WMOZ
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WMOZ is a radio station
Radio station
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 licensed
City of license
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 to serve Moose Lake, Minnesota
Moose Lake, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,239 people, 577 households, and 294 families residing in the city. The population density was 811.1 people per square mile . There were 628 housing units at an average density of 227.5 per square mile...

. The station is owned by QB Broadcasting, Ltd. It airs an oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....

 music format.

The station was assigned the WMOZ call letters by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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 on June 26, 2002
2002 in radio
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Programming

In addition to its usual music programming, WMOZ carries local high school sports and certain professional sports broadcasts of regional interest. As of the 2007-2008 baseball season, WMOZ is an affiliate of the Minnesota Twins
Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...

 radio network.

History

In January 2003, the station dropped its simulcast of WKLK-FM
WKLK-FM
WKLK-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Classic rock music format. Licensed to Cloquet, Minnesota, USA, the station serves the Duluth, Minnesota, area. The station is currently owned by QB Broadcasting, Ltd. and features programing from Jones Radio Network.-History:The station was assigned the...

 and flipped to a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 format. On November 26, 2003, the station flipped to an Oldies format from Jones Radio Network branded as "Oldies 106.9".
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