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WXLA
WXLA is a commercial AM radio station located in Dimondale, a suburb of Lansing, Michigan, United States. The station broadcasts on 1180 kHz with 10,000 watts during most daytime hours. During the two hours after sunrise and two hours before sunset it cuts back to 2,000 watts. For some months of the year, WXLA is authorized to broadcast at 500 watts starting at 6am local time under Pre-sunrise authorization. WXLA does not broadcast at night as the station must sign-off at sunset to protect WHAM
(AM) in Rochester, New York.
WXLA began broadcasting in 1982 as WDTB on 1170 kHz with 1,000 watts and a simulcast of CNN Headline News. The call letters were changed to the present WXLA on June 29, 1984. WXLA was the first radio station to program specifically to Lansing's African-American community with an urban contemporary/R&B format. In July 2005 the station increased its power and began referring to itself as "10,000 Watt 1180". With its new directional pattern, the station could