词条 | WMFG (AM) |
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| name = WMFG | image = WMFGAM.png | city = Hibbing, Minnesota | area = Iron Range | slogan = Your Music, Your Memories | branding = America's Best Music | frequency = 1240 kHz | repeater = | airdate = October 12, 1935 | format = Adult Standards | power = 1,000 watts unlimited | class = C | facility_id = 60911 | coordinates = {{coord|47|24|30.00|N|92|57|4.00|W|region:US_type:city}} | callsign_meaning = | former_callsigns = WGGR (1983-?), WMFG (1935-1983) | owner = Duey E. Wright | licensee = Midwest Communications, Inc. | sister_stations = WMFG-FM, WNMT, WTBX, WUSZ | webcast = | website =http://mwcradio.com/station/68/ | affiliations = Westwood One, Dial Global }}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 currently owned by Midwest Communications and features programming from Westwood One and Dial Global.[1] Midwest also owns five radio stations on the Iron Range; WMFG, WMFG-FM, WNMT, WTBX, WUSZ. All five stations share the same studio location at 807 W. 37th Street, Hibbing. HistoryWMFG signed on the air on October 12, 1935, with studios in the Androy Hotel in downtown Hibbing, Minnesota. The station became affiliated with CBS 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 Red. 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 in 1968 and remained with ABC until the mid-1980s. The station was sold in 1983 and FCC rules in effect at the time required the call letters be changed. The station was assigned the call sign WGGR on November 1, 1983. On August 5, 1987, the station changed its call sign back to the original WMFG.[2] References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WMFG |title=WMFG Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=60911&Callsign=WMFG |title=WMFG Call Sign History |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division}} External links{{AM station data|WMFG}}{{Iron Range radio}}{{Midwest Communications}}{{Minnesota-radio-station-stub}} 5 : Radio stations in Minnesota|Adult standards radio stations in the United States|Radio stations established in 1935|1935 establishments in Minnesota|Midwest Communications radio stations |
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