WMT-FM
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| WMT-FM | |
| City of license | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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| Branding | Mix 96.5 |
| Slogan | Today's Hits, Yesterday's Favorites |
| Frequency | 96.5 (MHz) |
| First air date | February 27, 1963 |
| Format | Hot adult contemporary |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | Waterloo Morning Tribune (now-defunct newspaper that once owned its AM sister station) |
| Owner | Clear Channel Communications |
| Website | www.mix965.com |
WMT-FM (96.5 FM, "Mix 96.5") is a 100,000 watt radio station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is a Hot Adult Contemporary music formatted station owned by Clear Channel Communications. It is one of the few stations with a callsign beginning with W located west of the Mississippi River.
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[edit] History
WMT-FM signed on February 27, 1963, with a classical music format; it later became a "beautiful music" station before adopting its current AC format. WMT-FM's studios have been located at Broadcast Park on Collins Road in Cedar Rapids, along with its AM sister station WMT and TV station KGAN (the former WMT-TV), since it signed on.[1]
The station is known for their "time warp weekends" and long standing tradition of being heavily involved in the Cedar Rapids community. The station hosts "Uptown Friday Nights" every Friday night in downtown Cedar Rapids. The station often joins up with WMT-AM for special promotional events, and simulcasts during severe weather conditions.
[edit] Personalities and Programming
Mornings are hosted by Faye Dudley
Middays are hosted by Katheryn Foxx
Drive Time & Evenings Voice Tracked by JJ Cook
Overnights are hosted by Waldo
Past notable on-air personalities include "Disco Don" who hosted the #1 Saturday Night show in Cedar Rapids for several years, the "Saturday Night Dance Party". The show was all 1970s music.
[edit] References
- ^ Danek, Ernie (1980). Cedar Rapids: Tall Corn and High Technology. Woodland Hills, CA: Windsor Publications, 140-141. ISBN 0-89781-021-X.
[edit] External links
- WMT-FM website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WMT
- Radio Locator information on WMT
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WMT
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