WIFC

WIFC

Wausau, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Wausau-Stevens Point
Frequency	95.5 (MHz)
Branding	95-5 WIFC
Programming
Language(s)	English
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Ownership
Owner	Duey E. Wright (WRIG, Inc.)
Sister stations	WDEZ, WOZZ, WRIG, WSAU, WSAU-FM
History
First air date	August 1969
Former call signs	WSAU-FM
Call sign meaning	WIsconsin Forward Communications
Technical information
Facility ID	74102
Class	C
ERP	98,600 watts
HAAT	329 meters (1,079 ft)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	www.wifc.com

95.5 WIFC is a top 40 (CHR) radio station located in Wausau, Wisconsin. The station is owned and operated locally by Midwest Communications, previously owned by Journal Communications, Dave Raven (Raven Broadcasting) and originally Forward Communications. The call letters WIFC stand for WIsconsin Forward Communications. WIFC's main competition comes from HOT 96-7 (WHTQ), a top 40-CHR radio station broadcasting to the same area.

Formerly WSAU-FM (a beautiful music station), WIFC has broadcast its current format since August 1969, making it one of the longest-running continuously-broadcasting CHR-top 40 stations in the United States.

Current on-air staff

• Dave Kallaway
• Susan Kennedy
• Tom King (Also On WSAU-FM)
• Otis Day (Also on WIXX)
• Belky (Also On WXER)
• Mike Mathers(Also On WOZZ as "Brewer")
• Jimmy Bodean
• Evan Archer
• Spencer Hart (Also On WRIG)
• John Garabedian (Host of nationally syndicated, Open House Party on Saturday nights 6-11p CT)

Former on-air staff

• David Andrews
• Eddie Anthony
• Greg Allen
• Dave Apple
• Dave Arrowood (aka David Shane Arrowood; on staff early 1970s; now working in country music business in Nashville)
• Roger Bertram
• Mike Bradford
• Tony Brueski (now at KFDI Wichita)
• Bruce Charles (Bruce Heikkinen)(from Brantwood, Wisconsin; morning show and music director, early to mid-1970s; also worked at WSAU, WRIG, WKAU; now runs small advertising agency near Seattle)
• Jimmy Clark (now at WQLH in Green Bay, Wisconsin)
• Craig Collins
• Stacy Cole
• Tom Collins
• J.D. Cooper
• BJ Crocker (Ken Kops) (On-Air staff and Program Director mid-1970s)(from Colby, Wisconsin: also worked as Program Director at WKAU-Kaukauna, Wisconsin)
• Duff Damos (former Program Director; now at WRLO in Rhinelander, Wisconsin)
• Jay Daniels (former fill-ins; living in Wausau, Wisconsin, no longer in radio)
• Tom Daniels (on staff early to mid-1970s, died April 2008)
• Aaron David (on-air staff early 2000s, now Aaron Camaro for the National Wrestling Alliance in Nashville)
• Bob Davis (Brother of WSAU Personality Chuck Williams)
• Brad Davis
• Derrick Davis
• Jeff Davis
• Dave Dawson
• BIG Mike Edwards
• Alley Faith (WXSS 103.7 KISS FM, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• Linda Gallagher
• Pat Green
• Ted Harmon
• Tommy Holiday
• Tom Hudson "The HUD"
• Robert W Jackson (aka R.W. Jackson; on staff early 1970s)
• Derek James (now a television anchor for WCCB TV in Charlotte, North Carolina)
• Dusty Johnson
• Gary Johnson (later worked at WRIG)
• Jackie Johnson (now a news correspondent for the Wisconsin Radio Network)
• John Jost
• Tom Kaye (on staff mid to late 1970s, and mid to late 1980s)
• Bob Kelly
• Bruce Kelly
• Jake Kelly (Also On WIXX and WJZQ, KDWZ, et al.)
• Ryan Kessler (Still Currently On WOZZ as "Dr.Kessler")
• Mike Kincaid (Mergens) (Overnights March 2000-February 2001. Now Director of Operations for WFMM Hattiesburg, Mississippi and WLAU Laurel, Mississippi)
• Ken Knight (weekends in early 1990s)
• Kevin Kollins (former Program Director; now at WJOL Chicago, Illinois)
• Paul Kraimer (PD for a short time in 1998)
• Ann Laurie
• Dean Lester (part-time, mid-1970s, now at WCUB, Manitowoc)
• Tim Lethlean (WXSS 103.7 KISS FM, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• Joe Malone (Mornings, Afternoon & Middays 2004-2008; last host of the "Retro Lunch")
• Mark Maloney
• Wes McKane (WXSS 103.7 KISS FM, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
• Dee Dee Meyer
• Aaron Michaels (former AM & PM drive; now living in Waunakee, Wisconsin)
• Captain Jim Michaels
• Monica Michaels
• Bill Mitchell (former Music Director)
• Phil Murphy (mornings, circa 1980)
• Ed Myers
• Jeff "Smash" Murray (now at WSTO in Evansville, Indiana)
• "The Real Deal" Mike Neil
• Shannon Novak (now with National Public Radio)
• Dan Owen
• Jim Owen
• Bill Parker
• Rod Phillips (now VP of Programming, Clear Channel)
• Chris Pickett (now Regional Programming Manager, Clear Channel)
• Jon Pike
• Pat Plant (on staff early 1970s, station manager later on)
• Steve Porter
• Razor J (still a Mobile party D.J.)
• Mark Ripley
• Keith Roberts
• Bill Schulz (now at KLCA in Reno, Nevada)
• Scott Sheridan
• Rick Stevens (aka Rick Heckendorf, from Merrill, died mid-1980s)
• Sebastian Oliver Stone (Mornings, mid-1970s, now working in the Twin Cities)
• Nick Summers; now in Myrtle Beach at 94.5 the Tide
• Brooke Taylor (The Fish Cleveland)
• Skip Taylor (morning show & program director, late 1970s)
• Terry Tee
• Steve Turner (on staff early 1970s)
• Tony Waitekus (Former Studio Director and Brand Manager; now Program Director at WHTQ)
• Jackson Dell Weaver (First morning man 1969-70)
• Brian West (mornings, circa 1996-97)
• Mike Wilson
• Danny Wright
• Ron Yantz/Cliff Thompson (program director, early 1970s, died January 2011)

Former News and Sports

• Al Lippert
• Brian Posick
• Bill Scott
• Derek James (with Kallaway on the Rise), now a television anchor for WCCB TV in Charlotte, North Carolina)
• Ken Wright (early 1990s)

History

WSAU-FM began broadcasting August 29, 1948, and was one of the first FM Stations in Wisconsin to broadcast in Stereo in the early 1960s. It and sister station WSAU were originally owned by The Milwaukee Journal.

External links

• 95-5 WIFC official website
• Midwest Communications
• Facility details for Facility ID WIFC ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database