WIXE

WIXE (branded as The Mighty 93.1FM & 1190AM) in Monroe, North Carolina is a radio station at 93.1FM & 1190 AM. It broadcasts a local talk format as well as a Classic Country & Classic Rock format and is currently under ownership of Monroe Broadcasting Co., Inc. The station has been continuously on the air since 1968.

WIXE
CityMonroe, North Carolina
Broadcast areaCharlotte metropolitan area
BrandingThe Mighty 1190
Slogan"The Best Local Talk and Country Favorites"
Frequency1190 kHz
FormatCountry/Talk
Power5,000 watts (Daytime)
70 watts (Nighttime)
ClassD
OwnerMonroe Broadcasting
WebcastWIXE Live Feed
Websitewixe.com

WIXE is not automated during the daytime hours and still uses local announcers. Currently the Night-time format is the John Tesh radio show with Country Music.

WIXE offers a variety of programming, as well as music. Tune in at different times to see exactly what makes WIXE “The Voice of Union County...”

Monday - Friday

Let's Talk Racin’ 7:05AM-7:30AM The Breakfast Club Morning Show 7:30AM-10AM The Swap Shop 10AM-11:30AM Your Turn Talk Show 11:30-12PM Classic Country with Magoo 12PM-3PM Country Classics with Mitzi Miles 3PM-7PM John Tesh Radio Show 7PM-midnight Friday Night Football 6:30PM-10:30PM

Saturdays

Let's Get Growing 8AM-9AM The Final Score Sports Show 9AM-10AM Rowdy Yates Country Gold, Knee Deep In Bluegrass, & Honky Tonkin’ with Tracy Lawrence round out the Saturday music line-up with John Tesh's “Best of Intelligence” Show headlining each Saturday Night.

Sundays feature area church broadcasts until 3PM. From 3PM-6PM WIXE brings you the best in Southern Gospel and Praise & Worship before re-broadcasting area church programs.

WIXE was recently named the “NC Station of the Year”, and currently is celebrating 50 years of broadcasting to Union County & Beyond.

WIXE Staff

Archie Morgan - President & Owner

Shane Greene - Program Director

Kathie Easton - Sales Manager

Stacey Polk - Office Manager

Emory Altman - Producer/On-Air

Chris Rogers - Producer/On-Air

Alex Helms - Sales/On-Air

Terri Little - Special Event Director

“Sideline” Mike Whitmire - Football

Hayden McAteer - Football

Orlando Diaz - Saturday On-Air


Business Office (704) 289-2525

On-Air Line (704) 283-1190

History

Ray Atkins became co-owner of WIXE in 1971 after rock and roll did not work, switching to country, the second Charlotte-area station to do so after WSOC-FM. Atkins had previously played country music as a DJ on WMAP in Monroe, As a musician, he played steel guitar with Arthur Smith and Bill Hefner.

In Summer 1988, for the first time in its 20 years on the air, WIXE ranked second only to WBT among AM radio stations in the Charlotte market.[1]

On July 10, 2008, a truck accidentally backed into one of the guy wires of the station's nearly-190-foot-tall tower, bringing the tower down and knocking the station off the air. While the AM broadcast signal was off, WIXE continued streaming online.

Monroe Broadcasting owner Archie Morgan and his team began the construction of a new tower for the station.[2] By 11 o'clock that night, the broadcast signal was back on the air thru the use of a horizontal dipole antenna. The plan was for this antenna to be used until the new tower could be built.

As of September 21, 2008, WIXE was back up to full power with the new tower, as well as a new ground system. The station already reached 9 counties, but the replacement of the 40-year-old ground system made a vast improvement in coverage into Mecklenberg and surrounding counties.

WIXE, The Mighty 1190 is an old-school local radio station with strong ties to the community since 1968.

References
  1. Gene Stowe, "No. 2 with a Bullet: WIXE Climbs AM Radio Survey with Hot Country," The Charlotte Observer, October 30, 1988.
  2. "Truck brings down tower of WIXE "Mighty 1190" in NC". Radio-Info.com. July 11, 2008.


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