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WCMP-FM
Broadcast areaEast Central Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin
Frequency100.9 MHz
BrandingCool Country 100.9 FM
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
OwnerRed Rock Radio Corp.
WCMP (AM)
Technical information
Facility ID52621
ClassC3
ERP25,000 watts
HAAT84 meters (276 feet)
Transmitter coordinates
45°54′07″N 92°57′25″W / 45.90194°N 92.95694°W / 45.90194; -92.95694
Links
Websitehttp://redrockonair.com/

WCMP-FM (100.9 FM, "Cool Country 100.9 FM") is a radio station licensed to serve Pine City, Minnesota. It airs a Country music format.[1]

It is owned by Red Rock Radio, and has studios at 15429 Pokegama Lake Rd. This facility is shared with sister station WCMP (AM).

The station was assigned the WCMP-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on August 9, 1979,[2] originally at 92.1 FM.

Ownership

In July 2001, Quarnstrom Media Group LLC (Alan R. Quarnstrom, president) agreed to purchase WCMP and WCMP-FM from Pine City Broadcasting Co. Inc., for a reported sale price of $1.25 million.[3] The deal was approved by the FCC on August 23, 2001, and the deal was consummated on September 4, 2001.[4]

In June 2007, Red Rock Radio Corp. (Romeo "Ro" Grignon, president) reached an agreement to purchase WCMP and WCMP-FM from Alan Quarnstrom for a reported sale price of $1.6 million.[5] The deal was approved by the FCC on July 20, 2007, and the deal was consummated on August 1, 2007.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  2. ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ^ Rathburn, Elizabeth A. (2001-08-06). "Changing Hands - 8/6/2001". Broadcasting & Cable.
  4. ^ "Application Search Details - BAL-20010713AAR". FCC Media Bureau. 2001-09-04.
  5. ^ "Deals - 06/11/2007". Broadcasting & Cable. 2007-06-11.
  6. ^ "Application Search Details BAL-20070531AKG". FCC Media Bureau. 2007-08-01.