WNMT

WNMT (650 AM) is a talk radio station in Hibbing, Minnesota.^[2] WNMT is owned by Midwest Communications. Midwest owns five radio stations on the Iron Range; KQDX, WMFG, WNMT, WTBX, and WUSZ. All five 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.

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" ending with "Happy trails to you from WKKQ". WKKQ was affiliated with the United Press International Radio Network 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. At one point in time, the station also broadcast in AM stereo. The move to 650 kHz coincided with a switch to ABC Radio and WKKQ took Paul Harvey from WMFG. In early 1998, the call letters were changed to the current WNMT, followed by a format change in April 1998.

• WNMT website
• Facility details for Facility ID 73173 (WNMT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WNMT in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

47°22′30.8′′N 93°0′56.7′′W / 47.375222°N 93.015750°W / 47.375222; -93.015750

• Radio stations in Minnesota
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• Radio stations established in 1975
• 1975 establishments in Minnesota
• Midwest Communications radio stations
• Itasca County, Minnesota

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