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WMPX (AM)

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WMPX in Midland, along with WMRX-FM in Beaverton, changed hands again in late 1992 with Steel Broadcasting as the new owners. Steel Broadcasting was headed up by Tom Steel (55 percent) and previous WMPX shareholder Pat Patten (45 percent). Steel, Assistant General Manager at the station at the time
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In April 2023, Black Diamond Broadcasting exercised an option to purchase WMPX, WMRX-FM, and translator W299CK from Steel Broadcasting. On July 7, 2023, WMPX dropped its classic country format and switched back to a simulcast of WMRX-FM's classic hits format, branded as "Sunny 97.7/107.7". The
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97.7 24/7 except for some local sports play-by-play. Although there are other radio stations licensed to Midland, WMPX is today the only commercial radio station that primarily serves the Midland area (
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On March 1, 2019, WMPX split from its simulcast with WMRX-FM and launched a classic country format, branded as "107.7 The Highway" (simulcast on FM translator W299CK 107.7 FM Midland).
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The station was then sold in 1968 to Patten Broadcasting Co. and changed the call sign in 1971 to WMPX after firm president Myron P. Patten.
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For the television station operating on channel 24 in Meridian, Mississippi that uses the callsign previously used by WMRX, see
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WMPX began broadcasting in 1948 as WMDN. WMDN was Midland's first radio station, owned by the city's newspaper, the
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acquisition by Black Diamond Broadcasting was consummated on October 17, 2023, at a price of $ 100,000.
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WMPX general manager Ronald Maines bought the station from Patten Communications Corp in 1981.
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of the sale, was originally hired as a sales rep at WMPX in 1977.
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The station was sold in 1959 to a group of Bay City businessmen.
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That station continued to use that call sign until July 1971.
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Black Diamond Broadcasting began operating WMPX under a
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This article about a radio station in Michigan is a
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is licensed to Midland but has studios in Saginaw).
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WMDN
WMRX-FM
Beaverton
Midland, Michigan
Saginaw
Bay City
Midland
Frequency
kHz
Format
Classic hits
Sister stations
WMRX-FM
Call sign
FCC
Facility ID
Class
Power
watts
43°36′53″N 84°13′15″W / 43.61472°N 84.22083°W / 43.61472; -84.22083
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LMS
Webcast
Listen Live
sunny977fm.com
kHz
AM
radio station
Midland, Michigan

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