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WMXC
iHeartMedia, Inc.
  • (iHM Licenses, LLC)
    • WKSJ-FM, WNTM, WRGV, WRKH, WTKX-FM
    History
    First air date
    		September 16, 1947; 76 years ago (1947-09-16) (as WKRG-FM)
    Former call signs
    		WKRG-FM (1947–1994)
    WKRD (1994)[1]
    Call sign meaning
    		W MiX C
    Technical information
    Facility ID8696
    ClassC
    ERP94,000 watts
    100,000 watts (w/beam tilt)
    HAAT535 meters (1,755 ft)
    Transmitter coordinates
    		30°41′20.7″N 87°49′49″W / 30.689083°N 87.83028°W / 30.689083; -87.83028
    Translator(s)HD2: 100.3 W262BL (Mobile)
    Links
    WebcastListen Live
    Listen Live (HD2)
    Listen Live (HD3)
    Websitemixgulfcoast.iheart.com
    1003hallelujahfm.iheart.com (HD2)
    newsradio710.iheart.com (HD3)

    WMXC (99.9

    Delilah in the evening and Ellen K
    on Saturday mornings.

    WMXC's

    FM translator W262BL at 100.3 MHz.[4] The HD3 subchannel simulcasts the talk radio format of WNTM 710 AM
    .

    History

    WKRG-FM

    The station traces its history back to October 16, 1947, when it

    Radio Marti in 1985.[6] Giddens, a former board member of the National Association of Broadcasters, died in May 1993.[6]

    In its early days, WKRG-FM

    adult contemporary
    under the name "WKRG 99.9 FM".

    For a time in the 1960s, WKRG-TV, Inc., which was the license holder for WKRG, WKRG-FM, and WKRG-TV, was 50%-owned by the

    S. I. Newhouse acquired the Mobile newspaper company, he also acquired that 50% broadcasting ownership stake.[8]
    Newhouse, who also owned radio stations associated with his other two Alabama-based newspapers, later sold all of these stations to focus on the print side of his media empire.

    Change in ownership

    After nearly five decades of operation by the Giddens family, WKRG-TV, Inc., reached an agreement in April 1994 to sell WKRG-FM to Coast Radio, LLC. The deal was approved by the FCC on July 21, 1994.[9]

    In September 1994, Coast Radio, LLC, flipped the station to Capitol Broadcasting Company, LLC. The deal was approved by the FCC on December 15, 1994, and the transaction was consummated the same day.[10]

    WMXC

    The station was assigned the call letters WKRD by the Federal Communications Commission on September 12, 1994.[1] This change would prove short-lived as the station was assigned the current WMXC call sign on October 3, 1994.[1]

    In April 1997, Capitol Broadcasting Company, LLC, made a deal to sell this station to

    Clear Channel Communications through the Clear Channel Radio License, Inc, subsidiary.[11] The deal, part of the $24 million complete acquisition of Capital Broadcasting, was approved by the FCC on November 21, 1997, and the transaction was consummated on December 31, 1997.[12][13]

    Hurricane Ivan struck the Gulf Coast in 2004, and Hurricane Katrina followed in 2005. On both occasions, the station dropped all regular programming, and along with WKSJ, broadcast local hurricane and recovery information. It was the market's only radio-specific storm coverage. During Katrina, WMXC's continuous local coverage ran for 122 consecutive hours.

    In 2006, WMXC began streaming on the Internet but with a different

    Smooth Jazz
    format, a complement to the primary station's Smooth Jazz Sunday Brunch.

    HD Radio

    When it first began broadcasting using HD Radio technology, WMXC aired an

    urban gospel, branded as "Hallelujah 100.3".[14]

    On its HD3 subchannel, WMXC rebroadcasts the talk radio programming of co-owned WNTM 710 AM.

    Translator

    Broadcast translator
    for WMXC-HD2
    Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W)
    HAAT
    		 Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
    W262BL 100.3 FM Mobile, Alabama 150837 250 127 m (417 ft) D 30°43′34.7″N 88°9′6″W / 30.726306°N 88.15167°W / 30.726306; -88.15167 (W262BL) LMS

    References

    1. ^ a b c "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
    2. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
    3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WMXC
    4. ^ Radio-Locator.com/W262BL
    5. ^ "Directory of the AM and FM stations of the United States". 1952 Broadcasting Yearbook. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1952. p. 68.
    6. ^ a b c Lambert, Bruce (May 9, 1993). "Kenneth Giddens, a Former Chief Of Voice of America, Dies at 84". The New York Times.
    7. ^ "The Facilities of Radio". Broadcasting Yearbook 1969. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1969. p. B-5.
    8. ^ "Sam Hits 21". Time. July 15, 1966. Archived from the original on October 28, 2010.
    9. ^ "Application Search Details (BALH-19940429GP)". FCC Media Bureau. July 21, 1994.
    10. ^ "Application Search Details (BALH-19940923GH)". FCC Media Bureau. December 15, 1994.
    11. ^ Brantley, Mike (April 10, 1997). "More Changes on Tap for Mobile, Ala., Radio Lineup". The Mobile Register.
    12. ^ "Application Search Details (BAL-19970408GO)". FCC Media Bureau. December 31, 1997.
    13. ^ "Clear Channel Communications has agreed to purchase WKSF-AM-FM, WDWG(FM), WRKH(FM), WMXC(FM) and WNSP(FM)". Broadcasting & Cable. April 14, 1997. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012.
    14. ^ Hallelujah Launches in Mobile Radioinsight - January 29, 2018

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