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Civic Media Adds Country Simulcast in NW Wis., Dropping Talk

Posted on December 2, 2025December 3, 2025 by Jon Ellis

Civic Media has dropped its News/Talk lineup from a station in northwestern Wisconsin and switched it to a simulcast of a Country station.

WLAK/1260 (Amery) and its FM translator, W298DK/107.5 (Amery), are now rebroadcasting “St. Croix Country” from Civic’s WSCM/95.7 (Baldwin).

WSCM and WLAK serve adjacent counties in the border region east of the Twin Cities. Stations from Minneapolis, Eau Claire, and Rice Lake also serve the area.

The News/Talk lineup on WLAK, formerly WXCE, launched in fall 2022, with the FM translator signal added in late 2023 after it moved from a different site and changed frequency.

Civic’s News/Talk lineup continues to air in nine other markets around the state. The network’s former Green Bay station flipped to Oldies over the summer.

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