WMAX may refer to:

  • Wmax, a Cinemax channel.
  • WMAX (AM), a radio station (1440 AM) licensed to Bay City, Michigan, United States
  • WMAX-FM, a radio station (96.1 FM) licensed to Holland, Michigan, United States
  • WBZY, a radio station (105.3 FM) licensed to Bowden, Georgia, United States, which used the call sign WMAX-FM from February 2002 to September 2004
  • WMGP, a radio station (98.1 FM) licensed to Hogansville, Georgia, United States, which used the call sign WMAX-FM from August 1999 to February 2002
  • WGVU (AM), a radio station (1480 AM) licensed to Kentwood, Michigan, United States, which used the call sign WMAX from the 1950s until July 1992

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WMAX-FM

WMAX-FM are the call letters of a radio station owned by iHeartMedia located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, transmitting on a frequency of 96.1 MHz.

The station is identified as 96.1 ESPN and carries both locally produced play by play sportscasts and sports talk programs, as well as programming from the ESPN Radio network.

The station is licensed for HD Radio operations and features a simulcast of talk sister station WTKG on its HD-2 side channel.

History

The frequency originally belonged to WHTC-FM, which went on the air in 1961, with an antenna on the WHTC/1450 tower in downtown Holland, Michigan. During this time (from the station's inception until the early 1980s), the station was generally being used as a simulcast to WHTC.

In 1981, Michael Walton, of Milwaukee WI, purchased WHTC and WHTC-FM. By 1983, 96.1 became known as WYXX, with a new tower. After Walton assumed full control of the station, it became a fully automated CHR station, with programming provided by syndicator Century 21. The all-hit format was softened to adult contemporary by 1985, to better compete with existing stations in the Grand Rapids market.

WMAX (AM)

WMAX (1440 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic religious format. It is co-owned with WDEO 990 AM in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and features the same programming from the EWTN Global Catholic Radio network. Licensed to Bay City, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1925 under the WSKC call sign, and served the Bay City area as a local station for many years as WBCM with a variety of formats including MOR and country music. Today, WMAX is physically located in Saginaw.

WMAX is of no relation to WMAX-FM 96.1, a Clear Channel Communications-owned radio station in Holland, Michigan.

WMAX is also the former call sign of an AM station at 1480 kHz in Grand Rapids, Michigan (now WGVU-AM).

WMAX's programming is simulcast on WHHQ AM 1250, a station based in Bridgeport and covers much of the same broadcasting area as WMAX.

Sources

  • Michiguide.com - WMAX History
  • External links

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

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Who Got Tha Clout?

    by: Mia X

    [Intro:]
    Who Got Tha Clout?
    Don't act surprised cuz it's that bitch from the South.
    Pumpin' out the N-O.
    You don't want no clout.
    Who Got Tha Clout?
    Don't act surprised cuz it's that bitch from the South.
    [1st Verse: Mia X]
    Who's 'bout to come?
    Who they cleared the way for?
    Who all them niggas respect?
    Who got them hoes scared to flex?
    Well here's a track that gets wrecked.
    Who's got the industry hexed?
    Well now, it's mama, full of marijuana.
    Headline nigga, whatcha' whatcha' want, huh?
    You can see them niggas writin' rhymes,
    but don't need none, want some.
    Hoes run from these here,
    who gon still be the boss bitch next year?
    Who ain't gotta brag cuz the realness is there?
    Who be havin' muthafuckas bucked everywhere?
    When you think the biggest mama,
    who be on yo' fuckin' mind?
    When you hear 'bout it, 'bout it,
    who you waitin' for to rhyme?
    Whose time is now?
    Who you can't doubt?
    Who's got clout?
    Say my name loud.
    [Bridge One x4: Mia X]
    [Records Scratching]
    Mia...X... When Mystikal hits the door.
    [Verse Two: Mystikal]
    You better hold yo' breath,
    cuz I'ma leave this bitch SMOKIN', like ganja.
    Not only will I run 'ya, BITCH I'LL RUN BEHIND 'YA.
    I, stay sharper than yo' barbershop barber,
    it's my honor, to rock it wit' the biggest mama.
    I ROLLS, like hoes jaws go off from, RAW,
    it's me the meat claws off.
    Oh, you supposed to be balla?
    It take tall props to call shots, that's bigger than bald spots,
    y'all workin' off small pox.
    You know, like I know, leave yo' fuckin' jaws locked,
    stop worryin' 'bout niggas thats out to leave, work what
    y'all got.
    Believe none of what you hear, and some of what you
    saw, Mystikal, Mia X, who the fuck you think it's for?
    Look we ain't yo' standard his and hers rap duo,
    we cut the fuckin' fool, who try somethin' TRU.
    Been bustin' ass since days of old school,
    I refuse to leave this bitch without my props and the jewels.
    [Bridge Two:]
    When Mystikal Hits The Door,
    How ya' daughter got popped
    [x7]
    When Mystikal Hits The Door, When Mystikal Hits The Door
    [Verse Three: Both]
    [Mia X]
    Mama comes through this bitch, like Hurricane
    Bessy, messy hoes know, chill wit that ass like
    a mill.
    [Mystikal] I know they knew this ain't no damn Jack and Jill,
    we run this fuckin' hill, got this bitch locked down,
    so tight, zipped up, shit sealed!
    [Mia] Still, I gotta keep my pocketbook filled...
    [Mys] And you WILL, just gotta keep my wallet on til'.
    Build our nine together, watch what kinda car we build.
    Nigga better find some silence fo' yo'self, stop walkin' on
    STEEL.
    [Mia] For real, you know we actin' plum donkey, black prince
    of the South and mama Mia tag teamin' boku funky...
    [Mys] Stankin' like Monkey Shit!
    [Mia] On the side of Limberger...
    [Mys] On top of fart rocks...
    [Mia] Washed down with skunk piss.
    [Mys] I don't think they heard us,
    stop trippin' cuz you playin' wit' yo'self,
    bitch we rappin' for the world, just say that shit to yourself.
    [Mia] Intentions of wealth, who you see?
    That nigga wit' the braids, and that squeaky voiced bitch,
    lyrics hurtin' yo' head for days, nigga. Representin' the
    South, fuck all that asshole and nasty, you gonna
    gimme my clout.
    [Outro:]
    I represent...
    Who got the clout?...




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