WFUN-FM

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**WFUN**

Broadcast area	Saint Louis
Branding	Foxy 95.5
First air date	1987
Frequency	95.5 (MHz)
Format	Urban Adult Contemporary
ERP	24,500 watts
Class	C3
Callsign meaning	We're having FUN(Station previous format was children's programming)
Owner	Radio One
Website	Official Website

WFUN-FM, known on-air as "Foxy 95.5" is a radio station with an urban adult contemporary format. The station, located at 95.5 FM, is licensed to Bethalto, Illinois and serves the St. Louis, Missouri area. The station is owned by Radio One.

[edit] History

WFUN, which debuted in 1987 as WXJO, was originally a Adult Standards outlet broadcasting with 6,000 watts. However by 1989 they would go dark after being unable to generate adequate revenue, a problem exacerbated by the station's poor signal at the time.

In 1995 it was bought back on the air by a non-profit group who would later refund the contributors after a decision was made to make the station a commercial outlet by signing up with Radio Aahs, a children's radio network (and the predecessor to Radio Disney, who would later run Radio Ahhs out of business). After a four-year run, the owner (who was mostly joked by many in the St. Louis radio market as being unseen and a mystery) decided to sell the station to Radio One in 1999.

On June 2, 2000, WFUN completed their upgrade to 24,500 watts and officially flipped to R&B/Hip-Hop as Q95-5, despite the fact they never changed the call letters to match the Q handle. At first Q95-5 was a close competitor, but over time fell further and further behind to KATZ-FM in the ratings. They also had other problems in attracting African-Americans listeners, mostly due to its signal coverage.

On December 13, 2004 Radio One flipped WFUN to its current format. The move was made after Radio One purchsed the syndicated rights to the Tom Joyner Morning Show. The format switch was made to match that of stations that air Tom Joyner's show. Tom Joyner previously aired on rival KMJM-FM, whom they now compete with.

On October 1, 2005 Radio One added a sister station in the form of WHHL (Hot 104.1). That station is being programmed as a Rhythmic Top 40 in hopes of being a more successful competitor in the market.