WMNX
City | Wilmington, North Carolina |
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Broadcast area | Wilmington Metro |
Frequency | 97.3 MHz |
Branding | "Coast 97.3" |
Programming | |
Format | Mainstream Urban |
Affiliations | The Breakfast Club (Radio Show) (Premiere Radio Networks) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Cumulus Media (Cumulus Licensing LLC) |
Sister stations | WGNI, WKXS-FM, WWQQ-FM, WAAV |
History | |
First air date | February 24, 1970 (as WHSL-FM) |
Former call signs | WHSL-FM (1970-1989) WMFD-FM (3/6/1989-11/1/1990)[1] |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 8584 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 269.3 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°03′0″N 78°04′56″W / 34.05000°N 78.08222°W |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | coast973.com |
WMNX is a Mainstream Urban formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Wilmington, North Carolina and serving the Wilmington Metro area.
History[]
97.3 was WHSL-FM at one time. In the early 1980s, album-oriented rock WHSL was launched. In the late 1980s, WHSL shifted to soft adult contemporary music during the day and smooth jazz in the evening, with calls WMFD-FM and later WMNX. In 1992, it switched to mainstream urban and began using the branding "Coast 97.3"[citation needed]. In 1999, Cape Fear Broadcasting announced the sale of its six stations to Cumulus Broadcasting. The sale was challenged by Ocean Broadcasting of Wilmington because it would give Cumulus 6 FMs and an AM in Wilmington, and about 55 percent of market revenue.[2] Today, WMNX airs a mainstream urban format.
References[]
- ^ "Call Sign history". Retrieved October 18, 2011.
- ^ Michael Futch, "For Cumulus, the Wait Continues," The Fayetteville Observer, September 10, 2000.
External links[]
- Official Website
- WMNX in the FCC FM station database
- WMNX on Radio-Locator
- WMNX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Radio stations in North Carolina
- Radio stations established in 1970
- Mainstream urban radio stations in the United States
- Cumulus Media radio stations
- North Carolina radio station stubs