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The Michigan Radio Network (or MRN) was a satellite-distributed
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service that provides actualities, newscasts, and
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to affiliates in
Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
. It was most recently owned by Learfield Communications and had headquarters in
Lansing, Michigan Lansing () is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, making ...
. Over the years MRN had been around in various forms and names, and is a sister network to the Michigan Farm Radio Network.


History

The Michigan Radio Network can trace its roots to the Michigan Regional Network, the first radio network in Michigan. The modern incarnation of the Michigan Radio Network began in 1970 with the formation of the Michigan Farm Radio Network (MFRN) in
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. The network that came to be known as the Michigan Radio Network was first called the ''Michigan News Network'' (MNN). The MFRN and MNN were owned by a company called the Great Lakes Radio group, headed up by Jim Rayl. The Michigan News Network split from the Great Lakes Radio group in the 1980s and moved to
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. The MNN was bought by former Detroit Tiger
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and headquarters moved to
Lansing Lansing () is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2020 census placed the city's population at 112,644, makin ...
. McLain, convicted of embezzlement and stealing from workers pensions, went bankrupt. The network was sold to back to Jim Rayl, still called the Michigan News Network, and now owned by Full Circle Broadcasting. Full Circle sold the MNN to
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based Saga Communications, headed by Ed Christian. The name of the network was changed to the ''Michigan Radio Network''. The Michigan Radio Network (MRN) and MFRN was sold to Learfield Communications in December, 2014. In March 2016, it was announced that Learfield would end the Michigan Radio Network on March 31 due to financial reasons, and sell MRN's Lansing studios.


Programs

* Michigan Radio Network News, hourly one and two-minute newscasts. * Michigan Radio Network Sports, morning and afternoon sports updates. * Capital Pressroom with Rob Baykian, a thirty-minute weekly public affairs program. * Outdoor Magazine with Mike Avery, a three-hour weekend program about hunting and fishing, originating from WSGW.


Special events

The Michigan Radio Network covered events related to the Michigan Legislature, including the annual State of the State address and election night coverage.


