WIAB (88.5 FM) is a

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. The station is owned by

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, and is an affiliate of the Interlochen Public Radio's "Classical IPR" network, consisting of

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History

The original call sign for 88.5 FM's construction permit was WAAQ, but the station was never on the air with those calls. It signed on as WDQV, "88-Dot-5 Dove FM," airing a satellite-fed

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music format from Salem Communications ("Today's Christian Music"). Interlochen purchased WDQV in March 2005, and after a brief period of silence, 88.5 FM became WIAB, simulcasting WIAA, in July. WIAB was formerly simulcast on a translator in Mackinaw City, W237CF (95.3 FM), which was formerly owned by

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and then Cincinnati Classical Public Radio as a translator of WVXU 96.7 FM (now WRGZ) in

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. W237CF, now on 95.1 FM as W236BZ in St. Ignace, is now owned by Baraga Broadcasting and simulcasts

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radio station WTCK in

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References

Sources

Michiguide.com – WIAB History

External links

Classical IPR website
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