WMXG
WMXG (106.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to Stephenson, Michigan and serving south central Upper Michigan, including the cities of Escanaba, Gladstone, Iron Mountain, and Menominee. The station is licensed to Escanaba License Group (ELG), a company owned by the estate of the late Lyle R. Evans (d. 2006), a Green Bay, Wisconsin broadcast executive who was involved in several radio or TV stations in Wisconsin and Michigan, including the launch of what is now Green Bay's NBC affiliate, WGBA-TV formerly known as WLRE-TV.
WMXG was granted a license in October 1999 and commenced broadcasting in March 2000. The station, branded as "Mix 106" and based through studios in Escanaba, originally broadcast a Hot Adult Contemporary music format, with some rock music included in the playlist in its early months. In Fall 2006, "Mix 106" converted to a classic hits format, with some modern rock songs included during evening hours.
In recent years, WMXG has encountered financial and transmission problems. A transmitter failure forced the station off the air on April 25, 2012. ELG requested and was granted by the FCC Special Temporary Authority (STA) to remain off the air due to financial reasons. WMXG resumed limited operations with rock music in late April 2013, meeting the STA's expiration date. Since that time, it is unclear whether ELG has made only periodical, temporary broadcast resumptions in order to meet FCC-dictated deadlines, risking automatic surrender of the station's license if those deadlines are not met. ELG, in requesting previous STAs to keep WMXG off-air, has cited as reasons the station's "next-to-nonexistent business" and continued transmitter problems, as well as failed efforts to resolve the Lyle Evans' estate and seek new ownership for the station. As of December 2015, the station studios remain locked, with no staff anywhere in the State of Michigan.
Podcasts:
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by Jimmy Buffett
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by Beck
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by James Taylor
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by Nazareth
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by Ricardo Arjona
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by Ricardo Arjona
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by Boehse Onkelz
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by Morrissey
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by Incubus
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by Sammy Hagar
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by Man'a
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by Clay Walker
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by Steve Forbert
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by Cake
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by Samiam
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by Brandtson
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by Cunninlynguists
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by Nine Days
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by Nationalhymnen
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by Rivermaya
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by Butthole Surfers
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by B2k
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by An Pierle
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by Leona Naess
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by Refreshments
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by CARBON LEAF
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by Laura Marling
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by Firefall
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by Les Humphries Singers
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by Mundy
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by Katrina & The Waves
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by Ostava
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by Andrew Ridgeley
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by Alley Kat
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by Romantica
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by Ayaka
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by Vicci Martinez
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by Munroe
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by Die Flippers
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by Soft Pack
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by Satellite Stories
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by Potshot
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by Moe.
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by Movement
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by Motel Motel
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by Gabriel Antonio
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by David Rybka
Mexico
by: Jimmy BuffettWay down here, you need a reason to move
Feel a fool running your stateside games
Lose your load, leave your mind behind
Baby, James
Oh, Mexico
It sounds so simple, I just got to go
The sun's so hot, I forgot to go home
I guess I'll have to go now
Americano's got the sleepy eyes
But his body's still shakin' like a live wire
Senorita with her eyes on fire
Don't you know
Oh, Mexico
It sounds so sweet with the sun sinkin' low
The moon so bright likes to light up the night
Make everything alright
Baby's hungry and the money's all gone
The folks back home don't want to talk on the phone
She gets a long letter and sends back a postcard
Times are hard
Oh, down in Mexico
I've never really been, so I don't really know
Oh, Mexico
I guess I'll have to go now
Oh, Mexico
I've never really been but I'd sure like to go
Oh Mexico
I guess I'll have to go now
Talkin' 'bout Mexico
Little honkey tonk out in Mexico
South of Margaritaville, I've been told
Andale, Andale, vamonos
Oh, yeah, let's load this cast of characters
On that boat and head south
Oh, yeah we got a wind at our back
Smooth sailin' all the way
We got old Nordstrom, he's our chef
He's down in that galley cookin' up a Barometer Soup for us
We gotta stop at our offshore Bank of Bad Habits
And make a deposit or a withdrawal
I don't know which one, y'know
We're goin' down to the land of the Mayans
Yeah, they were here long before the cavemen were
Cavemen in blue jeans oh, excuse me, that's not Politically Correct
That's cave persons in blue jeans
Skip, Wiley and Skink, we may run into them
Up to no good down there
Watch out for those barefoot children
Stompin' around in those puddles
Oh, yeah, and that remittance man
He's just goin' round and round
He may run into 'ol Frank Bama
Cruisin' around in the Hemisphere Dancer