Early years The station first went on the air in on July 28, 1969, as WCMJ, owned by the York-Clover Broadcasting Company. From 1978 to 1993, the station used the call letters WDZK and was known on the air as "K99" playing a format that, today would be considered
adult top 40.
WBT simulcast Despite its
clear-channel status that allows it to reach most of the eastern half of North America at night, WBT (AM)'s nighttime signal is spotty at best in some parts of the
Charlotte metropolitan area (particularly the western portion) because it operates with a directional antenna at night to avoid interfering with
KFAB in
Omaha, Nebraska, which also operates on 1110 kHz. To improve its local nighttime coverage, in 1947 WBT began operating a synchronous booster transmitter, located in
Shelby, however use of this booster ended in the early 1960s. In 1995, WBT's then-owner Jefferson-Pilot bought WBZK to provide a better signal to the western part of the market at night. At this time the call letters were changed to WBT-FM.
Sale to Entercom On July 19, 2016, Greater Media announced that it would merge with
Beasley Media Group. Because Beasley already had the maximum number of stations in the Charlotte market with five FM's and two AM's, WBT-AM-FM and WLNK were spun off to a
divestiture trust, eventually going to a permanent buyer. On October 18, 2016,
Entercom announced that it would purchase WBT AM/FM and WLNK, plus
WFNZ. Upon the completion of the Greater/Beasley merger on November 1, Entercom began operating the stations via a time brokerage agreement, which lasted until the sale was consummated on January 6, 2017.
Sale to Urban One On November 5, 2020,
Urban One agreed to a station swap with Entercom in which they would swap ownership of four stations in Philadelphia, St. Louis and Washington D.C. to Entercom in exchange for their cluster of
Charlotte stations, including WBT and WBT-FM. As part of the terms of the deal, Urban One took over operations via a
local marketing agreement on November 23. The swap was consummated on April 20, 2021.
Change to Mix On December 11, 2025, the simulcast of WBT (AM) moved to
107.9 FM, which lasted until January 8, at which time the WBT programming continued only at the new FM location. The
hot adult contemporary format "Mix" and WLNK call letters moved to
100.9 FM while 99.3 became a simulcast with new call letters WMXG.
Augusta Radio Fellowship is buying WMXG for $725,000. ==Notes==