WNFL
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Broadcast area | Northeast Wisconsin |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1440 kHz |
| Branding | 99.7 & 101.9 WNFL |
| Programming | |
| Format | Sports |
| Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio Milwaukee Bucks Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball Wisconsin Sports Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
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| WDKF, WGEE, WIXX, WNCY-FM, WTAQ, WYDR | |
| History | |
First air date | Script error: No such module "Date time". (as WJPG at 810) |
Former call signs | WJPG (1947–1967) |
Former frequencies | 810 kHz (1947–1951) |
Call sign meaning | W National Football League |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 9966 | |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts (day) 500 watts (night) |
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| [[Repeater|RepeaterTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Template:Radio Relay |
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Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wnflsports |
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WNFL (1440 AM) is an all-sports radio station located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The station is locally owned and operated by Midwest Communications, which owns six other stations in Northeast Wisconsin. The station is an affiliate of Fox Sports Radio, and carries the WSSP line-up [2] from Milwaukee. It airs one minute news updates from CBS at approximately 45 minutes past the hour. In addition to the station's sports-talk offerings, WNFL airs Milwaukee Bucks basketball play-by-play and local high school football and basketball games. Milwaukee Brewers baseball games during the work week are also on WNFL, with night and weekend games on sister station WTAQ.
Former programming on the station included The Steve Czaban Show and the station's local Maino & Nick (John Maino and Nick Vitrano) show.
WNFL's studios and transmitter are located on Bellevue Street in the Green Bay suburb of Bellevue. Weather updates are provided by the "FOX 11 Severe Weather Lab" at WLUK-TV.
History
The Green Bay Press-Gazette built WJPG – a daytimer – in 1947 and it began broadcasting with 1000 watts of power on 810 kHz on December 12, 1947. Nighttime service was added in the station's early ears, and WJPG changed AM frequencies from 810 to 1440 kHz on May 24, 1951. Daytime power was increased to 5,000 watts on June 16, 1954.[3]
WJPG was a CONELRAD authorized radio station, meaning that if CONELRAD were activated, WJPG would remain on the air and transmit emergency information. A CONELRAD alarm was incorrectly sent to the WJPG control station on the evening of November 5, 1959.[4] The message sent to the control station was "This is an air defense radio alert", rather than what should have been sent for a test, "This is an air defense line check." Northeast Wisconsin's three television stations (WFRV, WLUK, and WBAY) and radio stations WBAY and WJPG were all taken offline for 20 minutes as they prepared to implement CONELRAD alert procedures, until the error was realized and the alert preparation was reversed.[4]
WJPG changed its call letters to WNFL on August 7, 1967, several months after the Green Bay Packers won Super Bowl I.[5] WNFL changed ownership several times until 1996, when Midwest Communications acquired the station, along with sister stations WNCY and WYDR (then WROE).
On October 13, 2025, WNFL began simulcasting on WDKF 99.7 FM Sturgeon Bay and rebranded as "99.7 & 101.9 WNFL".[6]
WNFL personalities
- Mark Daniels: "WNFL Sports Report" anchor and high school sports play-by-play
- Doug Higgins: Weekend weather (from WLUK-TV)
- Pete Petoniak: Morning/early-afternoon weather (from WLUK-TV)
- Patrick Powell: Late-afternoon/evening/overnight weather (from WLUK-TV)
- Jason Hillery: Program
Director
- John Kuhn: Host of Nine To Noon
Previous logo
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WNFL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Venta, Lance (October 16, 2025). "More Sports Radio Changes Across Wisconsin". RadioInsight. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WJPG Will Celebrate Its 10th Anniversary in Fall". Green Bay Press-Gazette. August 3, 1957. p. 34. Retrieved May 21, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SAGE Alert Causes Brief TV Blackout". Appleton Post-Crescent. November 6, 1959. p. A1. Retrieved May 21, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tomorrow, The New TITLE in TITLETOWN (WNFL) (advertisement)". Green Bay Press Gazette. August 6, 1967. p. C-8. Retrieved May 21, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ WDKF Flips to WNFL Simulcast Radioinsight - October 13, 2025
External links
- FCC History Cards for WNFL
- Official website
- Midwest Communications
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- WNFL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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- W270AJ at FCCdata.org
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