for other uses see midwest radio disambiguation . midwest communications inc. type private industry radio founded 1958 headquarters wausau wisconsin united states products radio owner duke wright president and ceo website http www.mwcradio.com midwest communications is a wausau wisconsin based radio broadcasting company . it owns 72 radio stations located primarily within the midwest united states in indiana michigan minnesota north dakota south dakota tennessee and wisconsin . the company is a family owned business and is headed by duke wright . contents 1 history 1.1 1950s 1960s 1.2 1970s 1.3 1990s 1.4 2000s 1.5 2010s 2 list of stations 2.1 battle creek michigan 2.2 coldwater michigan 2.3 duluth minnesota 2.4 evansville indiana 2.5 fargo north dakota 2.6 green bay wisconsin 2.7 hibbing minnesota 2.8 holland michigan 2.9 jackson michigan 2.10 kalamazoo michigan 2.11 knoxville tennessee 2.12 lansing michigan 2.13 nashville tennessee 2.14 sheboygan wisconsin 2.15 sioux falls south dakota 2.16 terre haute indiana 2.17 wausau wi 3 references 4 external links history edit 1950s 1960s edit midwest communications began in wausau wisconsin with wrig inc. and the acquisition by the d.e. wright family of a 1400 khz 250 watt am facility from the wisconsin valley television corporation . the call letters wrig for wright were assigned and on august 1 1958 top forty formatted wrig signed on the air . power was increased to 1 000 watts in 1961 and wrig fm now wdez signed on in 1964 . 1970s edit midwest started station wroe in appleton oshkosh wisconsin in 1971 . in 1975 midwest purchased wbay am and fm green bay wisconsin . due to fcc rules at that time wroe was sold . the green bay call letters were changed to wgee am now wtaq am and wixx fm . the 1980s saw the acquisition by midwest of kioa kmgk des moines iowa wkkq wtbx hibbing minnesota and klms kfmq lincoln nebraska . in addition wrig moved to 1390 khz and increased power to 5000 watts day and night . 1990s edit the telecommunications act of 1996 allowed midwest to consolidate the green bay appleton oshkosh and wausau stevens point markets . the consolidation brought about the sale of the des moines lincoln and hibbing stations and the acquisitions of wroe wozz wltm now wzby wncy and wnfl in green bay appleton oshkosh and wsau wifc wofm and wizd in wausau stevens point . in addition four stations wtvb wnwn am fm and wfat were acquired in the kalamazoo battle creek michigan market . 2000s edit in the beginning of the 2000s midwest acquired whbl wwjr now whbz and wbfm in sheboygan wisconsin and whtc and wyvn in holland michigan as well as the duluth minnesota superior wisconsin market stations kdal am fm krbr wdsm ktco and kxtp now wgee . on june 30 2004 midwest communications inc. acquired an additional six 6 stations in the hibbing minnesota market wnmt wmfg am fm kmfg wtbx and wusz . on june 14 2005 midwest communications inc. acquired wmgi and wwsy in terre haute indiana and on december 16 2005 added wacf and wprs licensed to paris il to the terre haute indiana market . on january 6 2006 midwest communications inc. expanded in the sheboygan wisconsin market with the addition of wxer . on may 1 2006 midwest communications inc. acquired three 3 additional properties in the kalamazoo michigan market wkzo wqlr now wvfm and wqsn now wqlr . 2010s edit the company continued to grow when midwest communications added stations in the lansing market . 94.1 fm wvic 106.1 fm wjxq and 92.9 fm wlmi joined the midwest communications family in july 2010 . midwest communication fargo location on november 1 2012 midwest communications acquired six additional radio stations in sioux falls south dakota . those stations included 103.7 fm krro 95.7 fm kqsf 92.5 fm ktwb 101.9 fm kelo fm 1320 am kelo am and 1230 am kwsn . may 1 2013 saw the acquisition of six more radio properties in fargo north dakota . 