WJMS (590 AM, "US 59") is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

broadcasting a full-service format of

classic country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on innov ...

music and talk. Licensed to

Ironwood, Michigan Ironwood is a city in Gogebic County in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, about south of Lake Superior. The city is on US Highway 2 across the Montreal River from Hurley, Wisconsin. It is the westernmost city in Michigan, ...

, it first began broadcasting November 3, 1931 with 100 W power. It was called "The Voice of the Iron Range."

References

Sources

Michiguide.com - WJMS History

External links

* * JMS Country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1931 {{Michigan-radio-station-stub