WWWI-FM
WWWI-FM is a radio station 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, which airs a news/talk format.
It airs a hybrid country music and adult standards format. and gets network news from CBS News Radio.
The station was assigned the WWWI-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 1, 2004.
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.