WQLB (103.3 FM

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) and WKJZ (94.9 FM

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, serving the Alpena market) are a pair of

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s known as "HITS FM". The station plays classic hits from the 1970s through the 1990s. It had broadcast a

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format ("B-Rock," partially satellite-fed from

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) until May 2007 when it switched to its current

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format. Prior to "B-Rock," WKJZ 94.9 had been a simulcast of

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sister station 104.7 WKJC. Deb Michaels is the Hits FM weekday morning show host; the station is mainly locally automated outside of her show.

Sources

Michiguide.com - WQLB History

External links

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