WCMP-FM | |
City: | Pine City, Minnesota |
Area: | East-central Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin |
Branding: | Cool Country 100.9 FM |
Airdate: | [1] |
Frequency: | 100.9 MHz |
Format: | Country |
Erp: | 25,000 watts |
Haat: | 84 meters (276 feet) |
Class: | C3 |
Facility Id: | 52621 |
Coordinates: | 45.9019°N -92.9569°W |
Callsign Meaning: | Cambridge Mora Pine City |
Owner: | Alan R. Quarnstrom |
Licensee: | Q Media Properties, LLC |
Sister Stations: | WCMP |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WCMP-FM (100.9 MHz, "Cool Country 100.9 FM") is an American radio station licensed to serve Pine City, Minnesota. It airs a country music format.[2]
It is owned by Alan R. Quarnstrom, through licensee Q Media Properties, and has studios at 15429 Pokegama Lake Rd. This facility is shared with sister station WCMP.
The station was assigned the WCMP-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on August 9, 1979,[3] originally at 92.1 FM.
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.[4] The deal was approved by the FCC on August 23, 2001, and consummated on September 4, 2001.[5]
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.[6] The deal was approved by the FCC on July 20, 2007, and consummated on August 1, 2007.[7]
On September 16, 2016, Red Rock Radio announced that it would sell WCMP and WCMP-FM to Q Media Properties, putting the stations back under the control of Alan Quarnstrom;[8] the sale was completed on November 30, 2016 at a purchase price of $300,000.[9]