KWNO (1230 AM) is an American

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

which first went on the air in 1938. It was the first local

Winona, Minnesota Winona is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, in the state of Minnesota. Located in bluff country on the Mississippi River, its most noticeable physical landmark is Sugar Loaf. The city is named after legendary figure Winona, who s ...

. It was Winona's only station until 1957. It is owned by

Leighton Broadcasting Leighton Broadcasting is a radio broadcasting company based in St. Cloud, Minnesota that owns several radio stations in St. Cloud as well as in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota and Grand Forks, North Dakota. Stations owned {, class="wikitable" , - !Ca ...

, through licensee Leighton Radio Holdings, Inc., and is located at 752 Bluffview Circle, with its other sister stations,

KHWK KHWK may refer to: * KHWK (AM), a radio station (1380 AM) licensed to serve Winona, Minnesota, United States * KWMN, a radio station (99.3 FM) licensed to serve Rushford, Minnesota, which held the call sign KHWK-FM from 2019 to 2021 * KHWK (Neva ...

, KGSL, KWMN, and

KRIV-FM KRIV-FM (101.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Winona, Minnesota, United States, the station serves the La Crosse, Wisconsin, area. The station features programming from BBC Radio. It is owned by Leighton B ...

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Winona Radio
* * Radio stations in Minnesota Radio stations established in 1938 News and talk radio stations in the United States Winona, Minnesota {{Minnesota-radio-station-stub