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===WWWQ-HD2=== [[File:99x logo 2018.jpg|thumb|150x150px|WWWQ-HD2 former logo reflecting the "99X" branding and W255CJ simulcast]] WNNX signed on [[HD Radio]] operations in December 2004, with WNNX-HD2 carrying classic alternative rock branded as "99XS". Along with the format and call sign switches between WNNX and WWWQ on January 25, 2008, WNNX-HD2 (renamed WWWQ-HD2) adopted the former alternative rock format heard on WNNX, retaining the 99X brand.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 January 2008 |title=Q100 Atlanta To Move to 99.7, 99X To Go Online - RadioInsight |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/385/q100-atlanta-to-move-to-997-99x-to-go-online/ |website=radioinsight.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=25 January 2008 |title=99X Atlanta Signs-Off, Q100 Moves In - Format Change Archive |url=https://formatchange.com/99x-atlanta-signs-off-q100-moves-in/ |website=formatchange.com}}</ref> WWWQ-HD2 would add a simulcast via low-power translator W250BC (97.9 FM) on April 16, 2009.<ref>Cumulus to Return 99X to the Atlanta Airwaves. [http://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n19154 "Radio Online"]. radioonline.com. April 16, 2009.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ho |first=Rodney |date=2009-04-17 |title=Radio and TV Talk: Morning Mash with the return of 99X β to 97.9 |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/morning-mash-with-the-return-99x/hYqFbG2BZ0nGfYRww3FPeL/ |access-date=2019-12-15 |website=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |language=en}}</ref> This simulcast would be moved to W258BU (99.1 FM) on June 9, 2011; following a few days of airing on both translators, as well as a period of [[stunting (broadcasting)|stunting]], W250BC would flip to a [[1980s in music|80s]]/[[1990s in music|90s hits]] format branded as "Journey 97.9", this time relaying WWWQ's HD3 subchannel.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-06-17 |title=Media Confidential: 'Journey' 97-9 FM Debuts In Atlanta |url=http://mediaconfidential.blogspot.com/2011/06/journey-979-debuts-in-atlanta.html |access-date=2019-12-15 |website=Media Confidential}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdbs.recnet.com/fmq.php?facid=158597|title=REC Broadcast Query for W250BC|website=recnet.com}}</ref> A power increase for W258BU included a frequency change to 98.9 FM on September 15, 2011, using the W255CJ calls. WWWQ-HD2 dropped the "99X" format for the first time on September 1, 2012, flipping to [[active rock]] as "The Bone".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ho |first=Rodney |date=2012-08-12 |title=Radio and TV Talk: 99X at 98.9 becomes the Bone |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/2012-flashback-99x-becomes-the-bone/LFQ0yvvrZHuFSnZzXSfLlM/ |access-date=2019-12-15 |website=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-09-01 |title=99X Atlanta Is No More; The Bone Debuts |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/70278/99x-atlanta-is-no-more/ |access-date=2019-12-15 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-09-01 |title=98.9 The Bone Launches |url=https://formatchange.com/98-9-the-bone-launches/ |access-date=2019-12-15 |website=Format Change Archive |language=en-US}}</ref> This format was incorporated into WNNX's format on February 1, 2013, with WWWQ-HD2 flipping to [[Country music|country]]-leaning [[Contemporary Christian music|Contemporary Christian]] as "98.9 The Walk";<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-02-01 |title=Cumulus Planning More Atlanta Moves |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/80730/cumulus-planning-more-atlanta-moves/ |access-date=2019-12-15 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Atlanta Radio Insider: "Rock" Gets An Extra "Bone," 98.9 Takes a Walk |url=http://atlradioinsider.blogspot.com/2013/01/flip-watch-989-bone-rock-1005-all-news.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512040219/http://atlradioinsider.blogspot.com/2013/01/flip-watch-989-bone-rock-1005-all-news.html |archive-date=2013-05-12 |website=atlradioinsider.blogspot.com}}</ref> by August 25, 2013, the subchannel and translator switched to [[oldies]] (as "Oldies 98.9")<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-26 |title=Oldies Returns To Atlanta |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/netgnomes/84765/oldies-to-return-to-atlanta/ |access-date=2019-12-15 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}</ref> and switched again to [[Nash (brand)|Nash Icon]] on August 15, 2014.<ref name="ajc-nash989">{{cite news |last=Ho |first=Rodney |date=2014-08-15 |title=Oldies 98.9 becomes older-skewing country NASH Icon 98.9 |work=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |agency=[[Cox Media Group]] |url=http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2014/08/15/oldies-98-9-becomes-older-skewing-country-nash-icons-98-9/ |access-date=2014-08-16}}</ref><ref name="ri-nashicons">{{cite web |title=Nash Icons launches across the country |url=http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/netgnomes/89681/cumulus-prepping-nash-icons-format-launch/ |access-date=16 August 2014 |website=Radio Insight|date=15 August 2014 }}</ref><ref name="billboard-nashicons">{{cite magazine |title=Wanted for Radio: More Country Greats |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-615/6099350/nash-icons-country-music-label-big-machine-cumulus |magazine=Billboard |access-date=16 August 2014}}</ref> A [[Stunting (broadcasting)|stunt]] with [[Christmas music]] under the "Warm 98.9" brand began over WWWQ-HD2 on November 23, 2015,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-12-26 |title=AC Warm 98.9 Debuts In Atlanta |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/95341/cumulus-drops-nash-icon-in-atlanta-for-warm-christmas/ |access-date=2019-12-15 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ho |first=Rodney |date=2015-11-25 |title=Radio and TV Talk: Cumulus kills Nash Icon 98.9 after 15 months |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/cumulus-kills-nash-icon-after-months/ZWbXuPfBJvGikT0XkCddTP/ |access-date=2019-12-15 |website=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |language=en}}</ref> and was followed by a week-long stunt with [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]] starting on December 26; both the subchannel and translator reverted to alternative rock as "99X" at Midnight on January 1, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-01-01 |title=99X Returns Again |url=http://formatchange.com/99x-returns-again/ |access-date=2019-12-15 |website=Format Change Archive |language=en-US}}</ref> WWWQ-HD2 would temporarily lose its translator simulcast on April 12, 2018, when W255CJ was ordered off-air by the FCC due to interference complaints by [[WWGA]] in [[Tallapoosa, Georgia|Tallapoosa]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-12 |title=FCC Shuts Down 99X Atlanta Over Interference Complaints |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/167757/fcc-shuts-down-99x-atlanta-over-interference-complaints/ |access-date=2019-12-15 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}</ref> Following installation of a [[directional antenna]] to protect WWGA's signal, W255CJ resumed operations on December 21, 2018.<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/171459/99x-atlanta-translator-receives-stay-of-execution/ 99X Atlanta Returns Again] Radioinsight - December 21, 2018</ref> {{RadioTranslators | callsign = WWWQ-HD2 | call1 = W255CJ | freq1 = 98.9 | fid1 = 148550 | watts1 = 180 | class1 = D | haat1 = 306 | coord1 = {{Coord|33|48|26|N|84|20|22|W|type:landmark_region:GA-US}} | city1 = Atlanta }}
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