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| Broadcast area | Iron Range |
| Frequency | 99.9MHz |
| Branding | 99.9 Radio USA |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | June 2, 1971; 53 years ago (1971-06-02) (as WHLB-FM on 107.1 MHz) |
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Former frequencies | 107.1 MHz (1971–1988) |
Call sign meaning | "US" |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 70302 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 162 meters (531 ft) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WUSZ (99.9MHz "Radio USA") is acommercialFM radio stationlicensed toVirginia, Minnesota, and serving theIron Range region. It is owned byMidwest Communications and it airs acountryradio format. The studios and offices are on West 37th Street inHibbing. It is co-located with its Midwest Communicationssister stations:KQDX,WDKE,WEVE-FM,WMFG,WNMT andWTBX.
WUSZ is aClass C1 station. It has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations.[1]
The stationsigned on the air on June 2, 1971.[2] Its originalcall sign was WHLB-FM. It was the FM counterpart ofWHLB (1400 AM), which dated back to 1936 but is nowdark. In its early years, WHLB-FM was anadult contemporary station.[3] WHLB-FM broadcast at first on 107.1 MHz as a Class A station with 3,000 watts on a 105-foot (32 m) tower. Its signal was limited to an area in and around the town of Virginia. On April 12, 1973, the station changed its callsign to WIRN to represent its listening area, the "Iron Range" of Minnesota; it returned to WHLB-FM on April 23, 1979.[4] The WHLB stations were owned by Frank P. Befera until 1985, when ownership passed to his son Frank.[3]
The station switched its call sign to WCDK-FM in 1987, ahead of its 1988 move its current frequency of 99.9 MHz, allowing it to increase its power and tower height. On April 8, 1988, the station relaunched as "K100, Radio USA".[3] The station became WUSZ, matching the "Radio USA" moniker, in 1993. It continued to share studios with WHLB until 2000, when WUSZ moved to a facility inHibbing and WHLB was sold off.[3]
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47°22′23″N93°00′50″W / 47.373°N 93.014°W /47.373; -93.014
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