WITL-FM (100.7
MHz
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) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a
country music
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format. Licensed to
Lansing, Michigan, and serving Ingham, Eaton and Clinton Counties in Michigan. It first began broadcasting in 1961 (as WMRT-FM) alongside daytime only station WMRT(AM). The stations were purchased by Mid-West Family for $187,000 in 1964 and took the WITL and WITL-FM call sign in 1966, and adopted a full-time country music format in 1967. Originally, WITL-FM was simulcast with (now defunct) WITL (AM) at 1010 kHz. The AM station went silent in 1997. It is currently owned and operated by
Townsquare Media
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. Notable station alumni include author and former ABC News correspondent Tim O'Brien and progressive talk show host
Thom Hartmann
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.
On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare would acquire 53
Cumulus Media
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stations, including WITL-FM, for $238 million. The deal was part of Cumulus' acquisition of
Dial Global
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The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1978. The company ...
; Townsquare and Dial Global were both controlled by
Oaktree Capital Management
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The firm was co-founded in 1995 by a group that ...
.
The transaction was consummated effective November 14, 2013.
After moving to new studios and offices shared with co-owned stations, the original 'white house' studios and offices were torn down in 2017.
WITL-FM is licensed for
HD Radio operations. Its HD2 feed features the
Olivet Nazarene University
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-owned "Shine.FM"
Contemporary Christian
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music format originating at
WONU in
Kankakee, Illinois with local imaging, feeding ONU-owned analog translator W237BY 95.3 FM licensed to
Mason with transmitter in downtown Lansing. Its HD3 signal airs Christian music from
Air1.
References
Michiguide.com - WITL-FM History
External links
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ITL-FM
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