"WXLW has balls!" In the mid-1970s Super XL had a higher market share than other full-time AM stations like WIFE (1310) and WNDE (1260). By 1976, the station changed to adult contemporary music with DJs including Joe Pickett, K.C. Jones, and Lou Sherman. Steve Miller was program director through most of the period (1974–79). For a brief time in 1979, WXLW tried a Sunday-only disco music format called "Space Station Shirk", which was hosted by Mark Edwards and Steve Miller. In 1986, the Federal Communications Commission granted it limited-power nighttime operations. From the late 1990s until 2002, WXLW switched to a Christian radio format. Sports Radio On July 8, 2002, shortly after 1260 WNDE switched from ESPN Radio to Fox Sports Radio, WXLW picked up the ESPN network affiliation and became a sports radio station. WXLW aired ESPN programming for six years. In the fall of 2006, the studios were moved from Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis to a location on Industrial Road off U.S. Route 31 in Franklin. On January 7, 2008, ESPN Radio changed its Indianapolis affiliation from WXLW to newly-created Emmis Communications sports station WFNI 1070 AM. With the loss of ESPN programming, WXLW became a Sporting News Radio affiliate and re-branded as "XL 950". In August 2011, WXLW briefly became part of the Yahoo! Sports Radio network. Notable past hosts on WXLW include Greg Rakestraw, now part of the Indianapolis Colts Radio Network and voice of the Indy Eleven, sportswriter Will Carroll, longtime Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Executive Director Chris May, and Derek Schultz, who later hosted afternoons on former rival sports station WNDE after his departure in 2011. Freedom 95 On September 10, 2012, WXLW changed its format to talk radio, simulcasting sister station WFDM-FM 95.9 MHz. Because both stations are found at 95 on their respective dials (950 AM and 95.9 FM), they are branded as "Freedom 95". References External links WXLW website Indiana Radio Archive, WXLW FCC History Cards for WXLW XLW Mass media in Indianapolis Radio stations established in 1948 1948 establishments in Indiana