WHAK-FM (99.9

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, "The Wave") is a radio station licensed to

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, with studios in Alpena. The station plays classic hits of the 1980s and 1990s. It has a local weekday-morning show and airs Local Radio Networks' "Classic Hits" format the remainder of the time. Prior to April 1999, the station broadcast a satellite-fed

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format as "Eagle 100" (with the call sign WELG from 1994 to 1997). The move to the oldies format helped to fill a void in the Northeast Michigan radio scene left when 92.5 WAIR (now

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) switched from oldies to country music. WHAK-FM is owned by the Edwards Group Holdings, Inc., Employee Stock Ownership Trust, through licensee Edwards Communications LC, along with WHSB 107.7 in Alpena, and

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100.7 in Oscoda. Former sister station WHAK 960 airs talk programming in a simulcast with WWMN 1110 AM in Petoskey; it is now owned by Mitten News, LLC. The WHAK calls stand for the station's original owner, Harvey A. Klann. Klann is a lifelong resident of Rogers City and World War II veteran.

Sources

Michiguide.com - WHAK-FM History

External links

* HAK-FM Classic hits radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1994 1994 establishments in Michigan Presque Isle County, Michigan {{Michigan-radio-station-stub