106.5 & 860 WNOV live

106.5 & 860 WNOV is a Milwaukee urban station. It broadcasts as WNOV on 860 AM, with an FM signal on 106.5, and serves the Milwaukee metropolitan area. On this page you can listen to WNOV live online, free.

Urban contemporary, talk and gospel

WNOV airs an urban contemporary format, with some weekday talk shows and urban gospel music on Sundays.

A historic name

The WNOV call letters read "Voice of the Nation" in reverse — the station was once a sister of Chicago's WVON — and have also been explained as "Wisconsin Negroes' Own Voice".

History

The station signed on August 15, 1946, as WFOX and became WNOV in 1967.

Ownership and studios

WNOV is owned by Civic Media. Its studios are on West Capitol Drive in Milwaukee.

WNOV, anywhere

Press play and WNOV starts in seconds — on I-43, at work or far from Wisconsin. The stream on this page carries the same programming you hear on the air.

Why listeners tune in

For decades WNOV has been a voice for Milwaukee's Black community — music, conversation and Sunday worship from a station with deep roots in the city.

How to listen

You can hear WNOV on the radio on 860 AM and 106.5 FM across Milwaukee, but you do not need a radio at all: this page plays the live stream in any browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. Press the play button at the top, wait a second or two for the stream to connect, and keep browsing while it plays — the player stays on as you move between pages. It is ideal for a weekday afternoon or Sunday morning, and it costs nothing: no account, no subscription and no app to install.

Below the player you will find WNOV's frequency and home city, the genres it plays, answers to common questions and a list of similar stations, so when you want a change you can jump to another station in the same format or the same area with one click.

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