WMPX (AM)

WMPX

City of license	Midland, Michigan
Broadcast area	Saginaw-Bay City-Midland
Branding	Sunny 97-7
Slogan	Continuous Lite Favorites
Frequency	1490 kHz
Format	Gold-based Soft AC
Power	1,000 watts
Class	C
Callsign meaning	Myron P. Patten (owner)
Former callsigns	WMDN (1948-1971)
Owner	Steel Broadcasting
Website	http://www.wmpxwmrx.com/

WMPX (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to Midland, Michigan broadcasting a Soft Adult Contemporary/Oldies format. The station is imaged as "Sunny 97-7," with 97.7 being the frequency of sister station WMRX-FM. Until January 2014, the station featured the America's Best Music format distributed by Westwood One.

WMPX is simulcast with WMRX-FM 97.7 24/7 except for some local sports play-by-play. Although there are other radio stations licensed to Midland, WMPX is today the only commercial radio station that primarily serves the Midland area (WUGN-FM is a non-commercial religious station and WKQZ-FM is licensed to Midland but has studios in Saginaw).

WMPX began broadcasting in 1948 as WMDN. WMDN was Midland's first radio station, owned by the city's newspaper, the Midland Daily News. That station continued to use that callsign until July 1971. (The WMDN calls are now used for a television station in Meridian, Mississippi.)

Sources

• Michiguide.com - WMPX History

External links

• Query the FCC's AM station database for WMPX
• Radio-Locator Information on WMPX
• Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WMPX