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WWWI-FM
WWWI-FM (95.9 FM, "Cash 95") is a radio station city of license, licensed to Pillager, Minnesota, and serving the Brainerd Lakes Area. The station is owned by Jimmy D. Birkemeyer's R & J Broadcasting. Its sister station is WWWI (AM), WWWI (1270 AM), which airs a news/talk format. It airs a hybrid country music/adult standards format. and gets network news from CBS Radio. The station was assigned the WWWI-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 1, 2004 in radio, 2004. History It was announced in July 2012 that Red Rock Radio was buying the AM/FM combo from Tower Broadcasting Corporation, pending FCC approval. The purchase was consummated on October 31, 2012, at a purchase price of $700,000. On September 1, 2013 WWWI-FM split from its simulcast with WWWI AM 1270 and switched to a classic rock format. On September 23, 2014 it was announced WWWI-FM will join one of 6 stations in a simulcast of KQDS-FM, which also has a classic rock format, effective Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WWWI-FM (95.9 FM, "Cash 95") is a radio station licensed to Pillager, Minnesota, and serving the Brainerd Lakes Area. The station is owned by Jimmy D. Birkemeyer's R & J Broadcasting. Its sister station is WWWI (1270 AM), which airs a news/talk format. It airs a hybrid country music/ adult standards format. and gets network news from CBS Radio. The station was assigned the WWWI-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 1, 2004. History It was announced in July 2012 that Red Rock Radio was buying the AM/FM combo from Tower Broadcasting Corporation, pending FCC approval. The purchase was consummated on October 31, 2012, at a purchase price of $700,000. On September 1, 2013 WWWI-FM split from its simulcast with WWWI AM 1270 and switched to a classic rock format. On September 23, 2014 it was announced WWWI-FM will join one of 6 stations in a simulcast of KQDS-FM, which also has a classic rock format, effective October 6. On September 16, 2016, Red Rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWWI (AM)
WWWI (1270 AM) is a radio station in Baxter/Brainerd, Minnesota airing a talk format and simulcasting KLKS 100.1 FM Pequot Lakes. Established in 1987 as WJJY, the station is owned by Jimmy D. Birkemeyer's R & J Broadcasting. On September 16, 2016, Red Rock Radio Red River Broadcasting is a television broadcasting company based in Fargo, North Dakota. It operates Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox affiliates in the Fargo, North Dakota and Duluth, Minnesota–Superior, Wisconsin television markets. Curtis Squi ... announced that it would sell WWWI to R & J Broadcasting as part of an eight station deal; the sale was completed on December 21, 2016. Previous logo References External links Radio stations in Minnesota News and talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1987 1987 establishments in Minnesota {{Minnesota-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brainerd Lakes Area
Brainerd is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 14,395 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Crow Wing County. Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from its confluence with the Crow Wing River, having been founded as a site for a railroad crossing above the confluence. Brainerd is the principal city of the Brainerd Micropolitan Area, a micropolitan area covering Cass and Crow Wing counties and with a combined population of 96,189 at the 2020 census. The city is well known for being the partial setting of the 1996 film '' Fargo''. History The area that is now Brainerd was formerly Ojibwe territory. Brainerd was first seen by European settlers on Christmas Day in 1805, when Zebulon Pike stopped there while searching for the headwaters of the Mississippi River. Crow Wing Village, a fur and logging community near Fort Ripley, brought settlers to the area in the mid-19th century. In those early years, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKIN (AM)
KKIN (930 AM) is an oldies/classic hits/ adult standards formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Aitkin, Minnesota, serving Aitkin and Aitkin County, Minnesota. Established in 1961, KKIN is owned and operated by Jimmy D. Birkemeyer's R & J Broadcasting. History KKIN started out as a station that plays old time country music from the 1940s to the 1970s with such artists as Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Hank Williams. Now that is the music that is played on KKIN-FM (94.3 FM). Around circa the mid-1990s, in spite of the increase of older people in the area, the station had switched to an adult standards format. The station was built around 1961 by Fred Moegle, who previously had his own children's show called The Fred Moegle Show that aired for a few years in the 1950s before moving his family to Aitkin, Minnesota and building KKIN. Fred ran the station for several years. KKIN was an affiliate of America's Best Music and Music Of Your Life format. In recent years, c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brainerd, Minnesota
Brainerd is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 14,395 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Crow Wing County. Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from its confluence with the Crow Wing River, having been founded as a site for a railroad crossing above the confluence. Brainerd is the principal city of the Brainerd Micropolitan Area, a micropolitan area covering Cass and Crow Wing counties and with a combined population of 96,189 at the 2020 census. The city is well known for being the partial setting of the 1996 film '' Fargo''. History The area that is now Brainerd was formerly Ojibwe territory. Brainerd was first seen by European settlers on Christmas Day in 1805, when Zebulon Pike stopped there while searching for the headwaters of the Mississippi River. Crow Wing Village, a fur and logging community near Fort Ripley, brought settlers to the area in the mid-19th century. In those early years, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KLKS (FM)
