WNWX (96.5 FM) is a

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to serve the community of

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. The station is owned by

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, through licensee Heartland Comm. License, LLC. It airs a

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format. WNWX shares studios with its sister station

WCYE WCYE (93.7 FM, "Coyote 93.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Three Lakes, Wisconsin, United States. The station is owned by Jim and Diane Coursolle's Heartland Communications Group and the broadcast license is held by Heartland Comm. Licen ...

on West Davenport Street in Downtown Rhinelander, and has transmitter facilities in Starks alongside

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station

WJFW-TV WJFW-TV (channel 12) is an television station licensed to Rhinelander, Wisconsin, United States, serving the Wausau area as an affiliate of NBC. Owned by Rockfleet Broadcasting, the station maintains studios on County Road G (along WIS 17) in ...

(channel 12). The station was assigned the call sign WHOH by the

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on August 31,

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. The station changed its call sign to WNWX on April 1, 2019.

References

External links

Official Website
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FCC Public Inspection File for WNWX
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