WDMJ (1320 AM) is a

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licensed to

Marquette, Michigan Marquette ( ) is a city in Marquette County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 20,629 at the 2020 United States Census, which makes it the largest city in the Upper Peninsula. Marquette serves as the seat of government of Marquett ...

, with a power output of 5,000 watts during the day and 135 watts at night, covering much of

Marquette County, Michigan Marquette County ( ) is a county located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 66,017. The county seat is Marquette. The county is named for Father Marquette, a Jesuit missionary. It wa ...

. It is the oldest continuously operating radio station serving Marquette County. The station is owned by AMC Partners, LLC, doing business as the ''Radio Results Network'' and broadcasts from studios on Ridge Street in West Marquette.

History

WDMJ has been broadcasting for several decades and was originally owned by ''

The Mining Journal ''The Mining Journal'' is the predominant daily newspaper of Marquette, Michigan, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Like most market-dominant daily papers, the ''MJ'' is a six-day paper. ''The Mining Journal'' is distributed over a wide area, ...

'', Marquette's daily newspaper (with DMJ standing for Daily Mining Journal). It began broadcasting in 1931 as Marquette's first radio station with the call sign WBEO, later changing to WDMJ. On May 11, 2020, a fire broke out at the WDMJ transmitter site.The station requested a Special Temporary Authority (STA) from the

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to use a temporary long wire antenna and to reduce operations to 100 watts. WDMJ's programming was simulcast on 1240

WIAN Robert C. Wian (June 15, 1914 – March 31, 1992) was the founder of the Big Boy restaurant chain. The restaurant started as a 10-stool hamburger stand in Glendale, California, opening in 1936 with an investment of $300 raised from the sale of h ...

, prior to July 30, 2020, when Sovereign Communications surrendered WIAN's license. In March of 2022, WDMJ along with

WJPD WJPD (92.3 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station licensed to Ishpeming, Michigan broadcasting a country music format. It serves the Marquette, Michigan, Marquette area. It can be heard as far east as Newberry, Michigan, Newberry, as far north as ...

and several stations in Iron Mountain were sold to AMC Media Partners. WDMJ's programming has been re-aligned to feature the same lineup as sister stations

WCHT WCHT (600 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Escanaba, Michigan, it first began broadcasting under the WLST call sign in 1958, and then became WBDN around 1971. WBDN programmed adult contemporary music throughout ...

and

WMIQ WMIQ (1450 AM, "Talk 1450") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Iron Mountain, Michigan Iron Mountain is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,518 at the 2020 census, down from 7,624 at the 201 ...

.https://www.radioresultsnetwork.com/wcht-lineup/

References

Michiguide.com – WDMJ History

External links

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