Affiliates

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WAAM WAAM is a radio station in Ann Arbor, Michigan, known as "WAAM TALK 1600" and "WAAM RADIO". The station is owned by Coolarity A2, LLC. The station operates at a maximum power of 5,000 watts at a frequency of 1600 kHz using a seven-tower direct ...
, Ann Arbor *
WAGN (AM) WAGN (1340 AM) is a radio station licensed to Menominee, Michigan broadcasting an oldies and talk format. Formerly an affiliate of ABC Radio's OldiesRadio network, the web site ''dx-midAMerica'' reported in January 2008 that the station had ...
, Menominee *
WAKV WAKV ( 980 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Otsego, Michigan Otsego is a city in Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,956 at the 2010 census. The city is within Otsego To ...
, Otsego *
WATT The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3. It is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. The watt is named after James Wa ...
, Cadillac *
WATZ-FM WATZ-FM (99.3 FM, "99.3 WATZ") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. The station is licensed to the city of Alpena. WATZ has been assigned the same call sign since it signed on in the late 1960s. The station, along with si ...
, Alpena *
WBCH (AM) WBCH (1220 AM) is a radio station licensed to Hastings, Michigan broadcasting a news/talk Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather ...
, Hastings *
WBCK WBCK (95.3 FM) is a radio station in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States, owned by Townsquare Media. WBCK has a news-talk format. History WBCK began broadcasting at 1000 watts on AM 930 in Battle Creek and surrounding areas of West Michigan. ...
, Battle Creek *
WBCM (FM) BCM may refer to: Automotive *Body Control Module, in automotive electronics Business * Boots Contract Manufacturing, part of Alliance Boots * Bravo Company Manufacturing, an American firearms manufacturing company * Bus contracting model of Sing ...
, Boyne City *
WBMI WBMI is an American radio station, licensed to West Branch, Michigan, the seat of government for Ogemaw County. The station broadcasts at the assigned frequency of 105.5 MHz with an erp of 6,000 watts. History The call letters WBMI first were ...
, West Branch *
WBRN (AM) WBRN (1460 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Big Rapids, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1953. WBRN formerly rebroadcast on FM translator W299BE at 107.7 MHz in Big Rapids, which made WBRN ...
, Big Rapids *
WCBY WCBY (1240 AM and W264CF 100.7 FM) is a radio station in Cheboygan, Michigan, broadcasting a classic country format delivered by Westwood One "Big Country Gold" is the slogan, which plays off sister country FM WMKC 102.9 known as "Big Country - 1 ...
, Cheboygan *
WCCW-FM WCCW-FM (107.5 MHz) is an FM radio station in Traverse City, Michigan, United States. The station is owned by the Midwestern Broadcasting group, which to this day includes the family members of its original partners from the early 1940s, th ...
, Traverse City *
WCCY WCCY (1400 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Houghton, Michigan Houghton (; ) is the largest city and seat of government of Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Located on the Keween ...
, Houghton *
WCSY-FM WCSY-FM (103.7 MHz) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to South Haven, Michigan, the station serves the Benton Harbor-Saint Joseph area. WCSY-FM has filed a construction permit to move its community of license from ...
, South Haven *
WDBC WDBC (680 AM) is a radio station licensed to Escanaba, Michigan broadcasting a full-service format featuring news, talk and adult contemporary music. WDBC is Upper Michigan's most powerful AM radio station in terms of signal strength; its 10,0 ...
, Escanaba *
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 st ...
, Marquette * WGHN (AM), Grand Haven *
WGLM WGLM (1380 AM) & WGLM-FM (106.3 FM) are radio stations owned by Packer Radio, owners of radio station WION in nearby Ionia. WGLM is licensed to Greenville and WGLM-FM to Lakeview and broadcasts a full-service mix of music, news and sports. WG ...
, Greenville * WHTO, Iron Mountain *
WHYB WHYB (103.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Menominee, Michigan and serving the areas of Menominee, neighboring Marinette, Wisconsin, and the immediate border area of Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Michigan and Northeast Wisconsin. The stat ...
, Menominee * WIDL, Caro *
WILS WILS (1320 AM) is a commercial news/talk radio station in Lansing, Michigan. WILS is owned by MacDonald Broadcasting and features a local news department and a mixture of local and national talk personalities. WILS is powered at 25,000 watts ...
, Lansing *
WIOS WIOS (1480 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a format of talk. Licensed to Tawas City, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1958. WIOS has essentially been a full-service MOR station throughout its existence until it changed to "all talk ...
, Tawas City *
WKHM (AM) WKHM (970 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Jackson, Michigan. It is owned by Jamie McKibbin, through licensee McKibbin Media Group, Inc., and broadcasts a talk radio format. Studios, offices and the transmitter are on Glensh ...
, Jackson *
WKJC WKJC (104.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Tawas City, Michigan, United States, it first began broadcasting in 1980 at 103.9 MHz. WKJC is locally programmed. History Between 1993 and 1998, WKJC was sim ...
, Tawas City * WKYO, Caro *
WLDN WLDN is an FM radio station owned by Synergy Media and is licensed to Ludington, Michigan. WLDN broadcasts from studios in Ludington, Michigan along with sister stations WKLA, WWMN, WKZC, WMLQ, and WWKR. It runs a news/talk/sports format and c ...
, Ludington *
WMOM WMOM (102.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a hot adult contemporary format. Licensed to Pentwater, Michigan, it serves the Ludington, Michigan Ludington ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Mason County in the U.S. state of Michig ...
, Pentwater *
WNBY (AM) WNBY (1450 AM) is a radio station licensed to Newberry, Michigan broadcasting a classic country format. The station has been owned by Sovereign Communications since 2004, and shares a call-sign and ownership history with sister station WNBY-FM (Ol ...
, Newberry *
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 ef ...
, Negaunee *
WPHM WPHM (1380 AM) is a news/ talk/sports radio station licensed to Port Huron, Michigan, with a power output of 5,000 watts, covering much of The Thumb area of Michigan. The station is owned by Radio First and broadcasts from studios on Huron Avenu ...
, Port Huron * WQXO, Munising *
WRCI WRCI is a radio station owned by Impact Radio and licensed to Three Rivers, Michigan. It airs Westwood One's Classic Country format under the moniker River Country 97.1. WRCI was known as WLKM until September 18, 2008. WRCI programming is simul ...
, Three Rivers *
WRGZ WKLT 97.5 Kalkaska (Traverse City), WBCM 93.5 Boyne City (Petoskey) and WRGZ 96.7 Rogers City (Alpena) are classic rock-leaning mainstream rock stations simulcasting as "KLT The Rock Station". The stations serve all of northern lower Mich ...
, Rogers City *
WSAQ WSAQ (107.1 FM) is a country music radio station licensed to Port Huron, Michigan, with an effective radiated power of 6,000 watts. WSAQ covers St. Clair County, Michigan and Lambton County, Ontario as well as portions of Macomb, Lapeer, and S ...
, Port Huron *
WSGW (AM) WSGW (790 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Saginaw, Michigan that broadcasts with 5,000 watts of power during the day and 1,000 watts at night. WSGW is owned by Alpha Media, the nation's fourth largest owner of radio stations. The radio ...
, Saginaw *
WSOO WSOO (1230 AM) is a radio station in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The station airs a gold-based soft adult contemporary format during daytime hours, featuring music from the 1960s through the 2000s, and features paranormal talk programming in la ...
, Sault Ste Marie *
WTIQ WTIQ (1490 AM) is a radio station licensed to Manistique, Michigan broadcasting a classic country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The ...
, Manistique *
WTKG WTKG (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States, and now owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., Previous to adopting the current calls and format in 1997, the station played country under ...
, Grand Rapids *
WUPY WUPY 101.1 FM (also called "Y-101") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format in Ontonagon, Michigan, where it is licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. The station is owned by J & J Broadcasting. The studios are ...
, Ontonagon *
WXLA WXLA (1180 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Dimondale, a suburb of Lansing, Michigan. It is owned by MacDonald Broadcasting and airs a soft adult contemporary radio format. It uses the branding "Easy 93.3". The dial positi ...
, Lansing *
WZTK WZTK (105.7 FM) is an American radio station stunting with a Christmas music format. The station is licensed to the city of Alpena, Michigan. The station is currently owned by Midwestern Broadcasting Company. History WZTK was issued its broad ...
, Alpena


References

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