WCMP (1350 AM) is a radio station in

Pine City, Minnesota Pine City is a city in and the county seat of Pine County, in east central Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,130 at the 2020 census. A portion of the city is located on the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation. Founded as a railway town, ...

. It has a

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 ...

format, and broadcasts 24 hours a day. The station first signed on in 1957. It started out as a

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station broadcasting only through the day hours, but transformed into Full Service AC in the mid-1980s. It is owned by Alan R. Quarnstrom, through licensee Q Media Properties, and has studios at 15429 Pokegama Lake Rd. This facility is shared with sister station

WCMP-FM WCMP-FM (100.9 MHz, "Cool Country 100.9 FM") is a radio station licensed to serve Pine City, Minnesota. It airs a country music format. It is owned by Alan R. Quarnstrom, through licensee Q Media Properties, and has studios at 15429 Pokegama Lak ...

. Its signal can be heard with in a six-county area. On September 16, 2016,

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announced that it would sell WCMP and WCMP-FM to Q Media Properties; the sale was completed on November 30, 2016 at a purchase price of $300,000. On April 17, 2017, WCMP changed their format from adult standards to classic hits, branded as "Pine Hits 106". Since then, WCMP quietly rebranded as "Highway 106.5" with no change in format. On November 16, 2020, WCMP flipped to classic country, branded as "Anthem Country".WCMP & KBEK Debut New Formats
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* * Classic country radio stations in the United States Pine County, Minnesota Radio stations established in 1957 1957 establishments in Minnesota Radio stations in Minnesota {{Minnesota-radio-station-stub