WMNI

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WMNI

City	Columbus, Ohio
Broadcast area	Columbus metropolitan area
Frequency	920 kHz
Branding	Easy 95.1 FM and AM 920
Programming
Format	Soft adult contemporary
Affiliations	Premiere Networks Fox News Radio Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Ownership
Owner	North American Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Sister stations	WJKR, WRKZ
History
First air date	April 26, 1958; 63 years ago (1958-04-26)[1]
Call sign meaning	William R. Mnich, founder "Music, News, Information"
Technical information
Facility ID	49110
Class	B
Power	1,000 watts days 500 watts nights
Transmitter coordinates	39°53′32″N 83°02′51″W / 39.8922222°N 83.0475°W / 39.8922222; -83.0475Coordinates: 39°53′32″N 83°02′51″W / 39.8922222°N 83.0475°W / 39.8922222; -83.0475
Translator(s)	95.1 W236CZ (Columbus)
Links
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wmni.com

WMNI (920 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Columbus, Ohio, calling itself "Easy 95.1 FM and AM 920." It carries a soft adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for part of November and December. WMNI is locally owned by the Columbus-based North American Broadcasting Company, Inc. The radio studios and offices are on Dublin Road (U.S. Route 33) in Marble Cliff, Ohio, using a Columbus address.

By day, WMNI is powered at 1,000 watts. But to avoid interference to other stations on 920 AM, it reduces power at night to 500 watts. It uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array. The transmitter is off South Park Place in Grove City, near Interstate 71 and Interstate 270.^[2] Programming is also heard on FM translator W236CZ at 95.1 MHz.

Programming[]

In addition to its Soft AC music format, WMNI carries a number of local and national sports events, including the Indy 500, the Brickyard 400, Notre Dame college football and Columbus Clippers Triple A baseball.

On Saturday and Sunday mornings, WMNI features talk shows such as "Plant Talk with Fred Hower" and "At Home With Gary Sullivan" as well as some paid brokered programming.^[3] WMNI carries news updates from Fox News Radio.

History[]

On April 26, 1958; 63 years ago (1958-04-26), WMNI first signed on the air. For most of its three decades, it had a full service, country radio format. As country music listening started to move from AM to FM in the 1980s, WMNI switched to a satellite-delivered adult standards format from Westwood One. By the late 1990s, much of the music was locally programmed using Columbus-based disc jockeys. As of August 2007, WMNI shifted back to Westwood One's "America's Best Music" format, a mix of soft oldies and standards.

On Thursday, June 14, 2012, at 6:00 a.m., WMNI switched to a simulcast of WMNI-FM, which had flipped from a classic hits sound as WTDA-FM to a news format.

On Thursday July 18, 2013, the AM/FM simulcast ended, with WMNI returning to the soft oldies and adult standards format.

On June 12, 2017, WMNI changed to soft adult contemporary music, branded as "Easy 95.1 & 920" (simulcast on FM translator W236CZ 95.1 FM Columbus).^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• Corporate Website
• WMNI in the FCC AM station database
• WMNI on Radio-Locator
• WMNI in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

• W236CZ in the FCC FM station database
• W236CZ on Radio-Locator

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