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WLMI
WLMI is a radio station licensed to Grand Ledge, Michigan, serving Lansing. Owned by Midwest Communications, it broadcasts a classic hits format branded as "Cruisin 92.9". History What is now WLMI began life as WCER-FM at 92.7 FM in Charlotte, Michigan in 1965. The station was co-owned with WCER (1390 AM, now Christian-formatted WLCM). On July 1, 1979, WCER-FM changed its calls to WMMQ, and on September 1 of that year, WMMQ separated programming from its AM sister and aired an adult contemporary/sports format as ''Q92''. By the mid-1980s, WMMQ was struggling in the ratings and losing to its Lansing-based A/C competitors, and the station's owners quietly prepared a format change. On April 15, 1985, WMMQ changed to a then brand-new format called Classic rock, making it one of the first FM stations in the United States with such a format. The station was consulted by Fred Jacobs, revered as the "father" of the Classic Rock format, and quickly became one of the most popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQTX
WQTX (92.1 FM Broadcasting, FM, "Stacks 92.1") is a radio station broadcasting a rhythmic adult contemporary radio format, format to the Lansing, Michigan radio market. Licensed to St. Johns, Michigan, it first began broadcasting in 1972, and has been through a number of different calls and formats during its history. History 92.1 FM was originally WRBJ-FM, and, in a simulcast with WRBJ (1580 AM, now WWSJ), served St. Johns and Clinton County as a full-service local station. Original owner Robert Ditmer sold WRBJ-AM-FM in 1981 and changed both stations to a country music, country simulcast as WQTK-AM-FM, the first of many identity changes over the next twenty years for the AM 1580 frequency. The calls eventually became WKLH-FM, continuing with a country format as "K-92", until Labor Day, 1985, when WKLH-FM became WLNZ, "The Lazer", with a rock music, rock format (the "lazer" part of the positioning referring to the station's being the first in the Lansing market to play music fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJXQ
WJXQ (106.1 FM, "Q106") is a commercial radio station licensed to Charlotte, Michigan, and serving the Lansing radio market. WJXQ is owned by Midwest Communications and airs an active rock radio format. Studios and offices are located on Cedar St. in Holt. The transmitter is on Prime Road in Springport. The station begins each weekday with '' The Bob & Tom Show'', syndicated from Indianapolis. Local DJs are heard the rest of each weekday. Weekends feature '' The House of Hair with Dee Snider'', ''Racing Rocks with Riki Rachtman'' and ''Hard Drive with Lou Brutus'' History WKHM-FM In 1964, the station first signed on as WKHM-FM, originally licensed to Jackson. It was the sister station to WKHM (970 AM), owned by the Jackson Broadcasting & TV Corporation. It originally simulcasted WKHM's full service middle of the road music format, along with news coverage from the Mutual Broadcasting System. (Other than call letters, WJXQ is not related to the current WKHM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midwest Communications
Midwest Communications, Inc. is a Wausau, Wisconsin–based radio broadcasting company. It owns 82 radio stations located primarily within the Midwest United States, in Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Illinois and Wisconsin. The company is a family-owned business and is headed by the Wright family. History 1950s-1960s Midwest Communications began in Wausau, Wisconsin, with WRIG, Inc. and the acquisition by the Duey E. Wright family of a 1400 kHz, 250 watt AM facility from the Wisconsin Valley Television Corporation. The call letters WRIG (for Wright) were assigned and on August 1, 1958, top forty-formatted WRIG signed on the air. Power was increased to 1,000 watts in 1961 and WRIG-FM (now WDEZ) signed on in 1964. 1970s Midwest started station WROE in Appleton/Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 1971. Founder Duey E. Wright Sr. died at 75 on November 24, 1971, with Duey E. Wright Jr. taking over the company his father founded. In 1975 Midwest p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWDK
WWDK ("94.1 Duke FM"') is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Jackson, Michigan, it first began broadcasting on July 14, 1958 as WMKZ-FM. The station broadcasts from a tower near Springport, Michigan. History After spending most of the 1960s in simulcast with WIBM (1450 AM) under various call signs (including WMKZ, WIBM-FM, and WBBC), 94.1 separated programming from the AM station in the late 1960s and adopted a separate MOR format, returning to the WBBC calls, and then changing to beautiful music as WHFI in 1974. In 1980, the station returned to the WIBM-FM calls, picking up the Top 40 format (including weekly broadcasts of Casey Kasem's American Top 40) from then-sister WIBM, which flipped to a country format at that time as WXCM. After moving to its current tower site in 1982, WIBM-FM changed its format to gold-based adult contemporary (as "I-94" and then "94 Gold"), and a few years later, would lose ''AT40'' to by-now rival WFMK. By Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLCM
WLCM (1390 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Holt, Michigan and serving the Lansing-East Lansing metropolitan area. It airs a Christian talk and teaching format and is owned by the Christian Broadcasting System headed by Jon Yinger. The studios are on Lawrence Highway in Charlotte, Michigan. WLCM operates from two transmitter locations, both using a directional antennas to protect other stations on 1390 AM from interference. During the day it broadcasts with 5,000 watts from Charlotte, using a two-tower array. At night, it broadcasts from a 4,500-watt transmitter in Holt, with a four-tower array. The station is in the process of being sold to Catholic broadcaster Ave Maria Radio for $200,000. Programming Programming for the station comes from the Christian Broadcasting System and includes a mix of shows aimed at a conservative Christian audience. Program hosts include Adrian Rogers, John MacArthur, Charles Stanley, Joyce Meyer, J. Vernon McGee, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lansing, Michigan
