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{{short description|Radio station in Columbus, Ohio}}
{{for|the Worthington, Ohio radio station that held the call sign WMNI-FM at 103.9 FM from 2012 to 2013|WJKR}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name                = WMNI
| logo                = Fox 920 C-Bus.png
| logo_size           =
| city                = [[Columbus, Ohio]]
| area                = [[Columbus metropolitan area, Ohio|Columbus metropolitan area]]
| branding            = Fox Sports 920
| frequency           = {{Frequency|920|[[Hertz#SI multiples|kHz]]}}
| repeater            = 103.9 [[WJKR|WJKR-HD3]] ([[Worthington, Ohio|Worthington]])
| airdate             = {{start date and age|1958|04|26|p=y|br=yes}}<ref>[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=64995 History Cards for WMNI], fcc.gov. Retrieved May 26, 2018.</ref>
| format              = [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| power               = 1,000 [[watt]]s day<br>500 watts night
| class               = B
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id         = 49110
| coordinates         = {{coord|39.8922222|-83.0475|format=dms|type:landmark_region:US-OH}}
| callsign_meaning    = {{ubl|Founder William R. Mnich|"Music, News, Information"}}
| former_callsigns    =
| affiliations        = {{ubl|[[Fox Sports Radio]]|[[Columbus Clippers]]|[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football]]}}
| sister_stations     = {{hlist|[[WJKR]]|[[WRKZ]]}}
| owner               = North American Broadcasting Company, Inc.
| webcast             = {{listenlive|https://player.amperwave.net/50}}
| website             = {{URL|https://foxsports920.com}}
}}

'''WMNI''' (920 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a commercial [[Radio broadcasting|radio station]] licensed to [[Columbus, Ohio]], known as "Fox Sports 920" with a [[Sports radio|sports]] format. Locally owned by North American Broadcasting Company, Inc., WMNI serves the [[Columbus metropolitan area, Ohio|Columbus metropolitan area]]. WMNI's studios are located in [[Marble Cliff, Ohio]], using a Columbus address, while the transmitter resides in [[Grove City, Ohio|Grove City]]. In addition to a standard [[analog transmission]], WMNI is available online.

==Programming==
In addition to its sports talk format, WMNI carries a number of local and national sports events, including the [[Indy 500]], the [[Brickyard 400]], [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] [[college football]] and [[Columbus Clippers]] [[International League|Triple A baseball]].

On Saturday and Sunday mornings, WMNI features talk shows such as "Plant Talk with Fred Hower" and "[[Gary Sullivan (radio host)|At Home With Gary Sullivan]]" as well as some paid [[brokered programming]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wmni.com/onair/specialty-programming |title=WMNI AM 920 - Specialty Progamming |website=www.wmni.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812083353/http://www.wmni.com/onair/specialty-programming |archive-date=2013-08-12}}</ref>  WMNI carries news updates from [[Fox News Radio]].

==History==
On {{start date and age|1958|4|26}}, WMNI first signed on the air.  For most of its three decades, it had a [[full service radio|full service]], [[country music|country]] radio format.  As country music listening started to move from AM to FM in the 1980s, WMNI switched to a satellite-delivered [[adult standards]] format from [[Westwood One (1976–2011)|Westwood One]].  By the late 1990s, much of the music was locally programmed using Columbus-based [[disc jockey]]s.  As of August 2007, WMNI shifted back to Westwood One's "[[America's Best Music]]" format, a mix of soft [[oldies]] and standards.

On June 14, 2012 at 6:00&nbsp;a.m., WMNI switched to a [[simulcast]] of [[WJKR|WMNI-FM]], which had flipped from a [[classic hits]] sound as WTDA-FM to a [[all-news radio|news]] format.

On July 18, 2013, the AM/FM simulcast ended, with WMNI returning to the soft oldies and adult standards format.

On June 12, 2017, WMNI changed their format from adult standards to [[soft adult contemporary]] music, branded as "Easy 95.1 & 920" (simulcast on FM translator W236CZ 95.1 FM Columbus).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foxsports920.com/|title=Fox Sports 920AM Columbus - 95.1FM & AM920 Columbus Ohio WMNI|website=foxsports920.com}}</ref>

On June 14, 2022, WMNI changed their format from soft adult contemporary to sports, branded as "Fox Sports 920", with programming from [[Fox Sports Radio]]. The 95.1 translator switched to a relay of sister station [[WJKR]]'s HD2 subchannel.<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/228896/nabco-launches-star-95-1-fox-sports-920-columbus/ NABCO Launches Star 95.1 & Fox Sports 920 Columbus] Radioinsight - June 16, 2022</ref>

==Previous logo==
[[File:WMNI easy95.1-920 logo.png|200px]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://foxsports920.com Official website]
*[https://www.nabcomedia.com/ Corporate Website]
{{AM station data|49110|WMNI}}

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