WMWX

WMWX

City	Miamitown, Ohio
Broadcast area	Greater Cincinnati
Branding	ClassX
Slogan	The New Breed of Rock
Frequency	88.9 MHz
Repeaters	WKCX/Crittenden 89.1 MHz WYNS/Waynesville 89.1 MHz
First air date	August 6, 2006
Format	Classic rock
ERP	4,600 watts
HAAT	114 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	93070
Transmitter coordinates	39°19′18.00″N 84°57′33.00″W / 39.3216667°N 84.9591667°W / 39.3216667; -84.9591667
Callsign meaning	W M W "ClassX"
Former callsigns	990325MC (1999–2006)
Owner	Spryex Communications, Inc. (Spryex Communications, Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	classxradio.com

WMWX (88.9 FM) – branded ClassX – is a non-commercial classic rock radio station licensed to Miamitown, Ohio. Owned by Spryex Communications, Inc., WMWX is the Cincinnati affiliate for Floydian Slip. The WMWX studios are located in the Cincinnati suburb of Hamilton, while the station transmitter resides in Brookville, Indiana.

WMWX primarily serves western parts of Greater Cincinnati, but also extends its signal by using two full-power repeaters. Licensed to Crittenden, Kentucky, repeater WKCX (89.1 FM) provides coverage to eastern and southern parts of Greater Cincinnati. Licensed to Waynesville, Ohio, repeater WYNS (89.1 FM) provides coverage to Warren County, Ohio.

History

WMWX, 88.9 FM signed on the air with 5,000 watts on August 6, 2006. ClassX on 88.9 FM, WMWX; reaches potentially nearly 1.8 million listeners in the greater Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana area. ClassX is a True Rock format. The station promises a variety and exposure of new artists and their music as well as deep tracks off of old classic rock albums. ClassX is Album Rock: a mix of New Melodic Album Rock releases combined with lost Classic Rock tracks from the past 40 years. In 2011, 88.9 FM expanded its broadcasting signal to simulcasting on 89.1 FM (WKCX) in Cincinnati as well as 89.1 FM (WYNS) in Waynesville, Ohio.^[1]^[2]

Current programming

WMWX uses an all-volunteer staff with live on-air disc jockeys. The station airs a variety of classic rock, including heavy metal, psychedelic rock, blues, progressive rock, garage rock, and hair metal, as well as specialty shows featuring The Beatles (Beatles-a-Rama) and Pink Floyd (Floydian Slip).^[3]^[4]

Other notes

The call sign WMWX was previously used for Philadelphia's Mix 95.7 station, now broadcasting as WBEN-FM.

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Radio stations in the Cincinnati, Ohio market

By AM frequency	550 700¹ 740 910 1050 1160 1230 1320 1360 1450 1480 1530¹ 1560

By FM frequency	88.3 88.5 88.7 88.9 89.3 89.5 89.7 89.9 90.9 91.1 91.7 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.7 95.9 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 103.9 103.9 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5

By NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.55

By callsign	KIH42 W233BG WAIF WAKW WAOL WCKY¹ WCNW WCVG WCVX WDBZ WDJO WEBN WFCJ WFTK WGRI WGRR WGUC WHKO WHSS WIOK WIZF WJVS WKFS WKID WKRC WKRQ WLHS WLW¹ WMKV WMOH WMUB WMWX WNKN WNKR WNKU WNNF WNOP WOBO WOFX-FM WOSL WOXY WPFB WRBI WREW WRRM WSAI WSCH WUBE-FM WVQC-LP WVXU WYGY WZDA

Defunct	WJVS (88.3 FM) WLMH (89.1 FM) WAQZ (97.3 FM)

Nearby radio markets Bloomington-Columbus, IN Columbus, OH Dayton Huntington-Ashland-Ironton Indianapolis Lexington Louisville Southern Ohio See also List of radio stations in Ohio List of radio stations in Kentucky List of radio stations in Indiana ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

Radio stations in the Dayton, Ohio market

By AM frequency	910 980 1110 1130 1210 1290 1340 1410 1500 1570 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.3 89.5 89.5 89.9 90.3 91.3 92.1 92.9 93.7 94.5 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.5 96.9 97.3 98.1 98.3 98.7 98.7 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.1 101.5 102.5 102.9 103.3 103.5 103.9 104.7 105.9 106.5 106.9 107.1 107.3 107.7

By callsign	W254BA W254BJ W266BG W273BQ W277AO WBZI WCHD WCLI-FM WCSU-FM WCWT-FM WDAO WDHT WDPG WDPR WDPS WEDI WEEC WFCJ WFTK WGNZ WGRR WGTZ WHIO WHIO-FM WHKO WING WIZE WKCD WKET WMMX WNKN WONE WPFB WPTW WQRP WREW WROU-FM WRZX WSWO-LP WTJN-LP WTUE WUDR WULM WUSO WWSU WYDA WYDB WYNS WYSO WZDA WZLR

Ohio radio markets Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Lima Marietta Toledo Youngstown–Warren Other Ohio radio regions Ashtabula Ironton Mid-Ohio Sandusky Southern Ohio Wheeling/Steubenville See also List of radio stations in Ohio

Classic rock radio stations in the state of Ohio

By frequency	88.9 89.1 92.1 92.5 93.3 94.5 95.1 96.3 98.5 98.7 100.9 102.3 102.9 104.7 104.9 106.3 107.5 107.5 107.7

By callsign	WBIK WBNO-FM WBUK WEGE WFXJ-FM WFXN-FM WLVQ WMWX WNCD WNCX WOFX-FM WTUE WVXG WXKR WXXF WYFM WYNS WYRO WZZZ

By city	Bryan Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Galion-Mansfield Lima Loudonville McArthur-Jackson North Kingsville-Ashtabula Miamitown-Cincinnati Mount Gilead Ottawa-Lima Pleasant City Portsmouth Port Clinton-Toledo Waynesville Youngstown Youngstown (Sharon, Pennsylvania)

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Ohio See also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock

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