WLXV is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed to Cadillac, Michigan

Cadillac, Michigan

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 broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format.

The station, which began broadcasting on July 7, 1974, has previously programmed easy listening and adult contemporary music as WITW, beautiful music

Beautiful music

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 as WEZV, and CHR

Contemporary hit radio

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 as WWLZ ("Lakes FM"). WWLZ was changed in 1994 to a simulcast of WLXT

WLXT

WLXT in Petoskey, Michigan, is an adult contemporary-formatted radio station that broadcasts with 100,000 watts, covering most of northern Michigan. It is owned by Trish MacDonald-Garber, whose family has owned the station for over 30 years.-WMBN-FM:The station signed on in the late 1960s at 96.7,...

 96.3 FM in Petoskey, which continued until MacDonald-Garber Broadcasting, believing the Cadillac area needed its own music station (as opposed to simulcasts of stations from Traverse City or elsewhere), began the current "Mix" format.

A portion of the Mix 96 programming is derived from Dial Global

Dial Global

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 Local's AC Active

AC Active

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 satellite format. Weekend programming includes American Top 40

American Top 40

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 - The 80's with Casey Kasem

Casey Kasem

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 Sunday nights; Nina Blackwood

Nina Blackwood

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's Absolutely 80's and Kid Kelly's Back Trax USA (both '80s and '90s versions) on Saturdays; and The Beacon with Austin Harris and Leeza Gibbons

Leeza Gibbons

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' Hollywood Confidential on Sunday mornings. Mix 96 also features an hour-long show dedicated to music by local artists, Thursday nights at 10 p.m.