Branding Mixx 99.3 First air date 1988 | Frequency 99.3 MHz/Channel 257 | |
City Block Island, Rhode Island Broadcast area Newport and Westerly, Rhode Island Slogan Playing All Of Today's Hottest Music | ||
WMNP (99.3 FM, "Mixx 99.3") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Block Island, Rhode Island. The station is owned by 3G Broadcasting, Inc. Its studio is located in Newport, Rhode Island.WMNP broadcasts a Top 40 music format to Southern Rhode Island and parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts., and can be reached as far west as Old Saybrook, Connecticut; as far east as portions of Cape Cod; and as far north as suburban Providence, Rhode Island.
History
Established in 1984 as WITQ, it officially signed on in October 1988 as WBLQ. The WBLQ call letters are now on 1230 AM owned by former WBLQ alum Chris DiPaola. The format was automated adult contemporary until the early 1990s when the station shifted its programming to an eclectic album rock format. In 1996 the station was sold to Bear Broadcasting and the call letters changed to WERI-FM. The operation was moved to Newport in 1999 when Astro Tele-communications rebranded the station as Swing FM running a swing, jazz and standards format which WJZS were the calls. The format shifted to adult contemporary again as 99.3 The Bridge, then rebranded as Variety 99.3. In April 2013 3G Broadcasting Inc. purchased WJZS and WADK.
On May 3, 2013 under the new ownership of 3G Broadcasting with program director Matt Girard, WJZS changed their format to a contemporary hit radio/Top 40 format, branded as "Mixx 99.3" under new call letters, WMNP.