WHLX

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**WHLX**
City of license	Marine City, Michigan
Branding	AM 1590 WHLX Marine City
Slogan	America's Best Music
Frequency	1590 (kHz)
Format
Owner	RadioFirst
Website	[1]

WHLX is an American radio station, broadcasting in Marine City, Michigan at 1590 kHz on the AM dial. The station is currently a simulcast of 1450 WHLS in Port Huron. Together, the stations are branded as AM 1450 & 1590, WHLS, airing the syndicated Adult Standards music format from Westwood One.

The station started as WDOG in 1951, and later became WSMA with country music for many years. 1590 WSMA became WIFN in 1993 as a talk radio station, and then "Real Country" via satellite after that a few years later, after a brief period of simulcasting with CHR/Hot AC sister station WBTI 96.9 FM. WIFN became WHYT (picking up the calls dumped by Detroit's 96.3 FM, now WDVD) under the "Real Country" format.

By 2000 Hanson Communications sold 1590 WHYT to Liggett Communications (now RadioFirst). The station has been a simulcast of WHLS since the sale, and the calls were soon changed to the current WHLX. WHLS' format was changed from satellite Oldies (from Jones Radio Networks) to satellite Adult Standards from Westwood One shortly afterward, and WHLX continued to simulcast.