WWMN (1110
AM) is a radio station licensed to
Petoskey, Michigan
Petoskey ( ) is the largest city in and the county seat of Emmet County, Michigan, and is the largest settlement within the county. Petoskey has a population of 5,877 at the 2020 census, up from 5,670 at the 2010 census.
Petoskey is part of N ...
, which is owned by John Yob, through licensee Mitten News LLC.
History
Signing on
In somewhat of a rarity, WJML-FM 98.9 started first, on December 7, 1965, since in most situations, the AM station is usually the first to sign on. In the beginning, the station was an
automated
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MOR format, with one live DJ,
Bill Supernaw, in the morning (Supernaw is now the owner of the Cinema III movie theatre in
Charlevoix
Charlevoix ( , ) is a cultural and natural region in Quebec, on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River as well as in the Laurentian Mountains area of the Canadian Shield. This dramatic landscape includes rolling terrain, fjords, headlands ...
). The station was owned by a Chicago broadcaster who named his station after his three children, John, Michael and Linda. It was one of northern Michigan's first-ever FM stations, and since many folks did not have an FM radio at the time, an AM station, WJML (1110 AM) was born on December 6, 1966. WJML was at the time the strongest AM station in northern Michigan during the daytime at 10 kW. However, the station was
daytime only.
2010s
On May 29, 2015, WJML's FM
repeater
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in Charlevoix, W235CL on 94.9,
signed on
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, providing 24/7 daytime coverage to the immediate Charlevoix area, with 250 watts of power. Effective August 8, 2016, W235CL moved to 101.1 FM in
Traverse City as W266CS. On January 31, 2017, WJML, WJNL and W266CS were sold to John Yob's Mitten News LLC for $700,000; the sale was consummated on May 23, 2017.
, WJML could be heard on
WWMN 106.3 in
Thompsonville,
WYPV 94.5 in
Mackinaw City
Mackinaw City ( ) is a village at the northernmost point of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, United States. Divided between Cheboygan and Emmet counties, Mackinaw City is located at the southern end of the Mackinac Bridge, which carries Interst ...
and
WHAK 960 in
Rogers City.
2020s
On June 22, 2020, WWMN and WYPV changed their
simulcast
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s to that of
album-oriented rock
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US rad ...
-formatted
WQON, and no longer broadcast WJML on their signals.
In June 2022, WJML went
silent.
WQON And WGRY-FM Lose Simulcast Partners As Mitten News LMA Comes To An End
Radioinsight - April 12, 2023 It returned to the air on June 20, 2023.
WJML and WWMN swapped call signs on December 9, 2024.
References
External links
FCC History Cards for WJML
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Radio stations established in 1966
WMN
1966 establishments in Michigan
Emmet County, Michigan