Tri-County Broadcasting is a radio broadcasting company located in

Sauk Rapids, Minnesota Sauk Rapids is a city in Benton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,862 at the 2020 census and is 13,896 according to 2021 census estimates, about a third of Benton County's population. It is on a set of rapids on the Missi ...

. It was founded by Herbert M. Hoppe, long time local radio broadcaster who started out building small AM stations. The stations serve the

St. Cloud, Minnesota St. Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region. The population was 68,881 at the 2020 census, making it Minnesota's 12th-largest city. St. Cloud is the county seat of Stear ...

regional market. Tri-County Broadcasting currently operates six radio stations in the area: *

WXYG WXYG (540 kHz AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, United States. The station is part of the Tri-County Broadcasting group and the license is held by the Herbert M. Hoppe Revocable Trust. W ...

AM 540 / K232GA FM 94.3 "Album Rock 540 The Goat" -

Album Rock Album-oriented rock (AOR, originally called album-oriented radio) is an FM radio format created in the United States in the 1970s that focuses on the full repertoire of rock albums and is currently associated with classic rock. Album-orient ...

* WBHR AM 660 / W239CU FM 95.7 "The Bear" -

Sports Radio Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often- boisterous on-ai ...

WVAL WVAL (800 AM) is a radio station serving St. Cloud, Minnesota airing a classic country format. It airs news on the hour from CBS News Radio. The station is owned by Tri-County Broadcasting. WVAL first aired in 1963, went on hiatus in the early 1 ...

AM 800 / W272EG FM 102.3 "AM 800 WVAL" -

Classic Country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on innov ...

WMIN WMIN (1010 AM, "Uptown 1010") is a radio station licensed to serve Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, United States. The station is part of the Tri-County Broadcasting group and the broadcast license is held by the Herbert M. Hoppe Revocable Trust. Prog ...

AM 1010 / W266DT FM 101.1 "Uptown 1010" - Adult Standards * WHMH FM 101.7 "Rockin' 101" ( HD) -

Active Rock Active rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations across the United States and Canada. Active rock stations play a balance of new hard rock songs with valued classic rock favorites, normally with an emphasis on the harder edge o ...

* WHMH-HD2 FM 101.7 / W297BO FM 107.3 "Album Rock 540 The Goat" -

(

simulcast) * WHMH-HD3 FM 101.7 / W293CS FM 106.5 "The Point" -

Alternative Rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

* WHMH-HD4 FM 101.7 / W266DT FM 101.1 "Uptown 1010" - Adult Standards (

simulcast Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programmes/programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultane ...

) All the stations are located at "The Red House", 1010 2nd Street North in

. All the AM transmitters and towers share a site east of the studios, northeast of

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and Golden Spike Road. WHMH's tower is behind the studio, shared with translators for WXYG and WHMH-HD3.

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Radio broadcasting companies of the United States Companies based in Minnesota