from WQRM to the new WLMI Radio Network, but WLMI has opted for a separate frequency in Smethport (95.3) to relay WLMI. A new format debuted in January 2009 as The Mountain / 106.3 WXMT hit the airwaves. The Mountain is "Twin Tiers' Rock Without the Hard Edge" and features Classic Hits from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Much like WLMI (now WBYB), WXMT is broadcasting in HD Radio as of January 2009. During Colonial's decade-long run as a station owner in the western Twin Tiers market, The Mountain was the only one of its three FM stations to maintain the same format throughout that time span and was also the most commercially successful of the three in the Nielsens. After Colonial On April 24, 2018, Colonial announced it had sold the station, along with sister stations WAGL and WVTT-FM, to Rick Freeman in a deal involving cash and cryptocurrency. Freeman will take over the stations on May 1. The sale was never consummated. Bob Lowe of Twilight Broadcasting, an upstart owner whose other recent purchases include the WKQW cluster in Oil City and WEEU in Reading, purchased the station from Colonial in November 2019. A few days after the sale agreement, on November 15, Twilight rebranded the station as "106.3 XMT". Twilight's classic hits format sets up a three-way competition in the classic hits format between WXMT, WGWE and WOLY (WGWE dropped out of the competition in April 2021). On June 23, 2021, less than two years after buying the station, Lowe sold the station to Ashley Midder at roughly the same price for which he had bought the station from Colonial. Midder promptly returned the station to its "Mountain" branding. Programming Among the personalities are local talent Chris Russell (in afternoon drive) and Cindy Scott (in early midday), both of whom had previously on WGWE slightly down the dial before that station went off the air in 2021; Russell's and Scott. Other dayparts include Terry Dean in the early afternoon and KZOY owners/morning hosts John and Heidi Small in morning drive. Russell also voices some of local advertisements for WXMT. References External links WXMT official website XMT Radio stations established in 1953 Classic hits radio stations in the United States