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WTBX
WTBX (93.9 FM broadcasting, FM) is a U.S. radio station in Hibbing, Minnesota, serving the Iron Range region. The station is owned by Midwest Communications and airs a hybrid format of hot adult contemporary and modern adult contemporary. WTBX broadcasts from a tower located southwest of downtown Hibbing on Town Line Road using a twelve-bay FM antenna combined with sister station WUSZ. WTBX is not licensed by the FCC to broadcast in digital HD Radio. History During the 1980s, WTBX aired a contemporary hit radio format and had an broadcast translator, FM translator on 97.7 MHz in Duluth, Minnesota. Today, the 97.7 translator is owned by VCY America and simulcasts WQRM. In 2008, the station began leaning adult top 40 during the evening hours with the addition of tracks topping contemporary hit radio charts, similar to KBMX in Duluth. The station has since shifted to a hot AC-leaning contemporary hit radio format in order to fill the hot AC void in the Hibbing market. The sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwest Communications
Midwest Communications, Inc. is a Wausau, Wisconsin–based radio broadcasting company. It owns 82 radio stations located primarily within the Midwest United States, in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Illinois and Wisconsin. The company is a family-owned business and is headed by the Wright family. History 1950s-1960s Midwest Communications began in Wausau, Wisconsin, with WRIG, Inc. and the acquisition by the Duey E. Wright family of a 1400 kHz, 250 watt AM facility from the Wisconsin Valley Television Corporation. The call letters WRIG (for Wright) were assigned and on August 1, 1958, top forty-formatted WRIG signed on the air. Power was increased to 1,000 watts in 1961 and WRIG-FM (now WDEZ) signed on in 1964. 1970s Midwest started station WROE in Appleton/Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1971. Founder Duey E. Wright Sr. died at 75 on November 24, 1971, with Duey E. Wright Jr. taking over the company his father founded. In 1975 Midwest p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WUSZ
WUSZ (99.9 Hertz, MHz "Radio USA") is a commercial radio, commercial FM radio station city of license, licensed to Virginia, Minnesota, and serving the Iron Range region. It is owned by Midwest Communications and it airs a country music, country radio format. The studios and offices are on West 37th Street in Hibbing, Minnesota, Hibbing. It is co-located with its Midwest Communications sister stations: KQDX, WDKE (FM), WDKE, WEVE-FM, WMFG (AM), WMFG, WNMT and WTBX. WUSZ is a list of broadcast station classes, Class C1 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations. History The station sign-on, signed on the air on June 2, 1971. Its original call sign was WHLB-FM. It was the FM counterpart of WEEP (Minnesota), WHLB (1400 AM), which dated back to 1936 but is now dark (broadcasting), dark. In its early years, WHLB-FM was an adult contemporary station. WHLB-FM broadcast at first on 107.1 MHz as a Class A station with 3, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNMT
WNMT (650 AM) is a talk radio station in Hibbing, Minnesota. WNMT is owned by Midwest Communications. Midwest owns five radio stations on the Iron Range; KQDX, WMFG, WNMT, WTBX, and WUSZ. All five stations share the same studio location at 807 W. 37th Street, Hibbing. WNMT broadcasts a typical AM station pattern during the day which gives it good coverage over most of Northeastern Minnesota. However at nighttime, the station broadcasts a directional pattern from five towers which makes it difficult to receive south of the immediate Iron Range. This is done to protect signals to the south broadcasting on the same frequency; particularly clear-channel station WSM in Nashville, Tennessee. History Before changing its callsign to WNMT, 650 AM Hibbing was WKKQ. WKKQ signed on the air on June 1, 1975 at 1060 AM with a clear channel daytime-only signal. The station was variously known as "The Super Q" and "Clear Channel Country". The first song played was John Denver's "Thank God ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMFG (AM)
WMFG (1240 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult standards format. Licensed to Hibbing, Minnesota, United States, the station serves the Iron Range area. The station is owned by Midwest Communications and features programming from Westwood One. Midwest owns five radio stations on the Iron Range; KQDX, WMFG, WNMT, WTBX, and WUSZ. All five stations share the same studio location at 807 W. 37th Street, Hibbing. History WMFG signed on the air on October 12, 1935, with studios in the Androy Hotel in downtown Hibbing, Minnesota. The station became affiliated with the CBS Radio Network in September 1937. As a CBS affiliate it carried the famous October 30, 1938, War of the Worlds broadcast. In June 1942, WMFG dropped CBS and joined the NBC Radio Network. It remained with NBC until the early 1960s. By 1962, it was an independent station. WMFG was one of the original affiliates of the Minnesota Twins Radio Network in 1961. The station joined ABC ABC are the first thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KQDX
KQDX (106.3 MHz) is a radio station licensed to Hibbing, Minnesota. The station serves the Hibbing area as a simulcast of KQDS-FM, a classic rock station in Duluth. KQDX is owned by Midwest Communications. KQDX is part of a Midwest cluster of stations on the Iron Range that also includes WMFG, WNMT, WTBX and WUSZ. All stations share the same studio location at 807 W. 37th Street, Hibbing. History The station went on the air as WMFG-FM, the FM sister station to WMFG (1240 AM), in 1971. It dropped the "-FM" suffix when the AM station became WGGR in 1983, but returned to the WMFG-FM call sign on August 5, 1987. WMFG-FM previously carried a classic hits format as "106.3 Classic Hits". On January 1, 2017, as the result of an acquisition by owner Midwest Communications, WMFG-FM flipped to classic rock as a simulcast of KQDS-FM KQDS-FM (94.9 Hertz, MHz, "95 KQDS") is a classic rock music formatted radio station located in Duluth, Minnesota. Established in 1976 as KAOH-FM, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hibbing, Minnesota
