| Broadcast area | NortheastWisconsin |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1440kHz |
| 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 | |
| Owner |
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| WDKF,WGEE,WIXX,WNCY-FM,WTAQ,WYDR | |
| History | |
First air date | 1947 (1947) (as WJPG at 810) |
Former call signs | WJPG (1947–1967) |
Former frequencies | 810 kHz (1947–1951) |
Call sign meaning | WNationalFootballLeague |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 9966 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000watts (day) 500 watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°28′40″N88°00′00″W / 44.47778°N 88.00000°W /44.47778; -88.00000 |
| Translator | 101.9 W270AJ (Green Bay) |
| Repeater | 99.7 WDKF (Sturgeon Bay) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wnflsports |
WNFL (1440AM) is anall-sports radio station located inGreen Bay, Wisconsin. The station is locally owned and operated byMidwest Communications, which owns six other stations in Northeast Wisconsin. The station is an affiliate ofFox Sports Radio, and carries theWSSP line-up[2] fromMilwaukee. It airs one minute news updates fromCBS at approximately 45 minutes past the hour. In addition to the station's sports-talk offerings, WNFL airsMilwaukee Bucksbasketball play-by-play and local high schoolfootball and basketball games.Milwaukee Brewersbaseball games during the work week are also on WNFL, with night and weekend games on sister stationWTAQ.
Former programming on the station includedThe Steve Czaban Show and the station's localMaino & Nick (John Maino and Nick Vitrano) show.
WNFL's studios andtransmitter are located on Bellevue Street in the Green Bay suburb ofBellevue. Weather updates are provided by the "FOX 11 Severe Weather Lab" atWLUK-TV.
TheGreen Bay Press-Gazette builtWJPG – adaytimer – in 1947 and it began broadcasting with 1000 watts of power on 810kHz 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 aCONELRAD 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 theGreen Bay Packers wonSuper Bowl I.[5] WNFL changed ownership several times until 1996, whenMidwest Communications acquired the station, along with sister stationsWNCY andWYDR (then WROE).
On October 13, 2025, WNFL began simulcasting onWDKF 99.7 FM Sturgeon Bay and rebranded as "99.7 & 101.9 WNFL".[6]
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