WMFG-FM
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WMFG-FM is a radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

  broadcasting a Classic Hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...

 format. Licensed to Hibbing, Minnesota
Hibbing, Minnesota
Hibbing is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 16,361 at the 2010 census. The city was built on the rich iron ore of the Mesabi Iron Range. At the edge of town is the largest open-pit iron mine in the world. U.S...

, USA, the station serves the Hibbing area. The station is currently owned by Midwest Communications
Midwest Communications
Midwest Communications, Inc. consists of Midwest Communications, Inc. and WRIG, Inc., which collectively own forty-six radio stations. The Company got its start 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...

, and features programing from Classic Hits Radio  .

Midwest also owns six radio stations on the Iron Range
Iron Range
The Iron Range is a region that makes up the northeastern section of Minnesota in the United States. "The Range", as it is known by locals, is a region with multiple distinct bands of iron ore...

: KMFG
KMFG
KMFG is a radio station broadcasting a Classic rock format. Licensed to Nashwauk, Minnesota, USA, the station serves the Iron Range area. The station is currently owned by Midwest Communications, and features programing from ABC Radio and Jones Radio Network.Midwest also owns five other radio...

, WMFG
WMFG (AM)
WMFG is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards format. Licensed to Hibbing, Minnesota, USA, the station serves the Iron Range area. The station is currently owned by Midwest Communications and features programing from Westwood One and Dial Global.Midwest also owns six radio stations on...

, WNMT
WNMT
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...

, WTBX and WUSZ
WUSZ
WUSZ "Radio USA" is a U.S. radio station in Hibbing, Minnesota, serving the Iron Range region. The station airs Country Music, and is owned by Midwest Communications....

. All six stations share the same studio location at 807 W. 37th Street, Hibbing.

History

The station went on the air as WMFG-FM on 1980-04-15. on 1987-08-05, the station changed its call sign to WMFG,

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