WMXI
{{short description|Radio station in Ellisville, Mississippi}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{no footnotes|date=August 2008}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WMXI
| logo = WMXI_98.1_FM.png
| city = Ellisville, Mississippi
| area = Hattiesburg, Mississippi
| branding = News Talk 107-1
| frequency = 107.1 MHz
| airdate = May 1989
| format = News/talk
| erp = 1,500 watts
| haat = 198 meters (649.61 feet)
| class = A
| facility_id = 54655
| coordinates = {{coord|31|31|36.10|N|89|08|10.20|W|region:US-MS_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| former_frequencies = 98.1 MHz (1989–2025)
| owner = Jill Hebert Pol
| licensee = Eagle Broadcasting, LLC
| affiliations = Fox News Radio
Genesis Communications Network
Premiere Networks
USA Radio Network
Westwood One
| sister_stations = WFOR
| webcast = [https://radio.securenetsystems.net/cwa/index.cfm?stationCallSign=WMXI Listen Live]
| website = [https://www.wmxi.com/ wmxi.com]
| licensing_authority= FCC
}}
WMXI (107.1 FM, "News Talk 107-1") is a news/talk formatted radio station licensed to Ellisville, Mississippi, serving the Laurel-Hattiesburg Arbitron market.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WMXI |title=WMXI Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |accessdate=January 12, 2025}}
History
WMXI signed on in May 1989 with a soft adult contemporary format as "Max 98".{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1989-06.pdf |work=The M Street Journal|date=June 19, 1989|title=CP Activity|page=2|access-date=January 15, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-1989-06.pdf |work=The M Street Journal|date=June 19, 1989|title=Format Changes|page=1|access-date=January 15, 2025}} In April 2001, the station changed its format to dance-leaning Top 40 as "98.1 The Hot FM" through an LMA with Millennium Communications of Sicklerville, NJ.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-BC/FMedia/FMedia-2001.pdf |work=FMedia!|date=May 2001|title=Format Changes|page=2|access-date=January 15, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-2001-05.pdf |work=The M Street Journal|date=May 2, 2001|title=Format Changes and Updates|page=6|access-date=January 19, 2025}} When the LMA ended in September 2002, WMXI became "98X" with a format change to alternative rock.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-2002-09.pdf |work=The M Street Journal|date=September 18, 2002|title=Format Changes and Updates|page=7|access-date=January 14, 2025}} In October 2002, "Talk Radio 98.1 WMXI" debuted when the news/talk format of then-sister station WXHB was moved to WMXI. WXHB was then sold to Blakeney Communications, Inc.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-M-Street/M-Street-Journal/M-Street-2002-10.pdf |work=The M Street Journal|date=October 2, 2002|title=Proposed Station Transfers|page=12|access-date=January 15, 2025}}
WMXI moved to 107.1 MHz in January 2025 and increased its ERP from 1,000 to 1,500 watts.
References
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External links
- {{FM station data|54655|WMXI}}
{{Laurel-Hattiesburg Radio}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in Mississippi}}
Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1989
Category:1989 establishments in Mississippi
Category:Jones County, Mississippi
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