WUMY (830

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) is a

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broadcasting a

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. It is licensed to

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, and is owned by the Ministry Outreach Foundation, through licensee MOF-Christian Media I, LLC. WUMY is a

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, powered at 3,000

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s non-directional. It broadcasts on the clear channel frequency of

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, reserved for Class A WCCO

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. To avoid interference, WUMY must

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at night. Programming is heard around the clock on 250 watt

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W288BJ at 105.5

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History

On , the station first

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the air. It was originally licensed to

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, and had the

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KBOA.History Cards for WUMY
fcc.gov. Retrieved June 22, 2018. In 2014, it took the call letters WGUE. On November 30, 2017, WGUE swapped call letters with

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WUMY. WGUE is now heard on

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and WUMY moved to 830 AM. Effective October 1, 2018, the station was sold to MOF-Christian Media, along with translator 105.5 W288BJ, for $706,823. It adopted a Spanish language Christian format. On May 31, 2024 MOR-Christian Media sold WUMY and translator 105.5 W288BJ to the Wilkins Radio Network for $460,000. The following day, WUMY dropped its Spanish-language Christian format, changed the station language to English, and adopted a

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format under the ownership of Wilkins.

Translator

WUMY can also be heard at 105.5 MHz, through an

References

External links

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FCC History Cards for WUMY
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