Lansing () is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan. The most populous city in Ingham County, Michigan, Ingham County, parts of the city extend into Eaton County, Michigan, Eaton County and north into Clinton County, Michigan, Clinton County. It is the List of municipalities in Michigan, sixth-most populous city in Michigan with a population of 112,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area, often called "Mid-Michigan", has an estimated 473,000 residents and is the third largest in the state after metropolitan Detroit and Grand Rapids. Lansing was named the state capital of Michigan in 1847, ten years after it became a state. The Lansing metropolitan area serves as a regional hub for commerce, culture and education. Neighboring East Lansing, Michigan, East Lansing is home to Michigan State University, a public research university with an enrollment of more than 50,000. The area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Ledge, Michigan
Grand Ledge is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The city lies mostly within Eaton County, though a small portion extends into Clinton County to the north (no residents live in that portion). The city sits along the Grand River 12.7 miles (20.4 kilometers) west of downtown Lansing. The population was 7,784 at the 2020 census. The city is named for its sandstone rock ledges that are located between island park and Fitzgerald park. They rise above the Grand River and are used by recreational rock climbers. History Native American settlement Native Americans who lived in the vicinity of the Grand River near the ledges were of Pottawatomi, Chippewa, and Ottawa ancestry. They dug clams in the river, mined coal on the river banks, hunted for deer, turkey, fox, and bear, and fished for black bass. Their name for the ledges translated into English as "Big Rocks". Modern settlement In 1847 Henry Trench settled in what would later become downtown Grand Ledge. After a few ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadillac, Michigan
Cadillac ( ) is a city in and county seat of Wexford County, Michigan, Wexford County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,371 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the second most-populated city in the Northern Michigan region, after Traverse City, Michigan, Traverse City. Cadillac was settled as early as 1871 and formerly known as the village of Clam Lake before incorporating as a city in 1877. The city is located upon the shores of Lake Cadillac, connected by the Clam Lake Canal to Lake Mitchell (Michigan), Lake Mitchell. The Clam River (Michigan), Clam River, which begins in Cadillac, is part of the Muskegon River watershed. Cadillac is the junction of three major highways: U.S. Route 131, US Highway 131, M-55 (Michigan highway), M-55, and M-115 (Michigan highway), M-115. The geographic center of Michigan is approximately north-northwest of Cadillac. Cadillac is the primary city of the Cadillac micropolitan area, which includes all of Wexf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinton County, Michigan
Clinton County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 79,128. The county seat is St. Johns, Michigan, St. Johns. The county was created in 1831 and organized in 1839. It is named after early American politician DeWitt Clinton . Clinton County is included in the Lansing, Michigan, Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan, East Lansing, MI Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.4%) is water. Adjacent counties * Saginaw County, Michigan, Saginaw County (northeast) * Gratiot County, Michigan, Gratiot County (north) * Montcalm County, Michigan, Montcalm County (northwest) * Shiawassee County, Michigan, Shiawassee County (east) * Ionia County, Michigan, Ionia County (west) * Ingham County, Michigan, Ingham County (southeast) * Eaton County, Michigan, Eaton County (so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackson, Michigan
Jackson is a city in Jackson County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. The population was 31,309 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located along Interstate 94 in Michigan, Interstate 94 and U.S. Route 127 in Michigan, U.S. Route 127, it is approximately east of Kalamazoo, Michigan, Kalamazoo, west of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ann Arbor, west of Detroit, Michigan, Detroit and south of Lansing, Michigan, Lansing. Jackson is the core city of the Jackson Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area, which includes all of Jackson County and has a population of 160,248. The city was founded in 1829 and named after President Andrew Jackson. Michigan's first prison, Michigan State Prison (or Jackson State Prison), opened in 1838 and remains in operation. Jackson was historically regarded as the "birthplace of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party" due to a meeting held there in 1854, during which political figures gathered to oppose the expansi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bang! (AJR Song)
"Bang!" is a song by American pop band AJR. It was released on February 12, 2020, through their own label, AJR Productions. The song is the lead single from the band's fourth album, '' OK Orchestra''. On August 8, 2020, a remix version was released featuring Hayley Kiyoko and AhhHaa. Background AJR released their third studio album '' Neotheater'' on April 26, 2019. That autumn, they embarked on an extensive North American tour in support of the album. ''Neotheater'' debuted to critical and commercial success, with album sales buoyed by the hit single "100 Bad Days". As a result, AJR announced the "Neotheater World Tour Part II" on November 15, 2019, with tour stops in North America, Europe, and South America, including festival appearances at Lollapalooza Argentina, Chile, and Brazil. The 2020 leg of the tour was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. AJR began working on "Bang!" in the process of writing ''Neotheater'', and continued to work on the song thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howell, Michigan
Howell is the largest city in and county seat of Livingston County, Michigan, United States. As of the 2025 census, the city had a population of 9,914. The city is mostly surrounded by Howell Township, Michigan, Howell Township, but the two are administered autonomously. Howell is part of the South Lyon–Howell–Brighton List of United States urban areas, urban area, which is an extension of the larger Detroit–Warren–Dearborn (Metro Detroit) metropolitan statistical area. As of 2022, the largest industries were manufacturing, health care & social assistance, and accommodation & food services. History January 1836 saw the establishment of the first post office. Flavius J. B. Crane was postmaster, and the post office was in the Eagle Tavern. In March of this same year, there was a mail route started in the village of Kensington, Michigan, Kensington that went through Howell until ending in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Rapids. The pioneer manufacturing enterprise of Howell was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
