WDOW (1440 AM) was a

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licensed to

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, broadcasting a

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format. According to Michguide.com, ''Kalamazoo Broadcasting (aka Kuiper Broadcasting), owner of WKPR AM 1420 Kalamazoo, is paying $80,000 to Langford Broadcasting as part of an agreement that would take WDOW off the air permanently and have WKPR move to AM 1440 and increase power'' in November 2010. On March 24, 2011, the

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cancelled WDOW's license and deleted the call sign from its database.

References

Michiguide.com - WDOW History

External links

in the FCC Licensing and Management System
FCC History Cards for WDOW
(covering 1957-1979) DOW Sports radio stations in the United States Defunct radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1960 Radio stations disestablished in 2011 1960 establishments in Michigan 2011 disestablishments in Michigan DOW {{michigan-radio-station-stub