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

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