WHMH-FM (101.7

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) is a

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, broadcasting an

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. The station is owned by

Tri-County Broadcasting {{Short description, American radio broadcasting company 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 ...

, calling itself "Rockin' 101" and commonly referred to as "The Red House". Its main competitor is

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"93X". WHMH-FM has an

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(ERP) of 40,000

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s. The

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is on 2nd Street North at Summit Avenue South in Sauk Rapids, directly behind the studios.

HD Radio

, WHMH-FM broadcasts using

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technology. Its HD2

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carries its

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("Album Rock 540"), while its HD3 subchannel carries an

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format known as "106point5." That signal feeds

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106.5 W293CS. The HD3 subchannel formerly carried its

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sister station WVAL ("800 WVAL"). The HD4 subchannel carries

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sister station WMIN ("Uptown 10-10").

History

In October 1975, the station first

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the air. Its tower was previously co-located with KLZZ on the south side of St. Cloud, near the

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interchange.

Controversy

On November 24, 2020, WHMH morning host Aaron Imholte spent the majority of his show joking about

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morning host Heather Lee. On November 25, 2020, Aaron Imholte resigned, taking the trademarked Steel Toe Morning Show with him to Twitch.tv. WHMH's current wake up program is The Johnny Rock Show.

References

External links

Rockin' 101 WHMH-FM official website
* Radio stations in St. Cloud, Minnesota Active rock radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1975 {{Minnesota-radio-station-stub