WMIN (1010 AM, "Uptown 1010") is a

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to serve

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, United States. The station is part of the

Tri-County Broadcasting Tri-County Broadcasting is a radio broadcasting company located in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. 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 ...

group and the

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is held by the Herbert M. Hoppe Revocable Trust.

Programming

WMIN broadcasts an adult standards /

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/ middle of the road music format that they call "Ring-a-ding Standards". Each song is followed by an announcement of artist and title. Network news comes from

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, at the top and bottom of each hour.

History

This station received its original

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from the

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on September 27,

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

. The new station was assigned the

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WPPI by the FCC on October 4, 2005. In late August 2008, the station went on the air as WPPI, temporarily carrying the "i101" Modern Rock format that had aired on a subcarrier of sister station of WHMH 101.7. The station was assigned new call sign WMIN by the FCC on December 2,

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

. WMIN received its license to cover from the FCC on May 18, 2009. The station shares towers with three of its sister stations. There are seven total towers at the transmitter site.http://www.fybush.com/site-20141219/ Site of the Week 12/19/14

References

External links

WMIN official website
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