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Northern Star Broadcasting
Northern Star Broadcasting (formerly known as Calibre Communications) was a radio broadcasting company which owned various radio stations in Michigan from 1998–2016, with offices in Cheboygan, Michigan, Cheboygan and Traverse City, Michigan, Traverse City. Northern Star was owned by Reynolds Communications, ran by Del & Mary Reynolds. At one time or another, Northern Star Broadcasting owned eleven stations in Northern Michigan (nine as of 2016) and previously fourteen additional stations in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, exiting Upper Peninsula markets in 2010 & 2011 after selling all but one repeater station to new owners, largely Sovereign Communications of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in February 2010. Despite the sales, Northern Star's stations in Cheboygan, Mackinaw City, and Indian River could still be heard in much of the Eastern Upper Peninsula. In May 2016, and due to Northern Star vice president Mary Reynolds' health concerns, Reynolds Communications announced the sale of al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio
Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connected to an antenna which radiates the waves, and received by another antenna connected to a radio receiver. Radio is very widely used in modern technology, in radio communication, radar, radio navigation, remote control, remote sensing, and other applications. In radio communication, used in radio and television broadcasting, cell phones, two-way radios, wireless networking, and satellite communication, among numerous other uses, radio waves are used to carry information across space from a transmitter to a receiver, by modulating the radio signal (impressing an information signal on the radio wave by varying some aspect of the wave) in the transmitter. In radar, used to locate and track objects like aircraft, ships, spacecraf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGFM
WGFM (105.1 FM) in Cheboygan, Michigan and is an American radio station that airs a mainstream rock format branded as Rock 105 & 95.5. WGFM boasts a 43,000-watt signal which easily covers most of northern Lower Michigan from Grayling northward and extends into the eastern Upper Peninsula. WGFE's signal serves primarily the immediate Traverse City area and carries across the waters of Lake Michigan, and can frequently be heard in Manitowoc, Wisconsin and the eastern shoreline of Door County, Wisconsin. The station is simulcast on WGFE 95.5 FM in Glen Arbor, Michigan, and is also heard on translator W279CC (103.7 FM) in Alpena. Current on-air talent at WGFM/WGFE include morning drive host Brian "Cartman" Pfeifer, and DJs Jay Roberts, Nate "Smitty" Smith, and "NASCAR" Steve. Jay Roberts and "NASCAR" Steve are also DJs at WGFM's sister stations WGFN & WCHY, which simulcast as ''Classic Rock: The Bear''. Each January, WGFM hosts a 12-hour marathon of Metallica music entitled the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WYSS
Wyss () is an Alemannic German, Alemannic form of the German surname Weiss (surname), Weiß used predominantly in Switzerland. It comes from Middle High German ''wīz'' (white, blonde) and Old High German ''wîs'' (wise, clever, experienced, knows).''Schweizerisches Idiotikon,'' Band XVI, Spalte 1984 ff., Artike''Wīss'' zu ''Wyss'' zum Namen Sp. 1995 f. Notable persons with the surname include: * Amanda Wyss (born 1960), American actress * Amy Wyss (born 1970/1971), Swiss-American billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist. * Andre Wyss (contemporary), American professor of paleontology * (1852–1900), German historian and archivist * (1833–1890), Swiss writer * (1905–1986), Swiss philologist * Danilo Wyss (born 1985), Swiss road racing bicyclist * (1763–1839), Swiss politician * David Wyss, American economist * Denise Wyss (born 1965), first priestess of the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland * (1923–1994), German anthropologist and professor in Würzburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strong Tower Radio
Strong Tower Radio is a non-profit network of Christian radio stations in Michigan and Illinois. Much of Strong Tower Radio's programming is from 3ABN. Stations Strong Tower Radio operates a total of 14 radio stations and 1 television station (8 standard radio stations, 5 radio translators, and 1 low-power television station W23EB-D W, or w, is the twenty-third and fourth-to-last letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. It represents a consonant, but in some languages it r ... in Michigan, and 1 radio translator in Illinois). ''Strong Tower Radio''. Accessed November 12, 2015 Translators References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WIHC
WIHC (97.9 FM broadcasting, FM) is an American radio station licensed to Newberry, Michigan to serve the city of license, city of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The station is owned by West Central Michigan Media Ministries, broadcasting a Christian radio, Christian talk radio format simulcasted from Cadillac, Michigan under the branding "Strong Tower Radio". History WIHC has operated under numerous owners and formats since its launch in December 1988 under the ownership of Leon Van Dam. Originally an easy listening station with the callsign WUPQ, the station was sold to Cambrian Broadcasting in 1995, who switched the station to a country music format under the branding "Hot Country 97.9", with its callsign changing to WIHC to match the new name and format. The station's license was transferred to Marathon Media in 1998, who ran the station until the fall of 2001, when WIHC was sold to Northern Star Broadcasting as part of a $7.95 million deal involving 10 other stations. Under North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMIQ
