Erin Broadcasting Corporation, owned by Nancy and John McMahon, put the 1190 frequency on the air in Madison as WERU on January 13, 1982.

[4] Before signing on, the station scored a major coup when it lured market "morning institution" Jim Mader from WIBA (1310 AM).

[6] The Blackburns, however, had more pressing issues of a financial nature, including debts owed to the Internal Revenue Service.

[17] One staffer, who called the move by the Bank of Sun Prairie "premeditated murder", claimed that a board member of the institution had compared the pair to a "stock that wasn't performing to our expectations" that they had sold.

[22] The WIBA and WMAD stations were sold in 1995 to Point Communications, an investment firm from New York; Leicinger continued as manager.

[24] Northwestern College, which had maintained a presence on the FM band in Madison since 1973 with WNWC-FM, submitted an offer to buy the AM frequency.

The college took over and renamed the station WNWC, initially simulcasting the FM but with plans to institute the Christian talk format heard today.