WWHX is an FM radio station on 100.7 MHz at

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. It received its license on January 10, 2006, and began its previous

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format with the name Hot 100.7 on April 1, 2018. The station is a Neuhoff Media through licensee Neuhoff Media Bloomington, LLC.

History

100.7 signed on in August 2005 as WVMG with an

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format known as Magic 100.7. Magic signed on as a direct competitor to Star 107.7, but had a better signal within Bloomington/Normal. The station had modest success but was able to eventually drive competitor Star 107.7 out of the format in 2007. Throughout its years as an AC station it flipped to a Christmas format every November around Thanksgiving. The station hired Fasig, a known talent from

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as a morning host. In March 2012, then-owner Connoisseur Media pulled the plug on Magic and flipped to a CHR format as Hits 100.7. The station continued to air a contemporary hit radio format until April 1, 2018, when it switched to a

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format with the branding "Hot 100.7: The Beat of BloNo", with the first song being "

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" by Nelly. On November 1, 2021, WWHX dropped its Rhythmic CHR format and began stunting with Christmas music as "100.7 - Bloomington-Normal's Christmas Station". On January 1, 2022, the station switched to a hot adult contemporary format branded as "Now 100.7", with the first song being "

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" by Hozier.

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