Hibbing is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,214 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city was built on mining the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range and still relies on that industry today. At the edge of town is the world's largest open-pit iron mine, the Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine. It is the hometown of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, NBA Hall-of-Famer Kevin McHale (basketball), Kevin McHale, MLB outfielder Roger Maris, and former Governor of Minnesota Rudy Perpich. Hibbing's main routes are U.S. Route 169 in Minnesota, U.S. Highway 169, Minnesota State Highway 37, State Highway 37, Minnesota State Highway 73, State Highway 73, Howard Street, and 1st Avenue. It is about northwest of Duluth, Minnesota. History The town was founded in 1893 by Frank Hibbing, born in Walsrode, Germany, on December 1, 1856, and christened Franz Dietrich von Ahlen. His mother died when he was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEVE-FM
WEVE-FM is a radio station on 97.9 FM in Eveleth, Minnesota. The station is programmed with an adult contemporary format targeted towards the 25-54 age group. Established in 1978, WEVE-FM is owned by Midwest Communications. Although the station broadcasts satellite-syndicated programming, it also features local on-air personalities and a full news staff. On August 24, 2016, Midwest Communications announced that it was purchasing WEVE-FM from Red Rock Radio in a deal that included sister stations KQDS-FM KQDS-FM (94.9 Hertz, MHz, "95 KQDS") is a classic rock music formatted radio station located in Duluth, Minnesota. Established in 1976 as KAOH-FM, the station is owned by Midwest Communications, and follows a format similar to that of the wel ... in Duluth, WXXZ in Grand Marais, KAOD in Babbitt, and KGPZ in Coleraine, as well as translators W221AU, W252AN, and W288AI; the sale was completed on December 31, 2016, at a purchase price of $5.625 million. Translators WEVE' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WDKE (FM)
WDKE (96.1 FM; "Duke FM") is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Coleraine, Minnesota, United States, the station serves the Iron Range area. Established in 1995 as KGPZ, the station is owned by Midwest Communications. In April 2012, KGPZ changed to "Z96 North Country", adding more new country hits and no longer broadcasting Cumulus Media Networks' " Real Country" network. The station now directly competed with WUSZ WUSZ (99.9 Hertz, MHz "Radio USA") is a commercial radio, commercial FM radio station city of license, licensed to Virginia, Minnesota, and serving the Iron Range region. It is owned by Midwest Communications and it airs a country music, country ... (99.9 FM). On January 1, 2017, as a result of a sale between Red Rock Radio and Midwest Communications (Midwest acquired KGPZ in the sale), KGPZ adjusted its format to classic country, as "96.1 Duke FM"; the sale essentially turned the station from a rival to WUSZ into a flanker for i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Stations In Minnesota
The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Minnesota, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * Beat Radio * KBJI-LP * KDXL * KFMX * KFNK * KLBB * KMAP * KPNP * KQEP-LP * KQRB * KQSP * KSJU * KYEJ-LP * WCAL * WEEP * WFNX * KAWD-LP * KSJM References {{Navboxes , title = Minnesota radio station regional navigation boxes , list = {{Alex MN radio {{Austin-Albert Lea Radio {{Bemidji radio {{Brainerd radio {{Duluth Radio {{Fargo Radio {{Fergus Falls-Detroit Lakes Radio {{Grand Forks Radio {{International Falls Radio {{Iron Range radio {{La Crosse Radio {{Mankato-New Ulm-St. Peter Radio {{Minneapolis-St. Paul Radio {{Rochester MN Radio {{Sioux Falls Radio {{St. Cloud Radio {{Willmar Radio {{Worthington-Marshall Radio Minnesota Radio Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hot AC
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence. Adult contemporary is generally a continuation of the easy listening and soft rock style that became popular in the 1960s and 1970s with some adjustments that reflect the evolution of pop/rock music. Adult contemporary tends to have lush, soothing and highly polished qualities where emphasis on melody and harmonies is accentuated. It is usually melodic enough to get a listener's attention, abstains from profanity or complex lyricism, and is most commonly used as background music in heavily-frequented family areas such as supermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, or restaurants. Like most of pop music, its songs tend to be written in a basic format employing a verse–chorus structure. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcast Translator
A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or transponds) the signal of a radio or television station to an area not covered by the originating station. These expand the broadcast range of a television or radio station beyond the primary signal's original coverage or improves service in the original coverage area. The stations may be (but are not usually) used to create a single-frequency network. They may also be used by an AM or FM radio station to establish a presence on the other band. Relay stations are most commonly established and operated by the same organisations responsible for the originating stations they repeat. Depending on technical and regulatory restrictions, relays may also be set up by unrelated organisations. Types Translators In its simplest form, a broadcast transl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Top 40
''American Top 40'' (abbreviated to ''AT40'') is an internationally radio syndication, syndicated, independent song countdown radio programming, radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds, and Ron Jacobs (broadcaster), Ron Jacobs. The program is currently hosted by Ryan Seacrest and presented as an adjunct to his weekday radio program, ''On Air with Ryan Seacrest''. Originally a production of Watermark Inc. (later a division of ABC Radio known as ABC Watermark, now Cumulus Media Networks which merged with Westwood One), ''American Top 40'' is now distributed by Premiere Networks (a division of iHeartMedia). Nearly 500 radio stations in the United States, the Armed Forces Network, and multiple other stations worldwide air ''American Top 40'', and the show streams through several venues, including iHeartMedia's own iHeartRadio app. Co-creator Kasem hosted the original ''American Top 40'' from its inauguration on July 4, 1970, until August 6, 1988. Shadoe Stevens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
