- WNMT
Infobox Radio station
name = WNMT
city =Nashwauk, Minnesota
area =Hibbing, Minnesota /Iron Range
branding = WNMT AM 650
slogan = "Northern Minnesota Talk"
airdate =1968
frequency = 650 AM (kHz)
format = Commercial; News/Talk
power = 10,000watt s (day)
1,000 watts (night)
erp =
class = B
callsign_meaning = Northern Minnesota Talk
former_callsigns =
owner =Midwest Communications
sister_stations =KMFG , WMFG,WMFG-FM ,WNMT ,WTBX ,WUSZ
webcast =
website = http://www.wnmtradio.com/
affiliations = ABC NewsWNMT is a talk radio station in
Hibbing, Minnesota that broadcasts over the preassigned frequency of 650 AM. It is also, however the call letters of a former radio station inGarden City, Georgia that broadcast from the summer of 1968 until roughly the spring of 1991 over the 1520 AM frequency. The initial broadcast over WNMT-AM is thought to have been that of the assassination of Presidential contenderRobert F. Kennedy the previous night,June 5 ,1968 .The former WNMT station broadcast from dawn to dusk nearly every day, and broadcast a variety of family oriented programming. The owner and operator was an elderly (now deceased) gentleman, surname Watkins, (date of birth unknown). Currently WNMT is owned by
Midwest Communications . Midwest also owns five other radio stations on theIron Range .WNMT broadcasts a typical AM station pattern during the day which gives it good coverage over most of
Northeastern Minnesota . However at nighttime, the station broadcasts a directional pattern from five towers which makes it difficult to receive south of the immediateIron Range . This is done to protect signals to the south broadcasting on the same frequency.External links
* [http://www.wnmtradio.com/ WNMT]
*AMQ|WNMT
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