WNMT

WNMT-AM

City	Nashwauk, Minnesota
Broadcast area	Hibbing, Minnesota/Iron Range
Branding	WNMT AM 650
Slogan	"Northern Minnesota Talk"
Frequency	650 AM (kHz)
First air date	1968
Format	Commercial; News/Talk
Power	10,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night)
Class	B
Facility ID	73173
Callsign meaning	W Northern Minnesota Talk
Former callsigns	WKKQ (1975-1985)
Affiliations	ABC News
Owner	Duey E. Wright (Midwest Communications, Inc.)
Sister stations	KMFG, WMFG, WMFG-FM, WNMT, WTBX, WUSZ
Website	wnmtradio.com

WNMT is a talk radio station in Hibbing, Minnesota that broadcasts over the preassigned frequency of 650 AM. Currently WNMT is owned by Midwest Communications. Midwest also owns six radio stations on the Iron Range; KMFG, WMFG, WMFG-FM, WNMT, WTBX, WUSZ. All six stations share the same studio location at 807 W. 37th Street, Hibbing.

WNMT broadcasts a typical AM station pattern during the day which gives it good coverage over most of Northeastern Minnesota. However at nighttime, the station broadcasts a directional pattern from five towers which makes it difficult to receive south of the immediate Iron Range. This is done to protect signals to the south broadcasting on the same frequency; particularly clear-channel station WSM in Nashville, Tennessee.

History

The initial broadcast over WNMT is thought to have been that of the assassination of Presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy the previous night, June 5, 1968.

The former WNMT station broadcast from dawn to dusk nearly every day, and broadcast a variety of family-oriented programming. The owner and operator was an elderly (now deceased) gentleman, surname Watkins, (date of birth unknown).

Before changing its callsign to WNMT, 650 AM Hibbing was WKKQ. WKKQ signed on the air on June 1, 1975 at 1060 AM with a clear channel daytime-only signal. The station was variously known as "The Super Q" and "Clear Channel Country". The first song played was John Denver's "Thank God I'm a Country Boy". The station signed off at sunset with a special arrangement of "Happy Trails to You" ending with "Happy trails to you from WKKQ". WKKQ was affiliated with the United Press Radio news and provided strong local news and community calendars to compete with Hibbing's pioneer station WMFG. The station moved to 650 AM in the mid-1980s and was allowed to broadcast on reduced power from sunset to sunrise. The move coincided with a switch to ABC Radio and WKKQ took Paul Harvey from WMFG. In the early 1990s, the format changed to talk radio and changed call letters to the current WNMT.

External links

WNMT website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WNMT

Radio-Locator Information on WNMT

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WNMT

Radio stations in the Iron Range market area

(Market includes Hibbing, Grand Rapids, Virginia, and Ely)

By AM frequency	650 1240 1320 1340 1450

By FM frequency	88.7 88.9 89.7 90.1 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.9 94.5 95.1 95.3 96.1 96.9 97.9 98.3 99.9 101.3 101.7 102.9 103.9 104.1 105.5 105.5 106.3 106.7 107.3

By Callsign	KAOD KADU KAXE KBAJ KGPZ KMFG KMFY KOZY KRBT K209DS K236AD K237CE K280AT K281AB K297AD WELY WELY-FM WEVE-FM WHPJ WIRN WIRR WMFG WMFG-FM WNMT WQRN WTBX WUSZ W221AU W237AO W252AN W267AO W269AC W288AI

Nearby radio markets Bemidji Brainerd Duluth–Superior International Falls Rainy River Thunder Bay See also List of radio stations in Minnesota

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Minnesota

Stations	KASM – Albany KATE – Albert Lea KAUS – Austin KBRF – Fergus Falls KDAL – Duluth KDLM – Detroit Lakes KDUZ – Hutchinson KDWA – Hastings KLKS – Pequot Lakes KLTF – Little Falls KMHL – Marshall KMKO-FM – Lake Crystal KMRS – Morris KNSI – Saint Cloud KROC – Rochester KROX – Crookston KTLK – Minneapolis KTNF – St. Louis Park KTOE – Mankato KYCR - Minneapolis KVBR – Brainerd KWLM – Willmar KWNO – Winona KWOA - Worthington WCCO – Minneapolis WJON – Saint Cloud WNMT – Hibbing WWWI – Baxter WZFG – Dilworth (Fargo, North Dakota)

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Minnesota

Midwest Communications

Indiana	Evansville WABX WIKY-FM WLFW WSTO Terre Haute WBOW WDKE WDWQ WIBQ WMGI WPRS

Michigan	Battle Creek WNWN-FM WTOU Coldwater WTVB Holland WHTC WYVN Kalamazoo WKZO WNWN WQLR WVFM WZOX Lansing WJXQ WLMI WQTX WWDK

Minnesota	Duluth KDAL KDAL-FM KDKE KTCO WDSM WDUL Hibbing KMFG WMFG WMFG-FM WNMT WTBX WUSZ

North Dakota	Fargo KFGO KMJO KOYY KRWK KVOX KVOX-FM

South Dakota	Sioux Falls KELO KELO-FM KELQ KQSF KRRO KTWB KWSN

Tennessee	Knoxville WDKW WIMZ-FM WJXB-FM Nashville WCJK WJXA WNFN

Wisconsin	Appleton WGEE WYDR Green Bay WDKF WIXX WNCY-FM WNFL WTAQ/WTAQ-FM Wausau WDEZ WIFC WOZZ WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM Sheboygan WBFM WHBL WHBZ WXER

Website mwcradio.com

Coordinates: 47°22′31″N 93°00′56″W / 47.37528°N 93.01556°W / 47.37528; -93.01556

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