WPFP
Radio station in Park Falls, Wisconsin
WPFP (980 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a variety hits format. Licensed to Park Falls, Wisconsin, United States, the station is owned by Civic Media.
History
WPFP changed its format from sports talk to conservative talk on July 1, 2010. The station broadcast as WNBI from 1968 to 2010, when it reverted to its original call sign.
On October 22, 2018, WPFP changed its format from talk to variety hits, branded as "103.1 Jack FM" in reflection of its simulcast on FM translator W276DJ (103.1).
Former owner Stephen Marks died on May 11, 2022; he owned the station through Park Falls Community Broadcasting. In 2023, Civic Media bought WPFP and WCQM from Marks' estate for $210,000. In February 2024, WPFP rebranded as "103.1 Trail Mix".
The public source identifies “WPFP” as radio station in Park Falls, Wisconsin. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around WPFP, Radio and station.
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This entry incorporates text from “WPFP” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.