WSOO (1230 AM) is a

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. The station airs a gold-based

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format during daytime hours, featuring music from the 1960s through the 2000s, and features

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talk programming in late night timeslots. WSOO has been owned and operated by

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since 2003, and is part of Sovereign's 7-station cluster in the Sault Ste. Marie and

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market (see Infobox). Broadcasting since June 25, 1940, WSOO is the first radio station to broadcast in the Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan radio market, and was only preceded in the region by the now-closed

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AM station

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(formerly CJIC.) The station was launched and owned by the Hiawathaland Broadcasting Company, who later shifted the station to a middle of the road format in the late 1960s, prior to selling the station to Patterson Communications (later the Miami County Broadcasting Company) in 1971, as owned by Richard E. Hunt, who also owned

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AM & FM in Cheboygan and

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AM & FM in his hometown of

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. WSOO was purchased by Fabiano-Strickler Communications in 1981, who shifted to its current adult contemporary/talk format in 1989. The station was ultimately purchased by current owners Sovereign Communications in 2003. Live sports coverage on WSOO includes

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, and Sault High Blue Devils games, as well as the regional high school sports talk show ''Coach's Corner'', and annual coverage of the

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snowmobile race in Sault Ste. Marie. Syndicated talk programs include the late-night paranormal programs ''Ground Zero'' and ''

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'', while the station also airs the Sunday morning Baptist

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program ''Good News From The Good Book'' with Pastor Tim Rader, out of nearby

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. ''The Handyman Show with Glenn Haege'' previously aired on WSOO on Sundays until Haege's passing in September 2017. As well, the station features hourly newsbreaks from ABC Radio. Local on-air personalities at WSOO include morning host Allan Gibbs, DJ/news anchor John Bell, sports anchor Mark SanAngelo, chief meteorologist Karl Bohnak, and Sault High Blue Devils play-by-play announcer & ''Coach's Corner'' host Dave Watson.

Sources

Michiguide.com - WSOO History

External links

WSOO Website
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