WMYX-FM

WMYX-FM ("99.1 The Mix FM - Milwaukee") is a Hot AC formatted radio station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Identifying themselves on the air as "The Mix", WMYX-FM was the first station in the U.S. to use the "Mix" moniker. WMYX-FM has been airing roughly the same format since late 1981. The station is owned by Entercom, along with sister stations WXSS-FM and WSSP. Its studios and transmitter are co-located in Hales Corners. The playlist consists of current hits and previous hits from the 2000s and 2010s.

History

WMYX-FM began on November 1, 1962 as WEMP-FM. At first, the station simply re-broadcast WEMP-AM, but by the late 1960s, WEMP-FM was airing its own programming for about half of its broadcast day. In 1970, the station flipped to its own full-time format: WNUW Stereo FM. Over the years, it broadcast an automated oldies format, soft Top 40, an album-oriented rock format known as "X-Rock 99", then easy listening. On October 31, 1978, the station flipped to "Disco 99" and played nonstop disco music (they would be the first disco station in Milwaukee, pre-dating WLUM's launch into the format four months later in February 1979). WNUW's run as a disco outlet would last for less than 10 months. Afterward, it became known merely as "Music FM 99" again, this time with a disco-leaning Top 40 hits format, before finally changing to adult contemporary-formatted "The Mix" with the WMYX call letters in 1981.