WTMX

WTMX (101.9 FM "The Mix") is an adult top 40 radio station licensed to Skokie, IL in the Chicagoland market. It is owned by Bonneville International. Former call letters were WCLR. WCLR surfaced on the 101.9 frequency in the late 1960s. The station ran a "beautiful music" format for years. The station played easy listening renditions of pop standards/other songs along with a few vocalists and AC artists. The station dropped the instrumentals in t... more

WTMX (101.9 FM "The Mix") is an adult top 40 radio station licensed to Skokie, IL in the Chicagoland market. It is owned by Bonneville International. Former call letters were WCLR. WCLR surfaced on the 101.9 frequency in the late 1960s. The station ran a "beautiful music" format for years. The station played easy listening renditions of pop standards/other songs along with a few vocalists and AC artists. The station dropped the instrumentals in the late 1970s and became a very Soft AC station still known as MOR playing a blend of easy listening vocals and soft pop songs from the '50s to '70s. By the early 1980s, the station evolved to a straight-ahead AC format with studios located at 8833 Gross Point Road in Skokie, Illinois. WCLR was "Chicago's Lite Rock" from about 1982 until 1989. The station was best known for its soft rock and lite rock starsets in the 1980s and their Saturday night all-request oldies program. In 1990, WCLR moved to a hot AC format, changed its call letters to... less