WINONA, Minn. – Starting Monday the Leighton radio chain will launch an all-sports station in Winona. Leighton’s Winona manager, Jim Alligeier, said the station will use the call letters KWMN and replace the company’s country station K-HWK at channel 99.3. The station will be home for Winona Winhawks, Cotter Ramblers, and Rushford-Peterson Trojans football and basketball, he said. The station will also pipe in nationally syndicated Fox Sports talkers Dan Patrick, Colin Cowherd and Doug Gottlieb. The station also will be the area’s home for Minnesota Golden Gopher football and basketball, Minnesota Timberwolves, Minnesota Wild, college football and the NFL, Alligeier said. The company will maintain KHWK-AM at 1380 with country music.
Alligeier. Calls reformatted station the Winona Sports Network, even though not a network but a single station. It’s all marketing. Yes, he knows better.
Leighton in Winona
KHWK-AM: 1380, country. Earlier KAGE-AM.
KGSL-FM: 95.3, adult contemporary. Earlier KAGE-FM.
KWNO-AM: 1230, news and talk. Since 1938.
KWNO-FM: 98.7, news and talk.
KWMN-FM: 99.3, sports. Earlier KHWK-FM, KAGE-FM.
KRIV-FM: 101.1, classic hits. Earlier KHME-FM.
Leighton elsewhere
St. Cloud: Corporate headquarters, five stations.
Alexandria: Three stations.
Detroit Lakes: Three stations.
Fergus Falls: Four stations.
Grand Forks: Five stations.
Perham: One station.
Winona: Six stations.