WLZX-FM
WLZX-FM (99.3 MHz) is a radio station in Northampton, Massachusetts. The station has an active rock format, and is owned by Saga Communications. The station is also simulcast on WLZX (1600 AM) and translator station W253CD (98.5 FM), both in East Longmeadow, as well as the HD2 channel of WAQY (102.1 FM) in Springfield. Programming. WLZX-AM/FM airs an Active Rock format. However, if there is a Boston Bruins or Boston Celtics game, WLZX-AM, along with their FM translator, will simulcast those games. History. WLZX-FM began when the station was purchased from Clear Channel , which operated 99.3 as WHMP-FM, the "Rock Alternative". Lazer 99.3 went live on September 11, 2000. On February 3, 2017, WLZX-FM rebranded as "Lazer 99.3 & 105.1" and began simulcasting on WLZX (1600 AM, formerly WHNP) and FM translator W286DB (105.1 FM) in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. As WHNP, the 1600 AM facility had simulcast the talk format of sister station WHMP. The station subsequently rebranded as "Lazer 99.3 & 98.5", in reflection of the translator's move to 98.5 FM as W253CD. The WLZX stations switched to an alternative rock format in the summer of 2017, but returned to the  active rock format at 6am on February 4, 2020. Translators. In addition to W253CD (98.5), which is fed by WLZX (AM), WLZX-FM has a translator, W232BW (94.3) in Amherst at 250 watts, which simulcasts its HD2 channel, a classic hits station branded as "Rewind 94.3". A second translator, W245BK 96.9 (also a 250-watt facility in Amherst), is a simulcast of WLZX-FM's HD3 channel, an oldies station branded as "Pure Oldies 96.9".