WMVX
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| Broadcast area | Greater Cleveland |
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| Branding | Mix 106.5 |
| Slogan | No rules. Just great music. |
| First air date | 1961 (as WXEN) |
| Frequency | 106.5 (MHz)  106.5 HD-2 for AAA |
| Format | Adult Hits |
| ERP | 11,500 watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | a combination of Mix and Variety |
| Owner | Clear Channel |
| Website | www.wmvx.com |
WMVX is a commercial FM radio station in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, broadcasting at 106.5 MHz with a Variety Hits format. The station calls itself "Mix 106-5". Its transmitter is located in Parma, Ohio.
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[edit] History
In the 1960s the station was WXEN, whose calls stood for founder Xenophon Zapis. WXEN was one of two Cleveland stations (the other being WZAK which Zapis later founded) that featured mostly nationality programming, that is, one or two hour programs devoted to music and programming for different nationalities, such as Polish, Slovenian or Hungarian, with program hosts speaking in the native language. It used the slogan "The Station of the Nations." Tuschman Broadcasting Company sold the station to Booth Broadcasting of Detroit in 1964. Booth American installed a rock format on March 13, 1977 with the name "ZIP 106" [1], changing the call letters to WZZP on March 21, 1977.
The station changed to WLTF on March 5, 1984 and had an adult contemporary format as "Lite Rock 106½." Its "Lovelite" jingles were created for the station by Jim Brickman in 1987. WLTF was Cleveland's number one radio station through the late 1980s and early 1990s [2], with its morning program hosted by "Trapper Jack" Elliott also rated number one. Billboard magazine named WLTF the "Adult Contemporary Station of the Year" in 1991. Soon other stations such as WQAL and WDOK started competiting head-to-head with similar formats and gaining market share. The station flipped to Hot AC and changed its call letters to WMVX on October 17, 1997. WMVX is a very gold based Hot AC station in its present incarnation, focuing on hit music from the 1980's.
[edit] Programming
[edit] Weekdays
- Midnight-5:30am: Mix Music
- 5:30am-10:00am: Brian and Joe
- 10:00am-3:00pm: Lori Bradley (featuring the 80's Cyber Cafe)
- 3:00pm-7:00pm: Daune Robinson
- 7:00pm-Midnight: Jay Hudson (featuring the 80's at 8)
No Repeat Workday every weekeday from 8am-5pm
[edit] Saturdays
- Midnight-6:00am: Mix Music
- 6:00am-10:00am: Unknown Female DJ
- 10:00am-3:00pm: Lori Bradley
- 3:00pm-7:00pm: Daune Robinson
- 7:00pm-Midnight: Kat Jackson and the Saturday Night 80's, with Big Hair Heaven from 11pm-Midnight
[edit] Sundays
- Midnight-5:00am: Mix Music
- 5:00am-6:00am: Public Affairs Programming
- 6:00am-7:00am: Mix Music
- 7:00am-10:00am: American Top 20 with Casey Kasem
- 10:00am-3:00pm: Jay Hudson
- 3:00pm-8:00pm: Kat Jackson
- 8:00pm- Midnight: Backtrax USA with Kid Kelly
- 8:00-10:00: Backtrax 80's
- 10:00-12:00: Backtrax 90's
[edit] External links
- WMVX Official Web Site
- WXEN Timeline from Cleveland Broadcast Radio Archives
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WMVX
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