WMTX
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| City | Tampa, Florida |
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| Broadcast area | Tampa Bay Area |
| Branding | Mix 100.7 |
| Slogan | Variety, from the 90's to Now |
| Frequency | 100.7 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Translator(s) | 94.5 W233AV (Gulfport, relays HD2) 99.1 W256CT (Bayonet Point, relays HD2) 102.9 W275AZ (Wesley Chapel South, relays HD2) 105.9 W290BJ (West Tampa, relays HD2) |
| First air date | November 1947 (as WDAE-FM) |
| Format |
Hot AC HD2: Classic hip-hop "Throwback 94.5 & 105.9" |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 472 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 23078 |
| Callsign meaning | Tampa Bay's MiX 100.7 (transposed) |
| Former callsigns | WDAE-FM (1947-1966, 1968-1976) WATL-FM (1966-1968) WAVV (1976-1978) WJYW (1978-1982) WIQI (1982-1986) WUSA-FM (1986-1996) WUKS (1996-1998) WAKS (1998-1999) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (Citicasters Licenses, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | WBTP, WDAE, WFLA, WFLZ, WFUS, WHNZ, WXTB |
| Webcast |
Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
| Website |
tampabaysmix.iheart.com throwbacktampabay.iheart.com (HD2) |
WMTX is a Hot AC radio station in Tampa, Florida known as "Mix 100.7". It plays a variety of current hits along with some hit music from the past, as far back as the 1980s. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., the station's studios are located in South Tampa and the transmitter site is in Riverview. WMTX also serves as the primary Emergency Alert System station for all of Tampa Bay.
In 1947, the station signed on the air as WDAE-FM, a contemporary music station (though it would carry the WATL call letters for a two-year period). In 1976, the station flipped to beautiful music and the callsign changed to WAVV. During the WAVV years, the station's tagline was "Waves of Beautiful Music". In 1978, the callsign changed to WJYW. In 1982, the station flipped from beautiful music to adult contemporary and the callsign changed to WIQI ("W-101"). In 1986, the callsign changed to WUSA-FM (named after Washington D.C. TV station WUSA-TV), while still being named "W-101" before rebranding as simply "101 WUSA" in July 1994. In December 1996, after Gannett traded the station to Jacor, the station flipped to Hot AC and rebranded as "Kiss 100.7", with the call letters changing to WUKS. In 1998, the call letters were changed to WAKS. During the "Kiss" era, the station was the home of the popular, locally syndicated Mason Dixon Morning Show. On August 28, 1999, at Midnight, the station became "Mix 100.7" without any fanfare from Tampa listeners, and the callsign changed to WMTX (which was first used on 95.7 as "Mix 96"). Community outrage was highly noted in local newspapers and on other radio stations.
Since the surprise format switch, WMTX has had respectable ratings but has never held the #1 spot in the Tampa Bay radio market.
For years, Mix 100.7 aired the popular syndicated shows American Top 20 with Casey Kasem and Backtrax USA with Kid Kelly. However, in the summer of 2006, Backtrax was dropped. About a year later, the station dropped Kasem's countdown show.
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