101.9 fm krwk 104.7 fm kmjo 93.7 fm wday 740 am kvox 99.9 fm kvox and 790 am kfgo the mighty 790 . on september 1 2014 midwest communications expanded to three new markets with the acquisition of stations in the nashville tennessee knoxville tennessee and evansville indiana markets . in this acquisition midwest added nine more radio properties . in nashville tennessee midwest acquired 96.3 fm wcjk and 92.9 fm wjxa . in knoxville tennessee 103.5 fm wimz 97.5 fm wjxb and 95.7 fm wvrx . the evansville indiana stations include 93.5 fm wlfw 107.5 fm wabx 96.1 fm wsto and 104.1 fm wiky . list of stations edit battle creek michigan edit wnwn 1560 am 95.5 fm the touch radio network wnwn fm 98.5 fm country music wtou 930 am urban ac coldwater michigan edit wtvb 1590 am 95.5 fm classic hits duluth minnesota edit kdal 610 am news talk kdal fm 95.7 fm hot ac kdwz 102.5 fm contemporary hit radio ktco 98.9 fm country music wdsm 710 am news talk wdul 970 am sports talk evansville indiana edit wabx 107.5 fm classic rock wiky fm 104.1 fm adult contemporary wlfw 93.5 fm classic country wsto 96.1 fm hot ac fargo north dakota edit kfgo 790 am news talk kmjo 104.7 fm classic country koyy 1 93.7 fm top 40 chr krwk 101.9 fm adult contemporary kvox 740 am sports kvox fm 99.9 fm country green bay wisconsin edit wgee wdkf 93.5 fm 93.1 fm 99.7 fm classic country wixx 101.1 fm contemporary hit radio wncy fm 100.3 fm country music wnfl 1440 am sports talk wtaq wtaq fm 1360 am 97.5 fm news talk wydr 94.3 fm jack fm adult hits hibbing minnesota edit kmfg 102.9 fm classic rock wmfg 1240 am adult standards wmfg fm 106.3 fm classic hits wnmt 650 am news talk wtbx 93.9 fm contemporary hit radio wusz 99.9 fm country music holland michigan edit whtc 1450 am news talk wyvn 92.7 fm classic hits jackson michigan edit wwdk 94.1 fm classic country kalamazoo michigan edit wkzo 590 am news talk wqlr 1660 am sports talk wvfm 106.5 fm classic hits wzox 96.5 fm alternative rock knoxville tennessee edit wdkw 95.7 fm classic country wimz fm 103.5 fm classic rock wjxb fm 97.5 fm adult contemporary lansing michigan edit wjxq 106.1 fm rock wlmi 92.9 fm classic hits wqtx 92.1 fm sports nashville tennessee edit wcjk 96.3 fm adult hits wjxa 92.9 fm adult contemporary wnfn 106.7 fm contemporary hit radio sheboygan wisconsin edit wbfm 93.7 fm country music whbl 1330 am 101.5 fm news talk whbz 106.5 fm active rock wxer 104.5 fm 96.1 fm contemporary hit radio sioux falls south dakota edit kelo 1320 am 107.9 fm news talk kelo fm 101.9 fm soft rock kelq 107.9 fm news talk kqsf 95.7 fm classic hits krro 103.7 fm active rock ktwb 92.5 fm country music kwsn 1230 am 98.1 fm sports talk terre haute indiana edit wbow 98.5 fm hot ac wdke 95.9 fm classic country wdwq 102.7 fm country music wibq 1230 am 1440 am news talk wmgi 100.7 fm contemporary hit radio wprs 1440 am news talk wausau wi edit wdez 101.9 fm modern country wifc 95.5 fm top 40 chr wozz 94.7 fm 102.9 fm active rock wrig 1390 am 93.9 fm fox sports wausau wsau wsau fm 550 am 99.9 fm news & talk radio references edit http y94.com external links edit corporate website v t e 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 kdwz 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 v t e city of wausau topics airport library metro ride notable residents industry midwest communications wausau homes inc wausau paper wisconsin valley improvement company education primary & secondary wausau school district wausau east high school wausau west high school newman catholic high 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