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WMYI (102.5 FM) is a
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licensed to
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. It serves the
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and
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regions, including Greenville,
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and
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. WMYI airs an adult hits
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and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. Its
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s and offices are located in downtown Greenville. WMYI has an
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(ERP) of 43,000
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s. The
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is shared with
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WESC-FM's
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, off YMCA Road, near the South Carolina/North Carolina border east of Cedar Mountain. It also has an auxiliary transmitter that operates at 20,000 watts ERP, on the WUNF-TV tower on Pinnacle Mountain. WMYI broadcasts using
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technology. Its HD-2
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formerly carried a format called "
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," bedtime music for babies and toddlers.


History


WHKP-FM and WKIT-FM

On , the station
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the air. Its original
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was WHKP-FM, co-owned with WHKP
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, with studios on Chimney Rock Highway in Hendersonville. It originally was powered at only 9,500 watts, a fraction of its current output. The two stations
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a
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format. It later took the
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WKIT-FM calling itself "Kit Country." Once a newer transmitter site with a taller tower was completed in 1987, the station stunted an all-
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format.


MY 102.5 WMYI

After the Beatles stunt concluded, the station changed its call letters to WMYI, playing
adult contemporary music Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, sou ...
and calling itself "MY 102.5." The new format kicked off with a 102-day music marathon playing over 41,000 songs in a row. WMYI enjoyed success with the popular "Love and Hudson Morning Show." During the mid to late 1990s, the station, while still successful, had slipped in the
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, but enjoyed a return to the top of the ratings by 2006. In Fall 2006, WMYI-FM was #1 both in age groups 12+ and 25-54 in the Greenville-Spartanburg market, surging past in-house country music
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s WESC-FM and WSSL-FM, and even
urban contemporary Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format. The term was coined by New York radio DJ Frankie Crocker in the early to mid-1970s as a synonym for Black music. Urban contemporary r ...
market leader WJMZ-FM. The station's ratings slipped after 2006, and have not returned to number one status since. For several years until February 2009, the station aired all-1970s music on weekends until they were dropped in February 2009. However WMYI brought theme weekends back in August 2009 with "Flashback Weekends", playing 1970s and 1980s music. The station aired a
Smooth Jazz Smooth jazz is commercially oriented crossover jazz music. Although often described as a "genre", it is a debatable and highly controversial subject in jazz music circles. As a radio format, however, smooth jazz radio became the successor to e ...
brunch program on Sunday mornings. The station had "Commercial Free Music Hours" every weekday, running approximately every other hour, starting at 8:00AM.


Hot AC

On July 15, 2011 at midnight, the station updated its mainstream AC sound to a more
hot adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...
format, dropping the 1970s music and many of the softer 1980s music that was once a staple of the station. It began using the updated positioner “The Fresh New Sound”, focusing on upbeat 1990s to present-day music, with some 1980s music sprinkled in. The first song played on the Hot AC format was “ Raise Your Glass” by
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. Artists heard on the station include
Katy Perry Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television personality. She is one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling music artists in hist ...
,
Lady Gaga Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her image reinventions and versatility across the entertainment industry, she is an influ ...
and Daughtry. The station also debuted new
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s and liners, voiced by Sean Caldwell. Management dismissed some of the staff, including morning co-host Bill Love, who had been at the station for nearly 25 years. The station carried the syndicated "
Delilah Delilah ( ; , meaning "delicate";Gesenius's ''Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon'' ; ) is a woman mentioned in the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible. She is loved by Samson, a Nazirite who possesses great strength and serves as t ...
" program on weekday evenings for many years until January 2012. In parts of November and much of December, WMYI switched to all-
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. In April 2012, after almost a year of continuing to report as
adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...
after the format adjustment, the station started reporting as Hot AC to
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. Ratings slipped further under the Hot AC format. WMYI brought back Delilah, in an effort to boost ratings. On October 31, 2019, the station switched early to all Christmas music, but this time under the temporary branding of "Christmas 102.5". The name change would foreshadow a more dramatic shift at the end of the year.


Adult Hits

WMYI debuted an adult hits format on December 31, 2019, at 4:00pm, branded as ''102.5 The Lake'' and primarily targeting the Upstate South Carolina Region. The first song played on "The Lake" was
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's " Hurts So Good".My 102.5 Debuts in Greenville, https://radioinsight.com/headlines/182801/102-5-the-lake-debuts-in-greenville/ With the switch, WMYI has no local, in-person DJs. All announcements are made with pre-recorded voices. WMYI joined other iHeart adult hits stations identifying as "The Lake," including
WLKO WLKO (102.9 FM, "The Lake") is a commercial radio station licensed to Hickory, North Carolina, and serving the Charlotte metropolitan area. It airs an adult hits radio format that leans toward classic hits. It also identifies itself as "The C ...
Charlotte and WHLK
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. Unlike many other adult hits stations, WMYI has a
classic rock Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on comm ...
lean, placing it in primary competition with
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WROQ WROQ (101.1 FM) is a classic rock radio station licensed to Anderson, South Carolina, and serving the Upstate South Carolina region, including Greenville and Spartanburg. The station has had a classic rock format since December 1, 1987. This ...
.


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External links


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