WMJH (

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) is a

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broadcasting a Spanish-language

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music format under the name La Poderosa, licensed in

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and serving the

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market. Owned by Cynthia Citlalick Cano, through licensee Cano's Broadcasting, LLC, WMJH broadcasts with 3,600 watts of power during the day, which, along with its lower dial position, allows it to be heard as far north as

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, as far east as

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, as far south as

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but must sign off at night to protect WGY in

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. WMJH programming is available around the clock on FM translator W227CG 93.3 FM, licensed to Grand Rapids.

History

AM 810 began operations in 1965 as WJPW and featured a MOR/

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music format for many years. In 1991 the station was sold and the calls were changed to WBYY. During this time the stations studios were moved from Rockford to 29th Street in Grand Rapids. AM Stereo was also added during this time. In 1996 the stations calls were changed again and from 1996 to 2004, WMJH was known as "Magic 810," airing a satellite-fed Adult Standards format from

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. "Magic 810," which also broadcast in AM stereo for a time, had a loyal audience and respectable ratings for an AM daytimer, but was chiefly popular with listeners aged 55 and older, which led Birach to switch the station's format to brokered Spanish programming, under the name "La Poderosa" (Spanish for "the powerful one") using the slogan "Con Sentimiento Mexicano". On November 7, 2008, the "La Poderosa" programming and format moved to

WMFN WMFN (640 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a black-oriented news format. The station is owned by Birach Broadcasting. Licensed to Peotone, Illinois and currently serving Chicago, it first began broadcasting in Zeeland, Michigan in 1990 un ...

AM 640, after that station's prior leasee, Tyrone Bynum, vacated the station, which, at that point, WMJH retooled its format to lean more towards Spanish-language

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. In April 2012,

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sold WMJH along with

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station

WOAP WOAP (1080 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting Regional Mexican Syndication of WMJH. Licensed to Owosso, Michigan, it serves Shiawassee County. While the station is a daytimer, licensed to operate during daylight hours only, its pr ...

to Cano's Broadcasting. The deal was never consummated. In July 2013, the station changed its format to oldies, branded as "Super Hits 810" (pronounced "eight-one-oh"), (effectively swapping with

). The station afterwards since shifted towards a

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format focusing primarily on hits from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, competing with

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. On October 13, 2014, WMJH discontinued the

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format in favor of a return to full-time Spanish language regional Mexican music programming and a return to the
La Poderosa
name. 640 WMFN assumed the Spanish pop format heard on AM 810 from 2008 to 2013. On March 2, 2015, WMJH launched an FM channel on 93.3FM, becoming the first all-Spanish radio station to broadcast on the FM frequency in the Grand Rapids market. On September 2, 2015, Birach Broadcasting once again sold WMJH and sister station

to Cano's Broadcasting, LLC. The sale, at a price of $1.1 million, was consummated on January 1, 2016.

References

Michiguide.com - WMJH History

External links

FCC History Cards for WMJHLa Poderosa Radio Homepage
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