WWWI-FM (95.9 FM, "Cash 95") is a

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Pillager, Minnesota Pillager is a city in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 469 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area. History A post office called Pillager has been in operation since 1886. The ci ...

, and serving the

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. 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

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/ adult standards format. and gets network news from

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. The station was assigned the WWWI-FM call letters by the

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on July 1, 2004.

History

It was announced in July 2012 that

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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

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, which also has a classic rock format, effective October 6. On September 16, 2016, Red Rock Radio announced that it would sell WWWI-FM to R & J Broadcasting as part of an eight station deal; the sale was completed on December 21, 2016. On November 1, 2016 WWWI-FM changed their format from classic rock to country/adult standards.

Honors and awards

In February 2006, station co-owner Mary Pryor was awarded the Marine Corps League Distinguished Citizen Award for her support of the annual Toys for Kids program. The award by the Heartland Detachment of the Marine Corps League and the Heartland Auxiliary Unit, which sponsor Toys for Kids. (The "Toys for Kids" program is independent of the national

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program.) This was the first time the award had been presented to a civilian in the Brainerd area.

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