steve Craig , featuring the "Retroplex" (formerly the "Duplex of Retro Pleasure" and "House of Retro Pleasure") during the noon hour
Afternoon drive:
Evenings:
Late Nights/Sunday morning:
- Matt "Organic" Jones . The Sunday morning program, "Organic X", features a softer and more acoustic side of alternative music.
Overnights:
Sunday School specialty program:
Others:
- Jill
- Roach (Ben)
- and the "Quit Your Day Job" contest winner, Jeff Woodall
Promotions and Concerts
- Music Midtown
- 99x Freeloader Program
- 99x Anti-Neck Army
- Upstart Fest
- Unplugged in the Park
- Sinner's Ball
- Naughty Night
- Live X concerts and CDs
- Virginia-Highlands Summerfest
- On The Bricks (the original)
- Downtown Rocks
- The Big Rock
- Big Day Out
- Chinese New Year
- Acoustic Christmas
- I'm with the Band!
- Brouhaha
- Mistle Toejam (Mistletoe Jam?)
- Brewfest
- 99Xpress magazine
- Project X
- Get a Life
- Quit Your Day Job
- American Idiot
- The "What Would You Do" $10,000 Dare
- Celebrity Softball Slam
- Night of the Living Loud
Former DJs
- Sean Demery. At 99X from 19?? - 200?. Co-hosted one of 99X's first morning shows with Leslie Fram. Moved to the afternoon drive, where he hosted the Swinging Velvetta Lounge . During his final sign-off with the station, his last words were, "I'm Sean Demery, and I was 99X." Currently at Live105 in San Francisco.
- Steve Barnes. At 99X from 1992 - 2003. Started in afternoon drive? Co-hosted "The Morning X". Hosted the weekend Top 30 Countdown. Last song he played on-air was "California" by Phantom Planet. Currently producing and acting in independent films and launched a morning show on 92.9 DAVE FM (WZGC) in Atlanta on 9/13 with co-host Holly Firfer from CNN.
- Melissa Carter. Currently working at WWWQ FM (Q100) in Atlanta.
- Rich Shertenlieb. Started as an intern for the Morning X, soon turned into the show's stunt guy. Most famous for his protest of Martha Burke at the Masters golf tournament in Augusta Georgia, where he held up a sign that said "Make Me Dinner/Iron My Shirt". This stunt was covered by ESPN and hundreds of other news organizations. Also received recognition for rescuing a carjacking victim. Before 99X, he co-hosted Tech Talk on WREK while a management student at Georgia Tech. Currently working with Kidd Kraddock in Dallas.
- Mark Owens. Currently working at WWWQ FM (Q100) in Atlanta.
- Dave Hill. Currently a PD at 98 Rock in Baltimore.
Former shows
- The Morning X. Hosted by Barnes, Leslie Fram, and Jimmy Baron . Won multiple industry awards from Gavin Report, Billboard, Radio and Records, Creative Loafing , Atlanta Magazine, and others. Featured recurring characters like "Bertha, the oldest Freeloader", "Gay Bob", "Eric the Web Gangsta", "the Stryper Rules guy", and "Forrest, the listener who couldn't win contests". Some of their elaborate pranks were the underground amusement park Magic Island, giving out Leonardo Dicaprio's home phone number, and firing Leslie from the show because she wasn't pretty enough for the webcam.
- The Beat Factory, later called Xcellerator
- The Pleasure Dome. A sex-education talk show cohosted by Yvonne Monet and Roger Libby
- Living Loud. Name of Mon-Fri night show (7p - 12a), hosted by Fred Toucher.
- Don Miller Morning Show and The Toucher Show with Toucher and Jimmy. Former names of the current morning show, although the morning show content and cast did not change with the name changes.
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