WMBX is a radio station

Radio station

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 serving the West Palm Beach, Florida

West Palm Beach, Florida

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 and Port St. Lucie, Florida

Port St. Lucie, Florida

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 areas, broadcasting hip hop

Hip hop

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 R&B & Gospel Music on a rhythmic contemporary

Rhythmic Contemporary

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 format at 102.3 MHz. Its transmitter is located on the west side of Jonathan Dickinson State Park

Jonathan Dickinson State Park

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 in Hobe Sound, Florida

Hobe Sound, Florida

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 and is 965 feet high. Also sharing WMBX's transmitter tower are stations WPBZ

WPBZ

WPBZ is located in the West Palm Beach, Florida area and broadcasts at 103.1 FM. Known as "103.1 The Buzz", it is an active rock music station with the slogan "The Only Station That Really Rocks"...

 and WKGR

WKGR

- Station Information :WKGR is Palm Beach, Florida's classic rock station. WKGR transmits at 100,000 watts with an antenna height of 968 feet....

 FM. WMBX transmits at 100,000 watts, making it sometimes able to be picked up as far south as Miami, as far north as Cocoa Beach and as far west as Moore Haven. WMBX-FM is owned by CBS Radio

CBS Radio

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.

X-1023 launched on October 23, 2001 (10/23 - 102.3). From 1997 - 2001, the station played an adult contemporary format, under the branding Mix 102.3. The station hosted its first concert on November 6, 2009 at the South Florida Fair

South Florida Fair

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 Grounds titled X-Fest 2009. Acts included Clipse

Clipse

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 and Mario.

WMBX-FM is also known for its morning show The Mark McCrazy experience which can be heard weekdays from 6 to 9 am. The current line up includes Mark McCray, DJ Menace, India and Reggie D.

In 2006, R&R

R&R (magazine)

R&R was a weekly music trade publication that followed the radio industry and tracked the monitoring of current songs by format, station and audience cumes...

moved WMBX from the Rhythmic panel to the Urban

Urban contemporary

Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...

 panel, but in May 2007 R&R moved the station back to the Rhythmic panel due to a shift in its direction which now favors a broader Rhythmic playlist.

DJs and Jox

• X Morning Show - 6 am – 10 am
• Cierra - 9 am – 2 pm
• Eddie Santiago
  Eddie Santiago
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   - 2 pm – 6 pm
• Babalu Bad Boyz - 6 pm – 10 pm
• Dogtrack Mike - 10 pm - 12 am

Personalities

DJ Reggie D

Friscoe

Big Severe

Butta P

Abyss

Breezy

Breezy

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Kaylee

Kaylee

Kaylee is a female given name formed through the combination of the names Kay and Lee. Kay is an English short form of the name Katherine, while Lee means "pasture" in English...

– Promotions Director

External links

• WMBX – station website