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WKJC (104.7 FM) 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 radi ...
broadcasting a
country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
format. Licensed to
Tawas City, Michigan Tawas City is a city in and county seat of Iosco County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,834 at the 2020 census. The city is mostly surrounded by Tawas Township, but the two area administered automously. History Tawas City ...
,
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
, it first began broadcasting in 1980 at 103.9 MHz. WKJC is locally programmed.


History

Between 1993 and 1998, WKJC was
simulcast Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programmes/programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simulta ...
on WKJZ 94.9 FM in
Hillman, Michigan Hillman is a village in the Alpena County, Michigan, Alpena and Montmorency County, Michigan, Montmorency counties in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 638 in 2019. Nearly all of the village is located within Hillman Township, Michigan ...
. In 1998, WKJZ was switched to a simulcast of WKJC's sister station, classic rocker
WQLB WQLB (103.3 FM Tawas City, Michigan) and WKJZ (94.9 FM Hillman, Michigan, serving the Alpena market) are a pair of radio stations known as "HITS FM". The station plays classic hits from the 1970s through the 1990s. It had broadcast a classic roc ...
103.3 FM (now adult hits as "Hits FM"), which is also located in Tawas City.


Sources


Michiguide.com - WKJC History


External links

* KJC Country radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1968 {{Michigan-radio-station-stub