WMXD
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| City | Detroit, Michigan |
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| Broadcast area | Metro Detroit |
| Branding | Mix 92.3 |
| Slogan | Detroit's R&B & Throwbacks |
| Frequency | 92.3 MHz (also on HD Radio) 92.3 HD-2 WMXD-2 K-Love (Contemporary Christian) |
| First air date | November 5, 1962 |
| Format | Urban Adult Contemporary/Throwback Hip-Hop |
| ERP | 45,000 watts |
| HAAT | 145 meters |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 59596 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°19′55″N 83°02′42″W / 42.33194°N 83.04500°W |
| Callsign meaning | The MiX, Detroit |
| Former callsigns | WVAE (12/28/87-12/1/89) WNTM (5/15/86-12/28/87) WCXI-FM (?-5/15/86) WTWR (?-?) WCAR (?-?) WLIN (11/2/62-12/8/64) |
| Owner |
iHeartMedia, Inc. (AMFM Radio Licenses, L.L.C.) |
| Sister stations | WDFN, WDTW-FM, WJLB, WKQI, WNIC |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | MIX 92.3 |
WMXD ("Mix 92.3") is an urban adult contemporary and Throwback Hip Hop-formatted FM radio station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, that broadcasts on the frequency of 92.3 MHz. The station operates with 45,000 watts of power from an antenna located on the Cadillac Tower building in downtown Detroit.
WMXD is licensed for HD Radio operations and plays contemporary Christian music on its HD2 side channel.
The studios were housed for years at Detroit's Penobscot Building until November 2009, when Clear Channel moved them to their corporate owned studios in Farmington Hills.
Under its urban AC format, WMXD programs a music selection of current R&B and classic soul titles along with an occasional old school hip-hop title.
Detroit’s 92.3 FM begins with a construction permit with the call letters WIPE, originally granted in 1960, held by jazz disc jockey Sleepy Stein and Henry Mancini. The FCC Construction Permit specified a power of 10 kW from a transmitter location atop the Cadillac Tower Building in downtown Detroit. In 1961, David Kelly formed Downriver Broadcasting and purchased the construction permit for WIPE from Stein and Mancini. Downriver Broadcasting was signed on by morning man Bill Hennes on November 2, 1962 from the transmitter site, with the call letters WLIN, and studios on Fort Street at LaBlanc Ave. in Lincoln Park. The studios were built and transmitter installed by chief engineer Art Lebermann. WLIN’s original aim was to program a full-service variety format for the downriver Detroit area. The original staff consisted of Morning man Bill Hennes, a two-hour talk show, Afternoon drive with Dave Kelly, and Ron Rose and Don Haney. However, in 1963, the station relocated its studios to the Lafayette Plaisance high-rise apartment complex in downtown Detroit, and the format became all jazz music.
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