WNMU-FM is a radio station in the

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, broadcasting at FM 90.1 in

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. The station, owned by

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, is a

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member station, airing a large amount of classical and jazz music along with a variety of other local programming. It is operated by a combination of full-time staff members and students. The station serves the

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and northeastern

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. It first signed on in 1963 as WNMR. It joined the then year-old NPR in 1971 and adopted its current calls in 1975. WNMU-FM is licensed to broadcast in

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, but opted to temporarily discontinue HD broadcasting in the spring of 2011 due to financial constraints. The station had planned to launch HD-2 and HD-3 side channels, one featuring entirely classical music and the other featuring entirely public radio news and information. It had been the only Upper Peninsula radio station licensed for HD transmissions.

Translators

WNMU-FM programming can also be heard on the following translator stations across the Upper Peninsula: NOTE: W243CQ previously operated as W296AX on 107.1 FM. The translator changed frequencies due to the sign-on of 107.3 WUPF in

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, which serves the Escanaba area. Similarly, the Stephenson translator, which originally operated at 107.3, was forced off the air in July 2009 by the sign-on on WUPF. The translator received construction permits to move to 96.7 and 97.3, but transmission on those frequencies would have presented interference to WUPG 96.7 FM in

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, and

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97.1 FM in Escanaba, respectively. In June 2011, the translator was granted a construction permit to operate on 97.9, where it would not interfere in the protected coverage areas of any full-powered stations. That translator is now on the air at 97.9. Also, WNMU previously operated two other translators: *

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at 91.1 FM (W216AI). The license for this translator was cancelled on June 17, 2020. *

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at 91.3 FM (W217AA). As of May 2012, the license for this translator has been cancelled, due to the sign-on of

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, a full-power station on the same frequency in nearby

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. It is not known whether NMU will seek another frequency in the Menominee area. WNMU's signal normally does not reach Sault Ste. Marie (although the W216AI translator formerly served that area). That city is instead served by

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's public/NPR/jazz station

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, via its local repeater WCMZ.

References

Michiguide.com - WNMU-FM History

External links

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