WCMP | |
City: | Pine City, Minnesota |
Area: | East-central Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin |
Branding: | Anthem Country |
Frequency: | 1350 kHz |
Translator: | 106.5 W293DA (Pine City) |
Airdate: | [1] |
Format: | Classic country |
Power: | 1,000 watts day 52 watts night |
Class: | D |
Facility Id: | 52622 |
Coordinates: | 45.8194°N -92.9958°W |
Affiliations: | Fox News Radio Packers Radio Network |
Owner: | Alan R. Quarnstrom |
Licensee: | Q Media Properties, LLC |
Sister Stations: | KBEK, WCMP-FM |
Webcast: | Listen Live |
Website: | wcmpradio.com |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WCMP (1350 kHz) is an AM radio station in Pine City, Minnesota. It has a classic country format, and broadcasts 24 hours a day. The station first signed on in 1957. It started out as a Full Service MOR station broadcasting only through the day hours, but transformed into Full Service AC in the mid-1980s.
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-FM. Its signal can be heard with in a six-county area.
On September 16, 2016, Red Rock Radio announced that it would sell WCMP and WCMP-FM to Q Media Properties;[2] the sale was completed on November 30, 2016 at a purchase price of $300,000.[3] On April 17, 2017, WCMP changed their format from adult standards to classic hits, branded as "Pine Hits 106".[4] Since then, WCMP quietly rebranded as "Highway 106.5" with no change in format.
On November 16, 2020, WCMP flipped to classic country, branded as "Anthem Country".[5]