WMHX
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| Broadcast area | Madison metropolitan area |
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| Frequency | 105.1MHz |
| Branding | Mix 105.1 |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | Hot adult contemporary |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | April 20, 1992(as WYZM) |
Former call signs |
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Call signmeaning | "Mix" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73655 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 6,000watts |
| HAAT | 74 meters (243 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°13′19″N89°18′00″W/ 43.222°N 89.300°W |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live(viaAudacy) |
| Website | www |
WMHX(105.1FM"Mix 105.1" ) is acommercialradio stationlicensedtoWaunakee, Wisconsinand serving theMadison metropolitan area.The station is owned byAudacy, Inc.and broadcasts ahot adult contemporaryradio format.From mid November to December 25, it switches to allChristmas music.
History
[edit]On April 20, 1992, the station firstsigned onas WYZM, owned by Janice and Ronald Felder.[2]The station was known throughout most of the 1990s ascountry musicstation "The Big Y-105". The station was the first country FM competitor toWWQM-FM.[3]
It became WBZU ( "105-1 The Buzz" ) in November 2000, launching a 1980s music format with a 5,000-song marathon without interruption.[4]Over time, the station started to sprinkle hits from the 70s and 90s into its format, with an eventual emphasis onclassic hitsfrom all three decades.
On May 5, 2005,[5]the station became WCHY and rebranded as "105.1 Charlie FM" ( "We Play Everything" ), adopting anadult hitsformat very similar to theJack FM-branded stations, with a wide-ranging list of popular music from the 70s, 80s, and 90s, along with occasional music from the 1960s and 2000s. In later years, "Charlie FM" would feature commercial-free weekday morning music blocks (8–11 a.m.) as well as "No-Repeat Work Weeks", in which no song was repeated for the entire 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday-thru-Friday work week. Aside from airing the syndicatedKidd Kraddick in the Morningshow between March 2009 and May 2010, "Charlie FM" used no regular roster of livedisc jockeys,with prerecorded voiceovers serving as the continuity element. (The WBZU call letters would be parked at 910 AM in Scranton, Pennsylvania.[6])
On September 4, 2012, at 2 p.m., after playing a half-hour of "goodbye" -themed songs (ending with*Nsync's "Bye Bye Bye"andR.E.M.'s "It's The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"), WCHY flipped to ahot adult contemporaryformat as "Mix 105.1", launching withCarly Rae Jepsen's"Call Me Maybe".(The station would change its call sign to WMHX on September 20, 2012.) In announcing the change, Entercom-Madison VP/Market Manager Michael Keck stated that" There is a hole in the [Madison] market for a station like Mix; "indeed, Madison had lacked a Hot AC-formatted station sinceWXXM( "Mix 92.1" ) dropped the format forprogressive talkin 2004. "Mix 105.1" aimed to position itself musically between popular competitorsWZEE(Top 40) andWMGN(AC) with a playlist emphasizing current musicians includingAdele,Pink,Rihanna,andMaroon 5.[7]
Former logo
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WCHY
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WMHX".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1994 page B-418
- ^Kovalic, John (May 8, 1992)."There's a new kid on the radio block".Wisconsin State Journal.p. Rhythm 21.RetrievedFebruary 24,2020.
- ^"RR-2000-11-24.pdf"(PDF).World Radio History.November 24, 2000.
- ^Alesia, Tom (May 6, 2005)."'Buzz' stops buzzing; now, 'Charlie' runs show ".Wisconsin State Journal.p. C6.RetrievedFebruary 24,2020.
- ^Ondrako, Mary (June 4, 2005)."Jack airs his eclectic tastes on growing range of stations".Times-Tribune.p. B3.RetrievedFebruary 24,2020.
- ^"Mix 105.1 Debuts,"from RadioInsight, originally reported 8/15/2012 and updated 9/4/2012
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 740770 (WMHX)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WMHXinNielsen Audio's FM station database