WPLT (FM)

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WPLT
Broadcast area Rice Lake, Wisconsin
Frequency 106.3 MHz
RDS PS: KING
BrandingKing Country 106-3
Programming
Format Country
Ownership
OwnerZoe Communications
WXNK, WGMO, WZEZ, WXCX
History
First air date
 2003
Call sign meaning
PLaneT (former branding)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 5039
Class A
ERP 3,400 watts
HAAT 134 meters (440 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 45°40′28.00″N91°58′52.00″W / 45.6744444°N 91.9811111°W / 45.6744444; -91.9811111
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website king1063.com

WPLT (106.3 MHz; "King Country") is an FM radio station broadcasting a country music format. [2] Licensed to Sarona, Wisconsin, United States. The station is owned by Zoe Communications. [3]

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History

The station’s journey began on August 10, 2000, when it received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission. [4] The WPLT call sign was officially assigned on June 15, 2001, and the station signed on the air in late 2003 after receiving its license to cover on November 12. [5] Early in its history, the station utilized a branding of "The Planet" (playing on its call letters) before eventually transitioning to a country music format.

WPLT is owned and operated by Zoe Communications, Inc., which is based in Shell Lake, Wisconsin. [6] The station currently broadcasts a country music format branded as "King Country 106.3." Unlike several of its sister stations in the Zoe cluster that were sold to Civic Media in recent years, WPLT remains under the ownership of Zoe Communications, led by Mike Oberg. [7]

WPLT uses a directional antenna to prevent interference to short spaced WEVR-FM. [8]

WPLT is a former call sign of what is now WDVD 96.3 FM in Detroit, Michigan.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WPLT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Archived from the original on September 23, 2009.
  3. ↑ "WPLT Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  4. ↑ "FM Station WPLT - Station Information". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  5. ↑ "WPLT Facility Data". REC Networks. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Civic Media Acquires Western Wisconsin Trio". RadioInsight. September 13, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Civic Media to Buy First Station Outside Wisconsin". Upper Midwest Broadcasting. February 18, 2025. Retrieved December 30, 2025.
  8. ↑ "WPLT Facility Data". REC Networks. Retrieved December 30, 2025.


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