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The operating organization, the Mile High Radio Club, was formed around the same time and uses volunteers to maintain operations. In 2014, the club signed an agreement with the
Idyllwild Fire Protection District for the operations and oversight of the station through the joint coordination and
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WNKI-578 was established by the
Emergency Radio Committee and Coordinated Resources Management and Planning Group in 1978 in order to provide an emergency broadcast station serving local mountain communities of the
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