WIFC

WIFC

City	Wausau, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Wausau-Stevens Point
Branding	95-5 WIFC
Slogan	"All the Hits!"
Frequency	95.5 (MHz)
First air date	August 1969
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Language(s)	English
ERP	98,600 watts
HAAT	329 meters (1,079 ft)
Class	C
Facility ID	74102
Callsign meaning	WIsconsin Forward Communications^[1]
Former callsigns	WSAU-FM
Owner	Duey E. Wright (WRIG, Inc.)
Sister stations	WDEZ, WOZZ, WRIG, WSAU, WSAU-FM
Webcast	Listen Live!
Website	www.wifc.com

95.5 WIFC is a top 40 (CHR) radio station located in Wausau, Wisconsin. The station is owned and operated locally by Midwest Communications, previously owned by Journal Communications, Dave Raven (Raven Broadcasting) and originally Forward Communications. The call letters WIFC stand for WIsconsin Forward Communications. WIFC's main competition comes from HOT 96-7 (WHTQ), a top 40-CHR radio station broadcasting to the same area.

Formerly WSAU-FM (a beautiful music station), WIFC has broadcast its current format since August 1969, making it one of the longest-running continuously-broadcasting CHR-top 40 stations in the United States.

Current on-air staff

Dave Kallaway
Susan Kennedy
Tom King (Also On WSAU-FM)
Otis Day (Also on WIXX)
Belky (Also On WXER)
Mike Mathers(Also On WOZZ as "Brewer")
Jimmy Bodean
Evan Archer
Spencer Hart (Also On WRIG)
John Garabedian (Host of nationally syndicated, Open House Party on Saturday nights 6-11p CT)

Former on-air staff

David Andrews
Eddie Anthony
Greg Allen
Dave Apple
Dave Arrowood (aka David Shane Arrowood; on staff early 1970s; now working in country music business in Nashville)
Roger Bertram
Mike Bradford
Tony Brueski (now at KFDI Wichita)
Bruce Charles (Bruce Heikkinen)(from Brantwood, Wisconsin; morning show and music director, early to mid-1970s; also worked at WSAU, WRIG, WKAU; now runs small advertising agency near Seattle)
Jimmy Clark (now at WQLH in Green Bay, Wisconsin)
Craig Collins
Stacy Cole
Tom Collins
J.D. Cooper
BJ Crocker (Ken Kops) (On-Air staff and Program Director mid-1970s)(from Colby, Wisconsin: also worked as Program Director at WKAU-Kaukauna, Wisconsin)
Duff Damos (former Program Director; now at WRLO in Rhinelander, Wisconsin)
Jay Daniels (former fill-ins; living in Wausau, Wisconsin, no longer in radio)
Tom Daniels (on staff early to mid-1970s, died April 2008)
Aaron David (on-air staff early 2000s, now Aaron Camaro for the National Wrestling Alliance in Nashville)
Bob Davis (Brother of WSAU Personality Chuck Williams)
Brad Davis
Derrick Davis
Jeff Davis
Dave Dawson
BIG Mike Edwards
Alley Faith (WXSS 103.7 KISS FM, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Linda Gallagher
Pat Green
Ted Harmon
Tommy Holiday
Tom Hudson "The HUD"
Robert W Jackson (aka R.W. Jackson; on staff early 1970s)
Derek James (now a television anchor for WCCB TV in Charlotte, North Carolina)
Dusty Johnson
Gary Johnson (later worked at WRIG)
Jackie Johnson (now a news correspondent for the Wisconsin Radio Network)
John Jost
Tom Kaye (on staff mid to late 1970s, and mid to late 1980s)
Bob Kelly
Bruce Kelly
Jake Kelly (Also On WIXX and WJZQ, KDWZ, et al.)
Ryan Kessler (Still Currently On WOZZ as "Dr.Kessler")
Mike Kincaid (Mergens) (Overnights March 2000-February 2001. Now Director of Operations for WFMM Hattiesburg, Mississippi and WLAU Laurel, Mississippi)
Ken Knight (weekends in early 1990s)
Kevin Kollins (former Program Director; now at WJOL Chicago, Illinois)
Paul Kraimer (PD for a short time in 1998)
Ann Laurie
Dean Lester (part-time, mid-1970s, now at WCUB, Manitowoc)
Tim Lethlean (WXSS 103.7 KISS FM, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Joe Malone (Mornings, Afternoon & Middays 2004-2008; last host of the "Retro Lunch")
Mark Maloney
Wes McKane (WXSS 103.7 KISS FM, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Dee Dee Meyer
Aaron Michaels (former AM & PM drive; now living in Waunakee, Wisconsin)
Captain Jim Michaels
Monica Michaels
Bill Mitchell (former Music Director)
Phil Murphy (mornings, circa 1980)
Ed Myers
Jeff "Smash" Murray (now at WSTO in Evansville, Indiana)
"The Real Deal" Mike Neil
Shannon Novak (now with National Public Radio)
Dan Owen
Jim Owen
Bill Parker
Rod Phillips (now VP of Programming, Clear Channel)
Chris Pickett (now Regional Programming Manager, Clear Channel)
Jon Pike
Pat Plant (on staff early 1970s, station manager later on)
Steve Porter
Razor J (still a Mobile party D.J.)
Mark Ripley
Keith Roberts
Bill Schulz (now at KLCA in Reno, Nevada)
Scott Sheridan
Rick Stevens (aka Rick Heckendorf, from Merrill, died mid-1980s)
Sebastian Oliver Stone (Mornings, mid-1970s, now working in the Twin Cities)
Nick Summers; now in Myrtle Beach at 94.5 the Tide
Brooke Taylor (The Fish Cleveland)
Skip Taylor (morning show & program director, late 1970s)
Terry Tee
Steve Turner (on staff early 1970s)
Tony Waitekus (Former Studio Director and Brand Manager; now Program Director at WHTQ)
Jackson Dell Weaver (First morning man 1969-70)
Brian West (mornings, circa 1996-97)
Mike Wilson
Danny Wright
Ron Yantz/Cliff Thompson (program director, early 1970s, died January 2011)