WMIQ (1450 AM, "Talk 1450") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Iron Mountain, Michigan. WMIQ is the Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ... radio affiliate for Iron Mountain and the surrounding areas. ReferencesMichiguide.com - WMIQ History External links MIQ-AM News and talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 2010 {{Michigan-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WDMJ
WDMJ (1320 AM) is a news/talk radio station licensed to Marquette, Michigan, with a power output of 5,000 watts during the day and 135 watts at night, covering much of Marquette County, Michigan. It is the oldest continuously operating radio station serving Marquette County. The station is owned by AMC Partners, LLC, doing business as the ''Radio Results Network'' and broadcasts from studios on Ridge Street in West Marquette. History WDMJ has been broadcasting for several decades and was originally owned by ''The Mining Journal'', Marquette's daily newspaper (with DMJ standing for Daily Mining Journal). It began broadcasting in 1931 as Marquette's first radio station with the call sign WBEO, later changing to WDMJ. On May 11, 2020, a fire broke out at the WDMJ transmitter site.The station requested a Special Temporary Authority (STA) from the Federal Communications Commission to use a temporary long wire antenna and to reduce operations to 100 watts. WDMJ's programming was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WIAN
Robert C. Wian (June 15, 1914 – March 31, 1992) was the founder of the Big Boy restaurant chain. The restaurant started as a 10-stool hamburger stand in Glendale, California, opening in 1936 with an investment of $300 raised from the sale of his car. Wian sold Bob's Big Boy and rights to the Big Boy chain to the Marriott Corp. in 1967 for $7 million ($ million in ). Biography Wian was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Robert E. Wian and his wife Cora. The Wians moved to Glendale in 1924 while the younger Wian was still a child. Wian served as the mayor of the city of Glendale from October 1948 to April 1949 replacing a mayor who was removed by a recall election. He continued on the city council but resigned in August 1948, citing conflicts with Bob's Big Boy and "a desire to make an occasional fishing trip". Wian was also a member of the service organization 20-30 Club, serving as president of the local Glendale club, governor of the Southern California district, and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNGE
WNGE (99.5 FM, "99.5 K-Rock") is a radio station licensed to Negaunee, Michigan, broadcasting an active rock format. The station first went on the air in July 2001. The station transmits its signal from an antenna with a height of with an effective radiated power of 3,600 watts located atop a hill in Marquette Township just west of the city of Marquette. In July 2020, WNGE changed their format from classic hits to active rock, branded as "99.5 K-Rock". Northpine.com - July 8, 2020 The format moved from sister station 94.1 FM, which switched to |
WZNL
WZNL (94.3 FM, "The Breeze") is a radio station licensed to Norway, Michigan, United States, and serving the Norway, Iron Mountain, and Kingsford areas of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The station broadcasts a soft adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet sto ... music format. History The station signed on the air as ''"94.3 Michigan's Northern Lites"'', with a soft adult contemporary format on March 15, 1990. In the early 2000s, the station flipped to a hot adult contemporary format as ''"Z-94.3"'', and later ''"Star 94.3"'' in 2003. In July 2020, WZNL dropped its hot adult contemporary and returned back to its soft adult contemporary, branded as ''"The Breeze"''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WUPK
WUPK (94.1 FM) is a radio station based in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan licensed to Marquette, Michigan. The stations broadcast a soft adult contemporary format brand as 94.1 The Breeze. WUPK signed on as a simulcast of WIMK in the 1990s, and by the 2000s, the station adopted the name "Classic Rock: The Bear", joining Northern Star's existing group of Northern Michigan stations with this branding, though their programming was not part of that specific network of stations, and aired its own music rotation. Following the stations' sale from Northern Star Broadcasting to Sovereign Communications in 2010, WUPK broke their simulcast and re-imaged as "94 Rock" accordingly, adopting similar identities, logos, and playlists as Rock 101, Sovereign's existing active rock station in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan at WSUE WSUE (101.3 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Currently owned by Sovereign Communications, the station broadcasts an album-oriented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WIMK
WIMK (93.1 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station based in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, licensed to Iron Mountain, Michigan. The station broadcasts an active rock format branded as 93.1 K-Rock. History WIMK began life in 1981 as a beautiful music station, before switching to country music by the early 1980s. In 1985, the station adopted a Contemporary Hit Radio, Top 40 (CHR) format as "K93," and then evolved to an album-oriented rock format later in the decade, originally branded as "K-Rock." By the 2000s, the station adopted the name "Classic Rock: The Bear", joining Northern Star's existing group of Northern Michigan stations with this branding, though their programming was not part of that specific network of stations, and aired its own music rotation. Following the station's sale from Northern Star Broadcasting to Sovereign Communications in 2010, WIMK broke their simulcast and re-imaged as "93 Rock", adopting a similar identity, logo, and playlist as Rock 101, Soverei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