KLKS (100.1 FM; "Talk 100") is a radio station owned by Jimmy D. Birkemeyer's R & J Broadcasting and located in Pequot Lakes, Minnesota. It serves the Brainerd Lakes Area of central Minnesota. It is owned by R & J Broadcasting, Inc. Its sister stations are KKIN, KKIN-FM, KFGI, WWWI-FM, and WWWI. Ownership KLKS was built in 1983 by Allen Gray, who has a broadcasting career of 60 years. He was inducted into the Museum of Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2001. The station, at the time operating on 104.3 FM in Breezy Point, had a full service programming format. In June 2012, it was announced that KLKS was being sold by Lakes Broadcasting Group, Inc. to Minnesota Christian Broadcasters. That transaction was consummated on September 11, 2012, at a purchase price of $350,000. According to FCC filings, however, the station continued to operate commercially. On September 12, 2012 KLKS swapped frequencies with WZFJ (100.1 FM). 104.3 adopted the contemporary Christian format that had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KKIN-FM
KKIN-FM (94.3 FM) is a Country music formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Aitkin, Minnesota, serving Aitkin and Aitkin County, Minnesota. Established in 1972, KKIN-FM is owned and operated by Jimmy D. Birkemeyer's R & J Broadcasting. History KKIN-FM signed on January 3, 1972; later that year, the call letters were changed to KEZZ. The KKIN-FM call sign returned on August 16, 1996. On September 16, 2016, Red Rock Radio Red River Broadcasting is a television broadcasting company based in Fargo, North Dakota. It operates Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox affiliates in the Fargo, North Dakota and Duluth, Minnesota–Superior, Wisconsin television markets. Curtis Squi ... announced that it would sell KKIN-FM to R & J Broadcasting as part of an eight station deal; the sale was completed on December 21, 2016. Former Logo Programming KKIN-FM also airs local, state, and national sporting events, and has shows such as Community Connection on Weekday mornings. References E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KFGI
KFGI (101.5 FM; "Skeeter 101.5") is a radio station broadcasting a variety hits format. Established in 1990 as KTCF-FM, the station is licensed to Crosby, Minnesota Crosby is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,386 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area. Crosby is adjacent to its twin city of Ironton, in the Cuyuna iron range ..., United States, and serves the Brainerd and Baxter region of central Minnesota. Its studios are at 212 N 5th Street, in Brainerd. The transmitter site is on County Road 6, between Crosby and Emily. History Its former "KQ101.5" classic rock format had originated at then-sister station KQDS-FM in Duluth. On September 1, 2011 the station began carrying the "SAM FM" variety hits format. It was KFGI's fourth format change in a decade, going from country music to oldies in 2002, and then back to country in 2004 after an ownership change, and then to classic rock in 2007. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Rock Radio
Red River Broadcasting is a television broadcasting company based in Fargo, North Dakota. It operates Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox affiliates in the Fargo, North Dakota and Duluth, Minnesota–Superior, Wisconsin television markets. Curtis Squire, Inc., a holding company in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, owns 100% of Red River Broadcasting. The company, which formerly owned Regis Corporation, is owned by Anita, Bill, David, Drew Kunin, Drew, and James Kunin. Kathy Lau is the Chief operating officer, COO. In addition to television stations, Red River Broadcasting once operated radio stations through a sister company named Red Rock Radio. At its height, Red Rock Radio owned a total of 25 stations in Minnesota and Wisconsin. However, following the death of Myron Kunin in 2013, his surviving family members decided to liquidate his broadcasting assets and sold the stations to various buyers. Current properties Former properties Television Radio Minnesota * KQDS, Duluth (now KJOQ) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In Minnesota
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Minnesota, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * Beat Radio * KBJI-LP * KDXL * KFMX * KFNK * KLBB * KMAP * KPNP * KQEP-LP * KQRB * KSJU * WCAL * WEEP References {{Navboxes , title = Minnesota radio station regional navigation boxes , list = {{Alex MN radio {{Austin-Albert Lea Radio {{Bemidji radio {{Brainerd radio {{Duluth Radio {{Fargo Radio {{Fergus Falls-Detroit Lakes Radio {{Grand Forks Radio {{International Falls Radio {{Iron Range radio {{La Crosse Radio {{Mankato-New Ulm-St. Peter Radio {{Minneapolis-St. Paul Radio {{Rochester MN Radio {{Sioux Falls Radio {{St. Cloud Radio {{Willmar Radio {{Worthington-Marshall Radio Minnesota Radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was formed by the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries of North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budget of US $388 million. It has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KQDS-FM
KQDS-FM (94.9 FM, "95 KQDS") is a classic rock music formatted radio station located in Duluth, Minnesota. Established in 1976 as KAOH-FM, the station is owned by Midwest Communications, and follows a format similar to that of the well-known KQRS-FM in the Twin Cities. The studios are located in downtown Duluth, along with KDAL, KDAL-FM, KDKE, KTCO, WDSM, and WDUL. KQDS-FM is simulcast on WMFG-FM (106.3) in Hibbing. Prior to Midwest selling the stations, KQDS-FM was also simulcast on WXXZ (95.3 FM, now WFNX) in Grand Marais and KAOD (106.7 FM, now KZJZ) in Babbitt. KQ 95's main competitor is Townsquare Media's WWPE (92.1 FM). KQDS-FM is probably best known for "''The KQ Morning Show''" which for the last decade has been rated first among adults 25-54 and Men 25–54. The show's longtime host, Bill Jones left the station, the broadcast industry and the city of Duluth December 15, 2009. Jones' Co-host, Jason Manning has returned to KQ with a "revamped" morning show wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