Former News and Sports

Al Lippert
Brian Posick
Bill Scott
Derek James (with Kallaway on the Rise), now a television anchor for WCCB TV in Charlotte, North Carolina)
Ken Wright (early 1990s)

History

WSAU-FM began broadcasting August 29, 1948, and was one of the first FM Stations in Wisconsin to broadcast in Stereo in the early 1960s. It and sister station WSAU were originally owned by The Milwaukee Journal.^[2]

References

↑ Wisconsin Broadcasting dot com
↑ "WSAU-FM Wausau Starts Service on Channel 238" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 13, 1948. Retrieved 7 January 2015.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WIFC

Radio-Locator information on WIFC

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WIFC

Radio stations in the Wausau-Stevens Point, Wisconsin market (Central Wisconsin)

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.1 89.5 89.9 90.3 90.9 91.9 91.9 92.1 92.7 93.9 94.7 95.5 96.7 97.9 98.7 99.9 100.5 101.9 103.3 104.1 104.9 105.5 106.5 107.9

By AM frequency	550 800 930 1010 1230 1320 1390

By callsign	KSPP W212BB W221CN W254BP WBCV WCLQ WDEZ WDTX WDUX WDUX-FM WFHR WGLX-FM WGNV WHJL WHRM WHTQ WIFC WKQH WLBL WLBL-FM WLJY WMMA-FM WMZK WOZZ WPCN WRIG WSAU WSAU-FM WSPT WWSP WXCO WXPW WYTE

Nearby radio markets Eau Claire Green Bay Fox Cities Iron Mountain La Crosse Rice Lake–Spooner Wisconsin Dells–Baraboo See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

CHR / Top 40 radio stations in the state of Wisconsin

By frequency	93.1 93.3 95.5 95.9 96.7 97.3 100.7 101.1 103.7 104.1 104.5 104.7 106.9 106.9 107.1

By callsign	WBIZ-FM WBJZ WHTQ WIFC WIXX WIZM-FM WJQM WKSZ WNNO-FM WNRG WPVL-FM WRNW WXER WXSS WZEE

By city of license	Berlin/Oshkosh Brookfield/Milwaukee DeForest/Madison De Pere/Green Bay Eau Claire Green Bay La Crosse Madison Milwaukee Platteville/Dubuque, Iowa Plymounth/Sheboygan Whiting/Stevens Point Wauwautosa/Milwaukee Wisconsin Dells

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Wisconsin See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

Midwest Communications

Indiana	Evansville WABX WIKY-FM WLFW WSTO Terre Haute WBOW WDKE WDWQ WIBQ WMGI WPRS

Michigan	Battle Creek WNWN-FM WTOU Coldwater WTVB Holland WHTC WYVN Kalamazoo WKZO WNWN WQLR WVFM WZOX Lansing WJXQ WLMI WQTX WWDK

Minnesota	Duluth KDAL KDAL-FM KDKE KTCO WDSM WDUL Hibbing KMFG WMFG WMFG-FM WNMT WTBX WUSZ

North Dakota	Fargo KFGO KMJO KOYY KRWK KVOX KVOX-FM

South Dakota	Sioux Falls KELO KELO-FM KELQ KQSF KRRO KTWB KWSN

Tennessee	Knoxville WDKW WIMZ-FM WJXB-FM 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

Coordinates: 44°55′16″N 89°41′28″W / 44.921°N 89.691°W / 44.921; -89.691

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