WCHT (600 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, it first began broadcasting under the WLST call sign in 1958, and then became WBDN around 1971. WBDN programmed adult contemporary music throughout the 1970s and then went country around 1979, keeping that format until late 1986, when the station switched formats to oldies under the WCHT calls (with the call letters standing for Classic Hits). It is also simulcast on the FM band through

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licensed to Escanaba, Michigan.

106.3 FM History

WMXG was granted a license in October 1999 and commenced broadcasting in March 2000. The station, branded as "Mix 106" and based through studios in

Escanaba Escanaba ( ), commonly shortened to Esky, is a port city in Delta County in the U.S. state of Michigan, located on Little Bay de Noc in the state's Upper Peninsula. The population was 12,616 at the 2010 census, making it the third-largest city i ...

, originally broadcast a

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music format, with some rock music included in the playlist in its early months. In Fall 2006, "Mix 106" converted to a

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format, with some modern rock songs included during evening hours. In recent years, WMXG has encountered financial and transmission problems. A transmitter failure forced the station off the air on April 25, 2012. ELG requested and was granted by the

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Special Temporary Authority (STA) to remain off the air due to financial reasons. WMXG resumed limited operations with rock music in late April 2013, meeting the STA's expiration date. Since that time, it is unclear whether ELG has made only periodical, temporary broadcast resumptions in order to meet FCC-dictated deadlines, risking automatic surrender of the station's license if those deadlines are not met. ELG, in requesting previous STAs to keep WMXG off-air, has cited as reasons the station's "next-to-nonexistent business" and continued transmitter problems, as well as failed efforts to resolve the Lyle Evans' estate and seek new ownership for the station. As of December 2015, the station studios remain locked, with no staff anywhere in the State of Michigan. On March 13, 2017, it was announced that WMXG would be sold to Armada Media, stating that they have "exciting plans" for the station that will be announced in the coming months.

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"Mix 106" on FacebookFCC History Cards for WCHT
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in Michigan CHT Radio stations established in 1971 Radio stations established in 2000