WUSZ

Radio station in Virginia, Minnesota

Virginia, Minnesota

Broadcast areaIron RangeFrequency99.9 MHzBranding99.9 Radio USAProgrammingFormatCountryOwnershipOwner

Duey E. Wright
(Midwest Communications, Inc.)

Sister stations

WDKE, WEVE-FM, WMFG, WMFG-FM, WNMT, WTBXHistory

First air date

June 2, 1971; 52 years ago (1971-06-02) (as WHLB-FM on 107.1 MHz)

Former call signs

WHLB-FM (1971-?)
WIRN (?-1987)
WCDK-FM (1987–1993)

Former frequencies

107.1 MHz

Call sign meaning

99.9 Radio U S A (Z)Technical informationFacility ID70302ClassC1ERP100,000 wattsHAAT162 meters (531 ft)LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsiteradiousa.com

WUSZ (99.9 MHz "Radio USA") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Virginia, Minnesota, and serving the Iron Range region. It is owned by Midwest Communications and it airs a country radio format. The studios and offices are on West 37th Street in Hibbing. It is co-located with its Midwest Communications sister stations: WDKE, WEVE-FM, WMFG, WMFG-FM, WNMT and WTBX.

WUSC is a Class C1 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations.^[1]

History

The station signed on the air on June 2, 1971; 52 years ago (1971-06-02).^[2] Its original call sign was WHLB-FM. It was the FM counterpart of WHLB 1400 AM, which dated back to 1936 but is now dark. WHLB-FM broadcast at first on 107.1 MHz as a Class A station with 3,000 watts on a 105-foot tower. Its signal was limited to an area in and around the town of Virginia.

It later moved to its current frequency of 99.9 MHz, allowing it to increase its power and tower height. It changed its callsign to WIRN to represent its listening area, the "Iron Range" of Minnesota. It switched its call sign to WUSZ in 1993, using the moniker "Radio USA."

References

^ Radio-Locator.com/WUSC
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977 page C-114. Retrieved April 12, 2024.

External links

99.9 Radio USA official website

Radio stations in the Iron Range of Minnesota

This region includes the cities: Ely

650
1240
1320
1340
1450

By FM frequency

88.7
88.9
89.3
89.7
90.1
90.9
91.7
92.5
93.9
94.5
96.1
96.9
97.9
99.1
99.9
102.9
105.5
106.3
106.7

Translators	88.1 88.3 90.5 92.1 95.1 95.3 K237CE W237AO 98.3 98.7 101.3 101.7 103.9 104.1 105.5 107.3

By call sign

Nearby regions – U.S.: Bemidji; Brainerd; Duluth–Superior; International Falls

Canada: Rainy River; Thunder Bay

See also: List of radio stations in Minnesota

v t e Country radio stations in the state of Minnesota
Stations	KARL – Tracy KARP-FM – Dassel KAUS-FM – Austin KBEW-FM – Blue Earth KBGY – Fairbault KBHP – Bemidji KBLB – Nisswa KBOT – Detroit Lakes KBVB – Barnesville KCHK – New Prague KCHK-FM - New Prague KCUE – Red Wing KDDG - Albany KDIO – Ortonville KDJS-FM – Willmar KDLB – Frazee KDMA – Montevideo KDMA-FM - Granite Falls KDOM – Windom KDOM-FM – Windom KEEY-FM – St. Paul KEYL – Long Prairie KFIL – Preston KFIL-FM – Chatfield KGLB - Glencoe KHWK – Winona KIKV-FM – Sauk Centre KJJK-FM – Fergus Falls KJOE – Pipestone KKAQ – Thief River Falls KKCB – Duluth KKDQ – Thief River Falls KKIN-FM – Aitkin KKOJ – Jackson KKOK-FM – Morris KKWQ – Warroad KKWS – Wadena KLCI – Elk River KLGR – Redwood Falls KLOH – Pipestone KLQL – Luverne KLQP – Madison KMFX-FM – Rochester KMNB – Minneapolis KNUJ – New Ulm KOLV – Willmar KPRM – Park Rapids KQYB – Spring Grove KRCQ – Detroit Lakes KRFO-FM – Owatonna KRJB – Ada KRRW – Winthrop KRUE – Waseca KSDM – International Falls KSNR – Fisher KSUM – Fairmont KTCO – Duluth KUSQ – Worthington KWAD – Wadena KWWK – Rochester KXAC - St. James KXKK – Park Rapids KYCK Crookston KYSM-FM – Mankato KZPK – Paynesville WBJI – Bemidji WCMP – Pine City WCMP-FM – Pine City WDKE – Coleraine WLKX-FM - Forest Lake WPVW – Wabasha WQPM - Princeton WUSZ – Hibbing WVAL – Sauk Rapids WWJO – Saint Cloud WWWI-FM - Pillager WYRQ-FM – Little Falls
See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Minnesota

Country radio stations in the state of Minnesota

Stations

See also: adult contemporary; classic hits; college; country; news/talk; NPR; oldies; religious; rock; sports; top 40; urban; other radio stations in Minnesota

v t e Midwest Communications
Illinois	Peoria WIRL WKZF WMBD WSWT WPBG WXCL
Indiana	Evansville WABX WIKY-FM WLYD WSTO Terre Haute WBOW WIBQ WIBU (defunct) WMGI WTHI-FM WWVR
Michigan	Battle Creek WFAT WNWN Coldwater WTVB Holland WHTC WYVN Kalamazoo WKZO WTOU WVFM WZOX Lansing WJXQ WLMI WQTX WWDK
Minnesota	Duluth KDAL KDAL-FM KDKE KQDS-FM KTCO WDSM WDUL Hibbing WEVE-FM WDKE WMFG WMFG-FM WNMT WTBX WUSZ
North Dakota	Fargo KFGO KFGO-FM KNFL KOYY KRWK KVOX-FM
South Dakota	Sioux Falls KELO KELO-FM KELQ KQSF KRRO KTWB KWSN
Tennessee	Knoxville WDKW WIMZ-FM WJXB-FM WNFZ Nashville WCJK WJXA WNFN
Wisconsin	Appleton WGEE WYDR Green Bay WDKF WIXX WNCY-FM WNFL WTAQ/WTAQ-FM Wausau WDEZ WIFC WOZZ WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM Sheboygan WBFM WHBL WHBZ WXER
Website mwcradio.com