WWWI-FM (95.9
FM, "Cash 95") is a
radio station
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licensed to
Pillager, Minnesota, and serving the
Brainerd Lakes Area. 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
country music
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/
adult standards format.
and gets network news from
CBS Radio
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.
The station was assigned the WWWI-FM call letters by the
Federal Communications Commission
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on July 1,
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
.
History
It was announced in July 2012 that
Red Rock Radio 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
KQDS-FM, 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
Toys for Tots
Toys for Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which distributes toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by reservist Major Bill Hendricks.
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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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Radio stations in Minnesota
Country radio stations in the United States
Cass County, Minnesota
Radio stations established in 1998
1998 establishments in Minnesota
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