WMNX
City of license | Wilmington, North Carolina |
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Broadcast area | Wilmington Metro |
Branding | "Coast 97.3" |
Slogan | "#1 for Hip Hop and R&B" |
Frequency | 97.3 MHz |
First air date | 1992 |
Format | Mainstream Urban |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 269.3 meters |
Class | C1 |
Facility ID | 8584 |
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Former callsigns | WMFD-FM (3/6/1989-11/1/1990) WHSL[1] WWIL |
Affiliations | Rickey Smiley Morning Show |
Owner | Cumulus Media (Cumulus Licensing LLC) |
Sister stations | WGNI, WKXS-FM, WWQQ-FM, WAAV |
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 WWIL 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.
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External links
- Official Website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WMNX
- Radio-Locator information on WMNX
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WMNX
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